CAVAN-MONAGHAN (DáIL ÉIREANN CONSTITUENCY)

'Cavan-Monaghan' is a constituency used in elections to Dáil Éireann, the lower house of parliament in the Republic of Ireland. The constituency spans the entire area of both County Cavan and County Monaghan, taking in Cavan town, Monaghan town, Clones, Cootehill, Belturbet, Castleblayney and Carrickmacross. The constituency currently has an electorate of 87,087. Since its creation it has been a five seat constituency.
The constituency was created under the terms of the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974,^[1] as part of the redistribution of constituencies (also known as the Tullymander) which attempted to secure the re-election of the outgoing Fine Gael/Labour government. The constituency of Cavan-Monaghan has been used for elections since the 1977 general election. It was established to replace the two pre-existing, separate constituencies of Cavan and Monaghan. Unlike most of the other constituencies created for the first time in that year, it has survived with only minor changes since.^[2]
One of the most high profile TDs in the constituency is the former Ceann Comhairle (speaker) of the Dáil, Rory O'Hanlon. Another well known deputy from the area is Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, the first modern Sinn Féin TD to take his seat in the Dáil.

Contents

Members of Dáil Éireann

Elections

2007 Election results

2002 Election results

November 1982 - 2002 full election results

February 1982 full result

1981 full result

1977 full result

See also

References

Members of Dáil Éireann

Main articles: List of TDs for Cavan-Monaghan

Election	1st Member (Party)		2nd Member (Party)		3rd Member (Party)		4th Member (Party)		5th Member (Party)
21st Dáil (1977)		John P. Wilson (Fianna Fáil)		Jimmy Leonard (Fianna Fáil)		Rory O'Hanlon (Fianna Fáil) ''Ceann Comhairle 2002-2007''		Tom Fitzpatrick (Fine Gael) ''Ceann Comhairle 1982-1987''		John Conlon (Fine Gael)
22nd Dáil (1981)				Kieran Doherty (Anti H-Block )
23rd Dáil (Feb 1982)				Jimmy Leonard (Fianna Fáil)
24th Dáil (Nov 1982)
25th Dáil (1987)										Andrew Boylan (Fine Gael)
26th Dáil (1989)								Bill Cotter (Fine Gael)
27th Dáil (1992)		Brendan Smith (Fianna Fáil)						Seymour Crawford (Fine Gael)
28th Dáil (1997)				Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Sinn Féin)
29th Dáil (2002)										Paudge Connolly (Independent)
30th Dáil (2007)										Margaret Conlon (Fianna Fáil)

Elections

2007 Election results

Rory O'Hanlon was Ceann Comhairle at the dissolution of the 29th Dáil and therefore deemed to be returned unopposed. The constituency was treated as a four seater for the purposes of calculating the quota.

★ Denotes outgoing TD

2002 Election results

November 1982 - 2002 full election results

Online at [1]

February 1982 full result

23rd Irish General Election – 18th February, 1982
Candidate		Party	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	'John Wilson'	Fianna Fáil	'9776'	'9776'	'9776'	'9776'	'9776'	'9776'
	James Leonard	Fianna Fáil	8585	8614	8427	8857	'9890'	'9890'
	Tom Fitzpatrick	Fine Gael	8317	8386	8427	8956	9236	'9753'
	John Conlon	Fine Gael	7486	7512	7603	8545	8613	'9051'
	Robert Faussett	Fine Gael	6808	6833	6867	7191	7268	7378
	'Rory O'Hanlon'	Fianna Fáil	6651	6692	6798	6857	8697	'10159'
	Seamus McElwaine	Sinn Féin	3974	4079	4183	4243	4365
	Michael Smith	Fianna Fáil	3399	3481	3526	3584
	Thomas O'Reilly	Fine Gael	2152	2167	2191
	Francis O'Donoghue	Sinn Féin the Workers Party	529	567
	James Kelly	Independent	455
Electorate=73601, valid=58132, spoiled=491, quota=9689

1981 full result

22nd Irish General Election – June 11, 1981
Candidate		Party	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	'John Wilson'	Fianna Fáil	9424	9467	9543	'12122'
	'Kieran Doherty'	Anti H-Block	9121	9197	9342	9469	9580	9709	'10063'
	'Tom Fitzpatrick'	Fine Gael	7257	7946	8660	8807	8908	'13109'
	James Leonard	Fianna Fáil	6984	7039	7082	7240	7752	7997	8304
	Robert Faussett	Fine Gael	6785	6994	7572	7637	7657
	'Rory O'Hanlon'	Fianna Fáil	6662	6694	6861	7252	8548	8738	'9016'
	'John Conlon'	Fine Gael	6431	6775	7777	7802	7815	'10355'	'10355'
	Michael Smith	Fianna Fáil	3431	3483	3535
	Aidan Murray	Fine Gael	2565	2803
	Mona Hoban	Fine Gael	1741
Electorate=70995, Valid=60411, spoiled=584, quota=10069

1977 full result

21st Irish General Election – June 16, 1977
Candidate		Party	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	'John Wilson'	Fianna Fáil	9168	9214	'9585'
	'Tom Fitzpatrick'	Fine Gael	9060	9104	'9396'	'9396'	'9396'	'9396'	'9396'	'9396'
	'James Leonard'	Fianna Fáil	8695	8806	9140	9167	9189	'10922'
	'John Conlon'	Fine Gael	6347	6408	6476	6482	7752	7901	7943	'8030'
	'Rory O'Hanlon'	Fianna Fáil	6045	6187	6476	6531	7752	9305	'10623'
	Brendan Toal	Fine Gael	5809	5861	5932	5935	7542	7729	7753	7811
	Michael Smith	Fianna Fáil	4912	4936	5220	5366	5569
	John McKenna	Fine Gael	3166	3183	3332	3348
	James Kelly	Independent	2016	2246
	Owen Kirk	Sinn Féin the Workers Party	713
	Patrick Harwood	Independent	94
Electorate=69941, Valid=56025, spoiled=?, quota=9338

See also

★ Politics of the Republic of Ireland

★ List of political parties in Ireland

★ List of TDs for Cavan-Monaghan

★ List of Irish by-elections

★ Elections in Ireland

References

1. Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1974. irishstatutebook.ie. URL accessed 13 June 2007.
2. Cavan-Monaghan - Dáil Constituencies 1918-2004. ElectionsIreland.org. URL accessed 13 Jun 2007.