1970 Dublin South-West by-election
By-election to the 19th Dáil
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A Dáil by-election was held in the constituency of Dublin South-West in Ireland on Wednesday, 4 March 1970, to fill a vacancy in the 19th Dáil. It followed the death of Labour Teachta Dála (TD) Seán Dunne on 25 June 1969.[1] He died before the first sitting of the 19th Dáil on 2 July 1969.
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4 March 1970
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| Turnout | 23,287 (57.2%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The writ of election to fill the vacancy was agreed by the Dáil on 11 February 1970.[2]
The by-election was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Seán Sherwin.[3] The Labour candidate, Matt Merrigan, lost by 262 votes, after Seán Dunne's widow Cora, stood as an independent candidate.
At the 1973 general election, Sherwin stood as a Aontacht Éireann candidate. He was not re-elected and was never subsequently re-elected to the Dáil.
Result
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Sherwin | 33.0 | 7,678 | 7,897 | 8,641 | 10,710 | |
| Labour | Matt Merrigan | 21.5 | 5,004 | 5,963 | 7,336 | 10,448 | |
| Independent | Lauri Corcoran | 19.2 | 4,481 | 4,891 | 6,690 | ||
| Fine Gael | Jim Mitchell | 17.4 | 4,062 | 4,415 | |||
| Independent | Cora Dunne | 8.9 | 2,062 | ||||
| Electorate: 40,690 Valid: 23,287 Quota: 11,644 Turnout: 57.2% | |||||||