Cork City North West (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Cork City North West is a former parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which was represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. It existed from 1969–1977. It elected three Teachtaí Dála (TDs) to the Dáil, using the Single Transferable Vote method of proportional representation (PR-STV).

Boundaries

The constituency comprised of the north western parts of Cork city and suburbs. [http://acts.oireachtas.ie/zza3y1969.2.html]

History

The constituency was created in 1969, under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969, for the 1969 general election to Dáil Éireann. The old Cork Borough constituency was divided into the new constituencies of Cork City North West and Cork City South East. It was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974, when the Cork City North West and Cork City South East constituencies were replaced by the new constituency of Cork City.

ee also

*List of Dáil Éireann constituencies in Ireland (historic)
*Parliamentary constituencies in the Republic of Ireland

External links

* [http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0 Oireachtas Members Database]
* [http://acts.oireachtas.ie/ Acts of the Oireachtas]