County council Wexford County Council Founded 1921 | EP constituency South Created Irish elections, 1921 | |
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Seats 4 (1921–1923)
5 (1923–1961)
4 (1961–1981)
5 (1981–) TDs Paul Kehoe (FG)
Michael W. D'Arcy (FG)
Brendan Howlin (Lab)
Mick Wallace (I4C)
James Browne (FF) | ||
Wexford is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects 5 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). The method of election is the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).
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History and boundaries
The constituency was created for the 1921 elections electing 4 deputies. For the 1923 general election, it gained a fifth seat. From 1961, it was reduced to 4 seats and from 1981 it has again elected 5 deputies. It spans the entire area of County Wexford, taking in Wexford, Enniscorthy, New Ross and Gorey.
The Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013 defines the constituency as:
"The county of Wexford."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.
1945 by-election
Following the death of Labour Party TD Richard Corish, a by-election was held on 4 December 1945. The seat was won by the Labour Party candidate Brendan Corish, son of the deceased TD.
1936 by-election
Following the death of Fine Gael TD Osmond Esmonde, a by-election was held on 17 August 1936. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Denis Allen.