Cork West (Dáil constituency)
Cork West | |
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Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency | |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1923 |
Abolished | 1961 |
Seats |
5 (1923–1948) 3 (1948–1961) |
County/City council | County Cork |
Cork West was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1923 to 1961. The constituency elected 5 (and later 3) deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, using the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).
History
It was created in 1923 as a 5-seat constituency, a partial replacement for the 8 seat Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West constituency. It was first used for the 1923 general election to the 4th Dáil.
It was reduced to a 3 seater for the 1948 general election to the 12th Dáil, and remained at that size until its abolition for the 1961 general election to the 17th Dáil. It was then partially replaced by the new Cork South-West constituency.
Boundaries
It consisted of the county electoral areas of Bandon, Bantry and Dunmanway in the administrative county of Cork.[1]
TDs
Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.
Elections
1957 general election
1957 general election: Cork West[16] | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
Fianna Fáil | Edward Cotter | 5,255 | 19.9 | 1 | ||
Labour Party | Michael Murphy | 6,454 | 24.5 | 2 | ||
Independent | Florence Wycherley | 4,666 | 17.7 | 3 | ||
Fine Gael | Seán Collins | 5,869 | 22.3 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Michael Finn | 4,125 | 15.6 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 30,353 Quota: 7,589 Turnout: |
1954 general election
1954 general election: Cork West[15] | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
Labour Party | Michael Murphy | 7,315 | 25.4 | 1 | 1 | |
Fianna Fáil | Edward Cotter | 6,270 | 21.8 | 2 | ||
Fine Gael | Seán Collins | 4,003 | 13.9 | 3 | ||
Clann na Talmhan | Florence Wycherley | 4,238 | 14.7 | |||
Fine Gael | John O'Sullivan | 3,635 | 12.6 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Michael Finn | 3,339 | 11.6 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 28,800 Quota: 7,201 Turnout: |
1951 general election
1951 general election: Cork West[14] | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
Fianna Fáil | Timothy O'Sullivan | 7,571 | 25.8 | 1 | 1 | |
Fine Gael | Seán Collins | 7,515 | 25.7 | 2 | 1 | |
Labour Party | Michael Murphy | 6,103 | 20.8 | 3 | ||
Clann na Talmhan | Charles Bryan | 4,732 | 16.2 | |||
Fianna Fáil | James Moynihan | 3,373 | 11.5 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 29,294 Quota: 7,324 Turnout: |
1949 by-election
Following the death of the Labour Party TD Timothy J. Murphy, a by-election was held on 15 June 1949. The seat was won by the Labour Party candidate William J. Murphy.
1949 by-election: Cork West[13] | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
Labour Party | William J. Murphy | 18,909 | 63.3 | 1 | 1 | |
Fianna Fáil | Edward Cotter | 10,950 | 36.7 | |||
Electorate: 36,609 Valid: 29,859 Quota: 14,930 Turnout: 81.6% |
1948 general election
1948 general election: Cork West[12] | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
Fianna Fáil | Timothy O'Sullivan | 6,348 | 21.0 | 1 | ||
Labour Party | Timothy J. Murphy | 6,165 | 20.4 | 2 | ||
Fine Gael | Seán Collins | 4,643 | 15.4 | 3 | ||
Clann na Talmhan | Charles Bryan | 4,750 | 15.7 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Patrick Burke | 3,439 | 11.4 | |||
Clann na Poblachta | Thomas Roycroft | 2,135 | 7.1 | |||
Fine Gael | Daniel Kingston | 1,877 | 6.2 | |||
Clann na Poblachta | Liam Dwyer | 857 | 2.8 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 30,214 Quota: 7,554 Turnout: |
1944 general election
1944 general election: Cork West[11] | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
Labour Party | Timothy J. Murphy | 7,764 | 15.7 | 1 | ||
Clann na Talmhan | Patrick O'Driscoll | 7,573 | 15.3 | 2 | ||
Fine Gael | Eamonn O'Neill | 5,125 | 10.3 | 3 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Seán Buckley | 7,529 | 15.2 | 4 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Timothy O'Sullivan | 7,136 | 14.4 | 5 | ||
Independent | Daniel O'Leary | 5,655 | 11.4 | |||
Fine Gael | Timothy O'Donovan | 3,900 | 7.9 | |||
Labour Party | T. J. Harrington | 2,092 | 4.2 | |||
Independent | Tom Hales | 1,444 | 2.9 | |||
Fine Gael | Michael Sheehy | 1,405 | 2.8 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 49,623 Quota: 8,271 Turnout: |
1943 general election
1943 general election: Cork West[10] | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
Labour Party | Timothy J. Murphy | 9,363 | 18.1 | 1 | 1 | |
Clann na Talmhan | Patrick O'Driscoll | 7,062 | 13.7 | 2 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Timothy O'Sullivan | 7,977 | 15.5 | 3 | ||
Fine Gael | Timothy O'Donovan | 4,854 | 9.4 | 4 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Seán Buckley | 6,632 | 12.8 | 5 | ||
Fine Gael | Daniel O'Leary | 4,414 | 8.6 | |||
Fine Gael | Eamonn O'Neill | 4,378 | 8.5 | |||
Labour Party | Denis Lehane | 2,315 | 4.5 | |||
Labour Party | Patrick Crowley | 1,955 | 3.8 | |||
Independent | Michael Twomey | 1,582 | 3.1 | |||
Fine Gael | Denis Cronin | 1,104 | 2.1 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 51,636 Quota: 8,607 Turnout: |
1938 general election
1938 general election: Cork West[9] | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
Fianna Fáil | Seán Buckley | 10,895 | 20.1 | 1 | 1 | |
Labour Party | Timothy J. Murphy | 10,424 | 19.3 | 2 | 1 | |
Fianna Fáil | Timothy O'Sullivan | 10,019 | 18.5 | 3 | 1 | |
Fine Gael | Timothy O'Donovan | 7,825 | 14.5 | 4 | ||
Fine Gael | Eamonn O'Neill | 6,304 | 11.7 | 5 | ||
Fine Gael | Daniel O'Leary | 6,504 | 12.0 | |||
Fine Gael | Eugene O'Sullivan | 2,124 | 3.9 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 54,095 Quota: 9,016 Turnout: |
1937 general election
1937 general election: Cork West[8] | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
Labour Party | Timothy J. Murphy | 12,179 | 22.7 | 1 | 1 | |
Fine Gael | Timothy O'Donovan | 6,846 | 12.8 | 2 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Timothy O'Sullivan | 7,538 | 14.1 | 3 | ||
Fine Gael | Eamonn O'Neill | 5,108 | 9.5 | 4 | ||
Fine Gael | Daniel O'Leary | 5,781 | 10.8 | 5 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Daniel Corkery | 5,754 | 10.7 | |||
Fine Gael | William Roycroft | 4,484 | 8.4 | |||
Fine Gael | John O'Sullivan | 3,675 | 6.9 | |||
Independent | Tom Hales | 2,207 | 4.1 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 53,572 Quota: 8,929 Turnout: |
1933 general election
1933 general election: Cork West[7] | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
Cumann na nGaedheal | James Burke | 9,482 | 21.3 | 1 | 1 | |
National Centre Party | Timothy O'Donovan | 9,075 | 20.4 | 2 | 1 | |
Cumann na nGaedheal | Eamonn O'Neill | 6,067 | 13.6 | 3 | ||
Labour Party | Timothy J. Murphy | 6,458 | 14.5 | 4 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Tom Hales | 4,021 | 9.0 | 5 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Raphael Keyes | 4,840 | 10.9 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Jeremiah Galvin | 2,708 | 6.1 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Eugene McCarthy | 1,843 | 4.1 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 44,494 Quota: 7,416 Turnout: |
1932 general election
1932 general election: Cork West[6] | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
Labour Party | Timothy J. Murphy | 7,257 | 17.7 | 1 | 1 | |
Cumann na nGaedheal | Eamonn O'Neill | 5,715 | 13.9 | 2 | ||
Independent | Jasper Wolfe | 5,757 | 14.1 | 3 | ||
Farmers' Party | Timothy O'Donovan | 5,310 | 13.0 | 4 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Raphael Keyes | 5,005 | 12.2 | 5 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Jeremiah Galvin | 5,060 | 12.3 | |||
Cumann na nGaedheal | Timothy Sheehy | 4,476 | 10.9 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Eugene McCarthy | 2,393 | 5.8 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 40,973 Quota: 6,829 Turnout: |
September 1927 general election
September 1927 general election: Cork West[5] | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
Fianna Fáil | Thomas Mullins | 4,797 | 13.2 | 1 | ||
Independent | Jasper Wolfe | 6,027 | 16.6 | 2 | ||
Labour Party | Timothy J. Murphy | 5,561 | 15.3 | 3 | ||
Farmers' Party | Timothy O'Donovan | 5,893 | 16.3 | 4 | ||
Cumann na nGaedheal | Timothy Sheehy | 4,771 | 13.2 | 5 | ||
Cumann na nGaedheal | Eamonn O'Neill | 4,623 | 12.8 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Raphael Keyes | 4,585 | 12.7 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 36,257 Quota: 6,043 Turnout: |
June 1927 general election
June 1927 general election: Cork West[4] | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
Labour Party | Timothy J. Murphy | 6,679 | 18.7 | 1 | 1 | |
Fianna Fáil | Thomas Mullins | 2,925 | 8.2 | 2 | ||
Cumann na nGaedheal | Timothy Sheehy | 3,206 | 9.0 | 3 | ||
Farmers' Party | Timothy O'Donovan | 3,708 | 10.4 | 4 | ||
Independent | Jasper Wolfe | 4,422 | 12.4 | 5 | ||
Farmers' Party | Joseph MacCarthy | 2,693 | 7.6 | |||
Cumann na nGaedheal | Thomas O'Donovan | 2,404 | 6.7 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Jeremiah McCarthy | 2,122 | 5.9 | |||
Farmers' Party | Jeremiah O'Sullivan | 1,801 | 5.1 | |||
Fianna Fáil | George Ross | 1,739 | 4.9 | |||
Cumann na nGaedheal | John Prior | 1,685 | 4.7 | |||
Sinn Féin | Seán Buckley | 1,349 | 3.8 | |||
Independent | Cornelius O'Donovan | 947 | 2.7 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 35,680 Quota: 5,947 Turnout: |
1923 general election
1923 general election: Cork West[3] | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
Cumann na nGaedheal | Cornelius Connolly | 4,430 | 14.9 | 1 | 6 | |
Republican | Seán Buckley | 3,237 | 10.9 | 2 | 10 | |
Farmers' Party | Timothy O'Donovan | 2,473 | 8.3 | 3 | 10 | |
Cumann na nGaedheal | John Prior | 3,257 | 11.0 | 4 | 10 | |
Labour Party | Timothy J. Murphy | 3,517 | 11.8 | 5 | 10 | |
Cumann na nGaedheal | Robert Kelly | 2,469 | 8.3 | |||
Republican | Maurice Donegan | 1,741 | 5.9 | |||
Farmers' Party | Michael Scully | 1,460 | 4.9 | |||
Independent | Daniel O'Leary | 1,427 | 4.8 | |||
Cumann na nGaedheal | Daniel McCarthy | 1,347 | 4.5 | |||
National Democratic Party | Joseph O'Mahony | 1,336 | 4.5 | |||
Republican | John Lehane | 1,240 | 4.2 | |||
Farmers' Party | Daniel Minihane | 1,074 | 3.6 | |||
Independent | William Hales | 510 | 1.7 | |||
Independent | David Connor | 205 | 0.7 | |||
Electorate: 59,500 Valid: 29,723 Quota: 4,954 Turnout: 49.9% |
See also
References
- ↑ "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1923: (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
- ↑ Walker, Brian M, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0-901714-96-8. ISSN 0332-0286.
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- 1 2 "General election 1932: Cork West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 16 September 2010.
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- 1 2 "General election 1943: Cork West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 16 September 2010.
- 1 2 "General election 1944: Cork West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 16 September 2010.
- 1 2 "General election 1948: Cork West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 16 September 2010.
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- 1 2 "General election 1957: Cork West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 16 September 2010.