Cork_West_(Dáil_constituency)
Cork West (Dáil constituency)
Dáil constituency (1923–1961)
For the 1885–1922 constituency, see West Cork (UK Parliament constituency).
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, on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
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| Cork West | |
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| Former Dáil constituency | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1923 |
| Abolished | 1961 |
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| Local government area | County Cork |
| Created from | Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West |
| Replaced by | Cork South-West |
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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.
It consisted of the county electoral areas of Bandon, Bantry and Dunmanway in the administrative county of Cork.[1]
More information Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Cork West 1923–1961, Dáil ...
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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.
1957 general election
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Michael Pat Murphy | 6,454 | 24.5 | 2 | ||
| Fine Gael | Seán Collins | 5,869 | 22.3 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Edward Cotter | 5,255 | 19.9 | 1 | ||
| Independent | Florence Wycherley | 4,666 | 17.7 | 3 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Finn | 4,125 | 15.6 | |||
| Electorate: ? Valid: 30,353 Quota: 7,589 Turnout: | ||||||
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1954 general election
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Labour | Michael Pat Murphy | 25.4 | 7,315 | |||||
| Fianna Fáil | Edward Cotter | 21.8 | 6,270 | 8,982 | ||||
| Clann na Talmhan | Florence Wycherley | 14.7 | 4,238 | 4,389 | 4,984 | 5,012 | 6,181 | |
| Fine Gael | Seán Collins | 13.9 | 4,003 | 4,097 | 4,204 | 4,251 | 6,641 | |
| Fine Gael | John O'Sullivan | 12.6 | 3,635 | 3,864 | 4,093 | 4,132 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Finn | 11.6 | 3,339 | |||||
| Electorate: 34,791 Valid: 28,800 Quota: 7,201 Turnout: 82.8% | ||||||||
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1951 general election
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Ted O'Sullivan | 25.8 | 7,571 | ||
| Fine Gael | Seán Collins | 25.7 | 7,515 | ||
| Labour | Michael Pat Murphy | 20.8 | 6,103 | 6,758 | |
| Independent | Charles John Bryan | 16.2 | 4,732 | 5,572 | |
| Fianna Fáil | James Moynihan | 11.5 | 3,373 | ||
| Electorate: 35,960 Valid: 29,294 Quota: 7,324 Turnout: 81.46% | |||||
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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.
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Labour | William J. Murphy | 63.3 | 18,909 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Edward Cotter | 36.7 | 10,950 | |
| Electorate: 36,699 Valid: 29,859 Quota: 14,930 Turnout: 81.36% | ||||
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1948 general election
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Ted Sullivan | 21.0 | 6,348 | 6,432 | 6,498 | 6,694 | 8,636 | |||
| Labour | Timothy J. Murphy | 20.4 | 6,165 | 6,267 | 6,653 | 7,511 | 8,291 | |||
| Clann na Talmhan | Charles John Bryan | 15.7 | 4,750 | 4,791 | 5,021 | 5,472 | 5,908 | 6,361 | 6,489 | |
| Fine Gael | Seán Collins | 15.4 | 4,643 | 4,732 | 5,805 | 6,412 | 6,775 | 6,944 | 7,150 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Patrick John Burke | 11.4 | 3,439 | 3,448 | 3,515 | 3,712 | ||||
| Clann na Poblachta | Thomas Roycroft | 7.1 | 2,135 | 2,633 | 2,680 | |||||
| Fine Gael | Daniel J. Kingston | 6.2 | 1,877 | 1,901 | ||||||
| Clann na Poblachta | Liam Dwyer | 2.8 | 857 | |||||||
| Electorate: 38,455 Valid: 30,214 Quota: 7,554 Turnout: 78.57% | ||||||||||
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1944 general election
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Labour | Timothy J. Murphy | 15.6 | 7,764 | 7,971 | 8,224 | 9,865 | |||
| Clann na Talmhan | Patrick O'Driscoll | 15.3 | 7,573 | 7,968 | 8,113 | 8,231 | 8,529 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Buckley | 15.2 | 7,529 | 7,569 | 7,980 | 8,022 | 8,108 | 8,282 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Timothy O'Sullivan | 14.4 | 7,136 | 7,226 | 7,379 | 7,576 | 7,862 | 8,028 | |
| Clann na Talmhan | Daniel O'Leary | 11.4 | 5,655 | 5,671 | 5,782 | 5,816 | 5,913 | 6,763 | |
| Fine Gael | Eamonn O'Neill | 10.3 | 5,125 | 5,480 | 5,635 | 5,738 | 6,024 | 8,625 | |
| Fine Gael | Timothy O'Donovan | 7.9 | 3,900 | 4,091 | 4,154 | 4,201 | 4,319 | ||
| Labour | Timothy J. Harrington | 4.2 | 2,092 | 2,161 | 2,232 | ||||
| Independent | Tom Hales | 2.9 | 1,444 | 1,454 | |||||
| Fine Gael | Michael Sheehy | 2.8 | 1,405 | ||||||
| Electorate: 66,863 Valid: 49,623 Quota: 8,271 Turnout: 74.2% | |||||||||
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1943 general election
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Labour | Timothy J. Murphy | 18.1 | 9,363 | ||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Timothy O'Sullivan | 15.4 | 7,977 | 8,053 | 8,156 | 8,227 | 8,282 | 8,501 | 8,782 | ||
| Clann na Talmhan | Patrick O'Driscoll | 13.7 | 7,062 | 7,118 | 7,359 | 8,317 | 8,362 | 8,461 | 8,985 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Buckley | 12.8 | 6,632 | 6,684 | 6,699 | 6,734 | 7,054 | 7,538 | 7,807 | 7,821 | |
| Fine Gael | Timothy O'Donovan | 9.4 | 4,854 | 4,928 | 5,197 | 5,248 | 5,332 | 5,502 | 7,898 | 8,159 | |
| Fine Gael | Daniel O'Leary | 8.5 | 4,414 | 4,431 | 4,569 | 4,906 | 4,941 | 5,671 | 6,485 | 6,569 | |
| Fine Gael | Eamonn O'Neill | 8.5 | 4,378 | 4,416 | 4,603 | 4,687 | 4,859 | 5,021 | |||
| Labour | Denis Lehane | 4.5 | 2,315 | 2,480 | 2,517 | 2,547 | 3,949 | ||||
| Labour | Patrick Crowley | 3.8 | 1,955 | 2,216 | 2,272 | 2,277 | |||||
| Clann na Talmhan | Michael Twomey | 3.1 | 1,582 | 1,587 | 1,604 | ||||||
| Fine Gael | Denis Cronin | 2.1 | 1,104 | 1,116 | |||||||
| Electorate: 66,863 Valid: 51,636 Quota: 8,607 Turnout: 77.2% | |||||||||||
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1938 general election
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Buckley | 20.1 | 10,895 | ||||||
| Labour | Timothy J. Murphy | 19.3 | 10,424 | ||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Timothy O'Sullivan | 18.5 | 10,019 | ||||||
| Fine Gael | Timothy O'Donovan | 14.5 | 7,825 | 8,440 | 8,973 | 9,381 | |||
| Fine Gael | Daniel O'Leary | 12.0 | 6,504 | 7,033 | 7,370 | 7,500 | 7,608 | 8,090 | |
| Fine Gael | Eamonn O'Neill | 11.7 | 6,304 | 6,776 | 7,166 | 7,396 | 7,487 | 9,109 | |
| Fine Gael | Eugene O'Sullivan | 3.9 | 2,124 | 2,387 | 2,535 | 2,770 | 2,783 | ||
| Electorate: 66,266 Valid: 54,095 Quota: 9,016 Turnout: 81.6% | |||||||||
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1937 general election
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Labour | Timothy J. Murphy | 22.7 | 12,179 | ||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Timothy O'Sullivan | 14.1 | 7,538 | 8,290 | 8,878 | 8,948 | |||||
| Fine Gael | Timothy O'Donovan | 12.8 | 6,846 | 7,312 | 7,538 | 9,082 | |||||
| Fine Gael | Daniel O'Leary | 10.8 | 5,781 | 6,018 | 6,138 | 6,592 | 6,625 | 6,627 | 7,395 | 8,486 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Daniel Corkery | 10.7 | 5,754 | 6,520 | 7,550 | 7,688 | 7,690 | 7,699 | 7,811 | 7,820 | |
| Fine Gael | Eamonn O'Neill | 9.5 | 5,108 | 5,336 | 5,490 | 6,651 | 6,752 | 6,758 | 10,029 | ||
| Fine Gael | William Roycroft | 8.4 | 4,484 | 4,615 | 4,653 | 5,041 | 5,058 | 5,060 | |||
| Fine Gael | John O'Sullivan | 6.9 | 3,675 | 3,856 | 3,954 | ||||||
| Independent | Tom Hales | 4.1 | 2,207 | 2,696 | |||||||
| Electorate: 67,017 Valid: 53,572 Quota: 8,929 Turnout: 79.9% | |||||||||||
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1933 general election
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | James Burke | 21.3 | 9,482 | |||||||
| National Centre Party | Timothy O'Donovan | 20.4 | 9,075 | |||||||
| Labour | Timothy J. Murphy | 14.5 | 6,458 | 6,656 | 7,859 | |||||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Eamonn O'Neill | 13.6 | 6,067 | 7,783 | ||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Raphael Keyes | 10.9 | 4,840 | 4,866 | 4,952 | 4,986 | 5,019 | 6,055 | 6,330 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Tom Hales | 9.0 | 4,021 | 4,049 | 4,214 | 4,270 | 4,318 | 4,911 | 7,400 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Jeremiah Galvin | 6.1 | 2,708 | 2,769 | 2,877 | 2,917 | 2,935 | 3,132 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Eugene McCarthy | 4.1 | 1,843 | 1,880 | 1,977 | 2,040 | 2,108 | |||
| Electorate: 54,868 Valid: 44,494 Quota: 7,416 Turnout: 81.1% | ||||||||||
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1932 general election
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Labour | Timothy J. Murphy | 17.7 | 7,257 | ||||||
| Independent | Jasper Wolfe | 14.1 | 5,757 | 5,805 | 5,894 | 6,855 | |||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Eamonn O'Neill | 13.9 | 5,715 | 5,793 | 5,822 | 8,070 | |||
| Farmers' Party | Timothy O'Donovan | 13.0 | 5,310 | 5,387 | 5,565 | 6,455 | 7,654 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Jeremiah Galvin | 12.3 | 5,060 | 5,132 | 5,724 | 5,883 | 5,898 | 5,932 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Raphael Keyes | 12.2 | 5,005 | 5,058 | 6,352 | 6,449 | 6,476 | 6,536 | |
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Timothy Sheehy | 10.9 | 4,476 | 4,538 | 4,657 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Eugene McCarthy | 5.8 | 2,393 | 2,431 | |||||
| Electorate: 54,238 Valid: 40,973 Quota: 6,829 Turnout: 75.5% | |||||||||
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September 1927 general election
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Independent | Jasper Wolfe | 16.6 | 6,027 | 6,085 | ||||
| Farmers' Party | Timothy O'Donovan | 16.3 | 5,893 | 5,941 | 6,177 | |||
| Labour | Timothy J. Murphy | 15.3 | 5,561 | 5,751 | 8,176 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Thomas Mullins | 13.2 | 4,797 | 9,004 | ||||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Timothy Sheehy | 13.2 | 4,771 | 4,788 | 4,863 | 4,926 | 4,948 | |
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Eamonn O'Neill | 12.8 | 4,623 | 4,643 | 4,679 | 4,804 | 4,833 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Raphael Keyes | 12.6 | 4,585 | |||||
| Electorate: 56,663 Valid: 36,257 Quota: 6,043 Turnout: 64.0% | ||||||||
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June 1927 general election
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Labour | Timothy J. Murphy | 18.7 | 6,679 | |||||||||
| Independent | Jasper Wolfe | 12.4 | 4,422 | 4,526 | 4,688 | 4,785 | 4,907 | 5,128 | 5,296 | 5,543 | 5,837 | |
| Farmers' Party | Timothy O'Donovan | 10.4 | 3,708 | 3,788 | 3,879 | 3,922 | 4,045 | 4,128 | 4,912 | 5,054 | 5,902 | |
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Timothy Sheehy | 9.0 | 3,206 | 3,299 | 3,529 | 3,569 | 4,345 | 4,458 | 4,624 | 4,713 | 5,999 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Thomas Mullins | 8.2 | 2,925 | 3,001 | 3,079 | 3,661 | 3,722 | 4,465 | 4,585 | 6,328 | ||
| Farmers' Party | Joseph McCarthy | 7.5 | 2,693 | 2,735 | 2,833 | 2,974 | 3,056 | 3,182 | 3,636 | 3,743 | 3,962 | |
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Thomas O'Donovan | 6.7 | 2,404 | 2,486 | 2,550 | 2,594 | 2,876 | 2,902 | 3,032 | 3,105 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Jeremiah McCarthy | 5.9 | 2,122 | 2,154 | 2,192 | 2,343 | 2,375 | 2,782 | 2,848 | |||
| Farmers' Party | Jeremiah O'Sullivan | 5.0 | 1,801 | 1,820 | 1,850 | 1,897 | 2,043 | 2,093 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | George Ross | 4.9 | 1,739 | 1,790 | 1,817 | 1,962 | 1,994 | |||||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | John Prior | 4.7 | 1,685 | 1,735 | 1,779 | 1,801 | ||||||
| Sinn Féin | Seán Buckley | 3.8 | 1,349 | 1,396 | 1,427 | |||||||
| Independent | Cornelius O'Donovan | 2.7 | 947 | 1,003 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 56,663 Valid: 35,680 Quota: 5,947 Turnout: 63.0% | ||||||||||||
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1923 general election
There is no record of Buckley's surplus having been distributed, even though it was greater than the difference between the votes of Murphy and Kelly.[18]
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Cornelius Connolly | 14.9 | 4,430 | 4,482 | 4,601 | 4,626 | 4,813 | 5,264 | |||||
| Labour | Timothy J. Murphy | 11.8 | 3,517 | 3,600 | 3,630 | 3,697 | 3,773 | 3,987 | 3,998 | 4,191 | 4,290 | 4,405 | |
| Cumann na nGaedheal | John Prior | 11.0 | 3,257 | 3,349 | 3,394 | 3,398 | 3,449 | 3,736 | 3,915 | 4,186 | 4,595 | 4,615 | |
| Republican | Seán Buckley | 10.9 | 3,237 | 3,325 | 3,355 | 3,629 | 3,720 | 3,763 | 3,769 | 3,815 | 3,867 | 5,866 | |
| Farmers' Party | Timothy O'Donovan | 8.3 | 2,473 | 2,535 | 3,036 | 3,090 | 3,410 | 3,543 | 3,563 | 3,789 | 4,777 | 4,861 | |
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Robert Kelly | 8.3 | 2,469 | 2,548 | 2,609 | 2,635 | 2,681 | 2,794 | 2,870 | 3,258 | 3,368 | 3,505 | |
| Republican | Maurice Donegan | 5.9 | 1,741 | 1,767 | 1,789 | 2,500 | 2,549 | 2,562 | 2,565 | 2,649 | 2,682 | ||
| Farmers' Party | Michael Scully | 4.9 | 1,460 | 1,477 | 1,604 | 1,617 | 1,871 | 1,927 | 1,932 | 2,078 | |||
| Independent | Daniel O'Leary | 4.8 | 1,427 | 1,445 | 1,483 | 1,508 | 1,569 | 1,665 | 1,675 | ||||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Daniel McCarthy | 4.5 | 1,347 | 1,396 | 1,418 | 1,441 | 1,494 | ||||||
| National Democratic | Joseph O'Mahony | 4.5 | 1,336 | 1,350 | 1,393 | 1,410 | |||||||
| Republican | John Lehane | 4.2 | 1,240 | 1,266 | 1,296 | ||||||||
| Farmers' Party | Daniel Minihane | 3.6 | 1,074 | 1,114 | |||||||||
| Independent | William Hales | 1.7 | 510 | ||||||||||
| Independent | David Connor | 0.7 | 205 | ||||||||||
| Electorate: 59,500 Valid: 29,723 Quota: 4,954 Turnout: 50.0% | |||||||||||||
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