Kerry North (Dáil Éireann constituency)

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Kerry North Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Image:Kerry North (Dáil Éireann constituency).png
Kerry North shown within Ireland
Created:	1937
TDs:	3
Counties:	County Kerry
EP constituency:	South

Kerry North is a constituency represented by three Teachtaí Dála (TDs) in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas. As of 2005, the constituency has an electorate of 52,476. The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote. The constituency is located in the northern half of County Kerry, taking in Tralee, Listowel, Tarbert, Ballybunion and Castleisland.

It was established by the Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935 [1] joining Kerry South in succeeding the Kerry constituency. It was first used in the 1937 General election electing Members of the 9th Dáil.

One of the most high profile TDs in the constituency was the former leader of the Labour Party, Dick Spring. He served the constituency for over twenty years before losing his seat to Sinn Féin's Martin Ferris at the 2002 general election. The Fine Gael TD, Jimmy Deenihan, is a former footballer with the county.

1 2007 Election
2 2002 Election results
3 November 1982 - 2002 full election results
4 February 1982 full result
5 See also

[edit] 2007 Election

2007 General Election: Kerry North
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	*Jimmy Deenihan	12,697	32.53	1	1
	Sinn Féin	*Martin Ferris	8,030	20.57	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	*Tom McEllistrim	7,367	18.87	2	4
	Fianna Fáil	Norma Foley	4,937	12.65
	Labour Party	Terry O'Brien	4,287	10.98
	Green Party	David Grey	747	1.91
	Independent	Anthony Dineen	689	1.77
	Independent	Sam Locke	397	1.02
	Independent	Tom Donovan	111	0.28
	Independent	Michael O'Connor	51	0.13

*Denotes outgoing TD

[edit] 2002 Election results

2002 General Election: Kerry North
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Tom McEllistrim	7,884	20.16	1	2
	Sinn Féin	Martin Ferris	9,436	24.12	2	2
	Fine Gael	*Jimmy Deenihan	8,652	22.12	3	3
	Labour Party	*Dick Spring	8,773	22.43
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Kiely	3,927	10.04
	Independent	James Kennedy	233	0.60
	Independent	Anthony O'Connor	208	0.53

*Denotes outgoing TD

[edit] November 1982 - 2002 full election results

Online at [2]

[edit] February 1982 full result

23rd Irish General Election – 18th February, 1982
Candidate		Party	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	Dick Spring	Labour Party	8552	8552	8552	8552
	Thomas McEllistrim	Fianna Fáil	6754	7076	9585
	Denis Foley	Fianna Fáil	5646	6098	7950	9123
	Robert Pierse	Fine Gael	5643	5836	6513	6647
	Dan Kiely	Fianna Fáil	5297	5416
	Denis Foley	Independent	1218
Electorate=42856, valid=33110, spoiled=240, quota=8278