Cork_Mid_(Dáil_constituency)
Cork Mid (Dáil constituency)
Dáil constituency (1961–1981)
Cork Mid was a Dáil constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (the Irish legislature) from 1961 to 1981. The constituency was represented by 4 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) from 1961 to 1977, and then 5 from 1977 until its abolition in 1981. The method of election was proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
| Cork Mid | |
|---|---|
| Former Dáil constituency | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1961 |
| Abolished | 1981 |
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| Local government areas |
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| Created from | Cork North |
| Replaced by | |
From 1961 to 1969, its boundaries were defined as: "The administrative county of Cork except the portions thereof which are comprised in the borough constituency of Cork and the county constituencies of North-East Cork and South-West Cork."[1]
From 1961 to 1977, its boundaries were defined as: "The administrative county of Cork except the portions thereof which are comprised in the borough constituency of Cork and the county constituencies of North-East Cork, South-West Cork and South Kerry."[2]
From 1977 to 1981, its boundaries were defined as: "The administrative county of Cork, except the parts thereof which are comprised in the constituencies of Cork North-East, Cork South-West and Kerry South; and the following wards in the county borough of Cork: Bishopstown E, Gillabbey B, Gillabbey C, Glasheen A, Glasheen B, Glasheen C, Pouladuff A, Pouladuff B, The Lough, Togher A, Togher B."[3]
| Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Cork Mid 1961–1981[4] | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Key to parties
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| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | |||||
| 17th | 1961[5] | Dan Desmond (Lab) |
Seán McCarthy (FF) |
Con Meaney (FF) |
Denis J. O'Sullivan (FG) |
4 seats 1961–1977 | |||||
| 1965 by-election[6] | Eileen Desmond (Lab) | ||||||||||
| 18th | 1965[7] | Flor Crowley (FF) |
Thomas Meaney (FF) |
Donal Creed (FG) | |||||||
| 19th | 1969[8] | Philip Burton (FG) |
Paddy Forde (FF) | ||||||||
| 1972 by-election[9] | Gene Fitzgerald (FF) | ||||||||||
| 20th | 1973[10] | Eileen Desmond (Lab) | |||||||||
| 21st | 1977[11] | Barry Cogan (FF) | |||||||||
| 22nd | 1981 | Constituency abolished. See Cork North-Central and Cork South-Central | |||||||||
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.
1977 general election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Gene Fitzgerald | 19.9 | 12,179 | |||||
| Fianna Fáil | Thomas Meaney | 19.4 | 11,877 | |||||
| Labour | Eileen Desmond | 14.5 | 8,902 | 9,001 | 9,112 | 10,276 | ||
| Fine Gael | Donal Creed | 13.2 | 8,088 | 8,163 | 8,241 | 10,413 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Barry Cogan | 10.7 | 6,563 | 7,545 | 8,151 | 8,259 | 8,595 | |
| Fine Gael | Frank Crowley | 7.6 | 4,681 | 4,695 | 4,777 | 5,614 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | John Dennehy | 7.4 | 4,522 | 5,292 | 6,069 | 6,188 | 6,470 | |
| Fine Gael | Seán O'Leary | 7.2 | 4,436 | 4,468 | 4,480 | |||
| Electorate: 75,031 Valid: 61,248 Spoilt: 446 (0.7%) Quota: 10,209 Turnout: 61,694 (82.2%)[13] | ||||||||
1973 general election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Thomas Meaney | 25.6 | 10,400 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Gene Fitzgerald | 23.6 | 9,584 | |||
| Fine Gael | Donal Creed | 19.1 | 7,728 | 8,273 | ||
| Labour | Eileen Desmond | 15.2 | 6,170 | 7,152 | 8,188 | |
| Fine Gael | Philip Burton | 13.9 | 5,629 | 6,245 | 6,406 | |
| Fine Gael | Daniel O'Leary | 2.6 | 1,055 | 1,198 | 1,471 | |
| Electorate: 49,402 Valid: 40,566 Quota: 8,114 Turnout: 82.1% | ||||||
1972 by-election
Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Paddy Forde on 13 May 1972, a by-election was held on 2 August 1972. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Gene Fitzgerald.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Gene Fitzgerald | 49.5 | 19,959 | 20,214 | |
| Fine Gael | Denis J. O'Sullivan | 31.6 | 12,530 | 12,788 | |
| Labour | Eileen Desmond | 15.9 | 6,301 | 6,711 | |
| Aontacht Éireann | Paddy O'Callaghan | 3.0 | 1,172 | ||
| Electorate: 49,402 Valid: 39,962 Quota: 19,982 Turnout: 80.89% | |||||
1969 general election
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | Thomas Meaney | 8,978 | 23.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Fine Gael | Donal Creed | 7,400 | 18.9 | 2 | ||
| Fine Gael | Philip Burton | 5,310 | 13.6 | 4 | ||
| Labour | Eileen Desmond | 4,936 | 12.6 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Paddy Forde | 4,284 | 11.0 | 3 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Batt Donegan | 3,468 | 8.9 | |||
| Labour | Neil Lehane | 2,866 | 7.3 | |||
| Fine Gael | Patrick Lombard | 1,821 | 4.7 | |||
| Electorate: ? Valid: 39,063 Quota: 7,813 Turnout: | ||||||
1965 general election
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Eileen Desmond | 10,041 | 25.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Flor Crowley | 7,884 | 19.7 | 2 | ||
| Fine Gael | Donal Creed | 6,103 | 15.2 | 4 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Thomas Meaney | 5,683 | 14.2 | 3 | ||
| Fine Gael | Denis J. O'Sullivan | 4,935 | 12.3 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Paddy Forde | 3,099 | 7.7 | |||
| Independent | Thomas O'Sullivan | 1,089 | 2.7 | |||
| Fine Gael | Edward McCarthy | 789 | 2.0 | |||
| Independent | Sylvester Cotter | 498 | 1.2 | |||
| Electorate: ? Valid: 40,121 Quota: 8,025 Turnout: | ||||||
1965 by-election
Following the death of Labour Party TD Dan Desmond on 9 December 1964, a by-election was held on 10 March 1965. The seat was won by the Labour Party candidate Eileen Desmond, widow of the deceased TD.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Flor Crowley | 36.2 | 13,779 | 13,932 | 15,093 | |
| Labour | Eileen Desmond | 33.5 | 12,752 | 12,937 | 20,756 | |
| Fine Gael | Donal Creed | 28.8 | 10,957 | 11,105 | ||
| Independent | Sylvester P. Cotter | 1.6 | 590 | |||
| Electorate: 50,220 Valid: 38,078 Quota: 19,040 Turnout: 75.82% | ||||||
1961 general election
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Dan Desmond | 10,035 | 27.3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Fine Gael | Denis J. O'Sullivan | 7,787 | 21.2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Con Meaney | 6,586 | 17.9 | 4 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Seán MacCarthy | 6,499 | 17.7 | 3 | ||
| Fine Gael | Timothy Desmond | 3,976 | 10.8 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | David McGrath | 1,890 | 5.1 | |||
| Electorate: ? Valid: 36,773 Quota: 7,355 Turnout: | ||||||
- Electoral (Amendment) Act 1961, Schedule: Constituencies (No. 19 of 1961, Schedule). Enacted on 14 July 1961. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 21 April 2022.
- Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969, Schedule: Constituencies (No. 3 of 1969, Schedule). Enacted on 26 March 1969. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 21 April 2022.
- Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974, Schedule: Constituencies (No. 7 of 1974, Schedule). Enacted on 7 May 1974. Act of the Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 20 January 2012. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 24 December 2021.
- 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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- "General election 1965: Cork Mid". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
- "General election 1969: Cork Mid". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
- "By-election 1972: Cork Mid". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 30 November 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
- "General election 1973: Cork Mid". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
- "General election 1977: Cork Mid". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
- "21st Dáil 1977 general election results" (PDF). Houses of the Oireachtas. February 1978. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
- The Irish Times, 20 June 1977, p7–10
- Gallagher, Michael (2009). Irish Elections 1948–77: Results and Analysis Sources for the Study of Irish Politics 2. Routledge. ISBN 9781138973343.