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Carlow–Kildare
Carlow–Kildare
Former Dáil constituency
	Location of Carlow–Kildare within Ireland
Former constituency
Created	1937
Abolished	1948
Seats	4
Local government areas	County Carlow; County Kildare;
Created from	Carlow–Kilkenny; Kildare;
Replaced by	Carlow–Kilkenny; Kildare;

Carlow–Kildare was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1937 to 1948. The constituency elected 4 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

The constituency was created for the 1937 general election under the Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935, replacing the old Carlow–Kilkenny and Kildare constituencies.^[1]

Under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947, the constituency was abolished, and the Carlow–Kilkenny and Kildare constituencies were re-created for the 1948 general election.^[2]

Boundaries

The constituency covered all of County Kildare, and most of County Carlow.^[1] Carlow–Kildare's boundaries were defined by the 1935 Act as:

"The administrative County of Kildare.

The administrative County of Carlow except the portion thereof which is comprised in the County Constituencies of Wicklow and Wexford."^[1]

The Act defines the parts of Carlow in the Wicklow constituency as:

"The district electoral divisions of:

Clonmore, Hacketstown, Haroldstown, Kineagh, Rahill, Rathvilly, Tiknock and Williamstown in the administrative County of Carlow."^[1]

The parts of Carlow in the Wexford constituency are defined as:

"The district electoral divisions of:

Ballyellin, Ballymurphy, Borris, Coonogue, Corries, Glynn, Killedmond, Kyle, Marley, Rathanna, Sliguff and Tinnahinch in the administrative County of Carlow."^[1]

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Carlow–Kildare 1937–1948^[3]
Key to parties FF = Fianna Fáil FG = Fine Gael Lab = Labour
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
9th	1937^[4]		William Norton (Lab)		Thomas Harris (FF)		Francis Humphreys (FF)		Sydney Minch (FG)
10th	1938^[5]								James Hughes (FG)
11th	1943^[6]
12th	1944^[7]
13th	1948	Constituency abolished. See Carlow–Kilkenny and Kildare

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.

Elections

1944 general election

1944 general election: Carlow–Kildare^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Harris	26.3	8,797
	Fine Gael	James Hughes	19.8	6,638	6,750
	Labour	William Norton	18.3	6,142	6,287	6,429	6,598
	Fianna Fáil	Francis Humphreys	13.0	4,357	5,433	7,627
	Labour	Thomas Hayden	9.2	3,096	3,200	3,238	3,444
	Fine Gael	Patrick Frayne	7.8	2,598	2,633	2,660	2,707
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Mullins	5.6	1,875	2,499
Electorate: 51,949 Valid: 33,503 Quota: 6,701 Turnout: 64.5%

1943 general election

1943 general election: Carlow–Kildare^[6]^[8]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	William Norton	22.5	8,355
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Harris	22.2	8,229
	Fine Gael	James Hughes	16.5	6,107	6,142	6,175	6,214	8,487
	Fianna Fáil	Francis Humphreys	10.2	3,804	3,836	4,323	5,354	5,408	5,445	6,053
	Labour	Thomas Hayden	9.6	3,571	4,279	4,347	4,398	4,524	4,661	5,328
	Independent	Thomas Lawlor	8.1	3,007	3,077	3,124	3,196	3,562	4,452
	Fine Gael	Gerard Sweetman	7.9	2,924	2,981	2,992	3,016
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Mullins	3.0	1,117	1,147	1,307
Electorate: 51,949 Valid: 37,114 Quota: 7,423 Turnout: 71.4%

1938 general election

1938 general election: Carlow–Kildare^[5]^[8]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Harris	22.0	7,874
	Labour	William Norton	20.8	7,467
	Fine Gael	James Hughes	17.0	6,104	6,223	6,692	6,769	6,837
	Fine Gael	Sydney Minch	16.0	5,749	6,033	6,272	6,496	6,633
	Fianna Fáil	Francis Humphreys	15.8	5,645	7,860
	Fianna Fáil	William Tynan	8.3	2,988
Electorate: 48,552 Valid: 35,827 Quota: 7,166 Turnout: 73.8%

1937 general election

1937 general election: Carlow–Kildare^[4]^[8]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Labour	William Norton	26.0	9,427
	Fine Gael	Sydney Minch	16.5	5,957	6,413	7,901
	Fianna Fáil	Francis Humphreys	15.2	5,515	5,952	6,087	6,105	6,839	8,816
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Harris	14.3	5,163	5,570	5,661	5,663	9,237
	Fianna Fáil	Brigid Darby	11.1	4,021	4,691	4,799	4,803
	Fine Gael	Gerard Sweetman	8.5	3,073	3,215	4,330	4,967	5,049	5,069
	Fine Gael	Patrick Nolan	8.4	3,041	3,116
Electorate: 48,536 Valid: 36,197 Quota: 7,240 Turnout: 74.6%