Sligo–Mayo East was a
parliamentary constituency represented in
Dáil Éireann
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, the lower house of the Irish parliament or
Oireachtas
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*The President of Ireland
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from 1921 to 1923. The constituency elected 5 deputies (
Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, on the system of
proportional representation by means of the
single transferable vote (PR-STV).
History and boundaries
The constituency was created in 1921 as a 5-seat constituency, under the
Government of Ireland Act 1920, for the
1921 general election to the
House of Commons of Southern Ireland, whose members formed the
2nd Dáil.
It succeeded the constituencies of
Mayo East,
Sligo North and
Sligo South which were used to elect the
Members of the 1st Dáil and earlier
United Kingdom House of Commons members. It covered all of
County Sligo and the eastern parts of
County Mayo
County Mayo (; ga, Contae Mhaigh Eo, meaning "Plain of the Taxus baccata, yew trees") is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. In the West Region, Ireland, West of Ireland, in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Conn ...
.
It was abolished under the
Electoral Act 1923, when it was replaced by the new
Mayo South and
Leitrim–Sligo constituencies which was first used in the
1923 general election for the
Members of the 4th Dáil.
TDs
Elections
1922 general election
1921 general election
See also
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Dáil constituencies
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Politics of the Republic of Ireland
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Historic Dáil constituencies
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Elections in the Republic of Ireland
References
External links
Oireachtas Members Database
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Historic constituencies in County Mayo
Historic constituencies in County Sligo
Dáil constituencies in the Republic of Ireland (historic)
1921 establishments in Ireland
1923 disestablishments in Ireland
Constituencies established in 1921
Constituencies disestablished in 1923