File 4 - Local elections 1979

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UGA P143/2/1/1/4

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Local elections 1979

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  • 08/02/1978-11/06/1979

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Large envelope labelled: "267 Elections - local 1979" [held on 07/06/1979]. Material includes photocopies of registers of electors for Dublin Rathmines West in force from 01/04/1979-14/04/1980; typed list of polling districts and handwritten list of polling stations; blank vote tally sheets; photocopy of handwritten list of houses, flats to canvass in constituency; sample of form allowing another to attend as agent at issuing of postal ballot papers; list of Labour Subagents and PAs for each polling place; Labour Party instructions to sub-agents, completed volunteer information sheets for canvassers etc. and list of names with some telephone details for same; photocopy of survey of sample voters, April 1979; typed document "A Declaration for Dublin - Labour's election programme for Dublin and Dubliners 1979"; circular from Returning Officer to candidates on when ballot boxes, including those for postal voters, would be opened, 04/05/1979; "Europe and the electorate", flyer on Labour Party Special conference, Dublin, 06/05/1979; photocopy of report on "Local and European Campaign Dublin Area No. 9"; various reports on the election campaign [summer?] 1979; photocopy of signed agreement between 15 Fine Gael members and 11 Labour members of the City Council of Dublin in relation to Fine Gael nominee for Lord Mayor, 18/06/1979; handwritten letter and response from Mary Robinson in relation to Clontarf East Branch of Labour party supporting her should she wish to seek a nomination in the Dublin North Central Constituency at the following General Election, 22-26/06/1980; copy of Electoral (Amendment) Bill, 1980; posters "What is the European Parliament?" x 2, and map of constituencies in Ireland for European Parliament Election, 07/06/1979; various maps of the constituencies and in particular Rathmines West; Guide for Women Voters, compiled by the Women's Political Association; booklet on Labour Party Final Agenda Special conference, December 1978; and booklet from EUSO [Socialist Group European Parliament], December 1978; newspaper cuttings relating to the election, 08/02/1978-11/06/1979.

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      10/02/2025
      10/02/2025

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