 Haughey was re-elected in every election until 1992; he represented the Dublin North-East constituency from 1957 to 1977.The constituency lines were redrawn under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974, in an attempt to secure re-election for the sitting Fine Gael-Labour Party government in the 1977 election, when Haughey switched to representing Dublin Artane; but this constituency was abolished in 1981 and most of Haughey's electoral area was moved into the reformed Dublin North-Central constituency, which he represented from 1981 until his retirement in 1992.Haughey obtained his first government position, that of Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Justice, to his constituency colleague Oscar Traynor in 1960.