Short Title: | Electoral (Amendment) Act 1990 |
Legislature: | Oireachtas |
Long Title: | AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF DÁIL ÉIREANN AND FOR THE REVISION OF CONSTITUENCIES AND TO AMEND THE LAW RELATING TO THE ELECTION OF SUCH MEMBERS. |
Citation: | No. 36 of 1990 |
Date Signed: | 26 December 1990 |
Date Commenced: | 26 December 1990 & 5 November 1992 |
Bill Citation: | No. 40 of 1990 |
Bill Date: | 23 November 1990 |
Introduced By: | Minister for the Environment (Pádraig Flynn) |
Status: | Repealed |
Repeals: | Electoral (Amendment) Act 1983 |
Repealed By: | Electoral (Amendment) Act 1995 |
Date Repealed: | 15 May 1997 |
The Electoral (Amendment) Act 1990 (No. 36) was a law of Ireland which revised Dáil constituencies in light of the 1986 census. It took effect on the dissolution of the 26th Dáil on 5 November 1992 and a general election for the 27th Dáil on the revised constituencies took place on 25 November 1992.
It adopted recommendations from an independent Commission chaired by Liam Hamilton, President of the High Court, which delivered its report on 31 July 1990.[1] [2]
It repealed the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1983, which had defined constituencies since the 1987 general election.[3]
It was repealed by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1995, which created a new schedule of constituencies first used at the 1997 general election for the 28th Dáil held on 6 June 1997.[4]
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This list summarises the changes in representation. It does not address revisions to the boundaries of constituencies.