County/City council County Kerry | Founded 1937 | |
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Seats 4 (1937–1961)
3 (1961–2011) Created Irish general election, 1937 Abolished Irish general election, 2011 | ||
Kerry North was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1937 to 2011. The method of election was the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).
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History and boundaries
The constituency was located in the northern half of County Kerry, located between the River Shannon estuary and the Slieve Mish Mountains; and included Tralee, Listowel, Tarbert, Ballybunion and Castleisland. It was established by the Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935 when the former Kerry constituency was divided into Kerry North and Kerry South. It was first used at the 1937 general election electing members of the 9th Dáil.
The constituency elected 4 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) from 1937–1961 and 3 deputies from 1961–2011.
At the 2011 general election it was replaced by a new constituency called Kerry North–West Limerick.
TDs
Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.
1956 by-election
Following the death of Clann na Poblachta TD Johnny Connor, a by-election was held on 29 February 1956. The seat was won by the Clann na Poblachta candidate Kathleen O'Connor, daughter of the deceased TD.