Electoral (Amendment) Act 1990
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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.
Electoral (Amendment) Act 1990 | |
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Oireachtas | |
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Citation | No. 36 of 1990 |
Signed | 26 December 1990 |
Commenced | 26 December 1990 & 5 November 1992 |
Repealed | 15 May 1997 |
Legislative history | |
Bill citation | No. 40 of 1990 |
Introduced by | Minister for the Environment (Pádraig Flynn) |
Introduced | 23 November 1990 |
Repeals | |
Electoral (Amendment) Act 1983 | |
Repealed by | |
Electoral (Amendment) Act 1995 | |
Status: Repealed |
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It repealed the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1983, which had defined constituencies since the 1987 general election.[3]
It was repealed by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1995, which created a new schedule of constituencies first used at the 1997 general election for the 28th Dáil held on 6 June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]