Politics of County Wicklow - Historic Constituencies in County Wicklow, Local Councillors in County Wicklow, Lord-Lieutenants of Wicklow (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Historic Constituencies in County Wicklow, Local Councillors in County Wicklow, Lord-Lieutenants of Wicklow, Dick Roche, Dirdre de Brca, Liz Mcmanus, Carysfort, Blessington, West Wicklow, East Wicklow, Joe Behan, Wicklow Borough, Godfrey Timmins, Kildare-wicklow, Baltinglass, Wicklow County, Andrew Doyle, William Proby, 5th Earl of Carysfort, Mervyn Wingfield, 8th Viscount Powerscourt, Edward Leeson, 6th Earl of Milltown, William Howard, 4th Earl of Wicklow. Excerpt: Wicklow is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dil ireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency has an electorate of 86,763 and at present is served by 5 Teachta Dla (TDs). The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote. The constituency returned three members to the Dil ireann in 1977 and this was increased to four members in 1981. In part this was because, in 1977, parts of the county had been placed in the constituencies of Dublin County Mid and Dublin County West, while the 1981 constituency included the entire county. The constituency spans the entire area of County Wicklow in Leinster, including the towns of Wicklow, Arklow, Greystones and Bray and includes a small part of eastern County Carlow containing the villages of Hacketstown and Rathvilly. One of the most high profile TDs in the constituency is the current Minister of State for European Affairs, Dick Roche. Another TD, Liz McManus, was the deputy leader of the Labour Party from 2002 to 2007. 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. Quota: 10,821 ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1529945