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Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary constituency | |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1937 |
Abolished | 1948 |
Seats | 3 |
County/City council | County Cork |
Cork South-East was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1937 to 1948. The constituency elected 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, using the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).
History
The constituency was created under the Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935, for the 1937 general election to the Dáil Éireann. It succeeded the old Cork East constituency. It was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947, when it was replaced by the new constituency of Cork South.
Boundaries
It consisted of the District electoral divisions of:
- "Ballincollig, Ballintemple, Ballycotton, Ballyfeard, Ballyfoyle, Ballygarvan, Ballymartle, Ballynaglogh, Ballyspillane, Bishopstown, Blackpool, Blarney, Caherlag, Carrigaline (Cork), Carrigaline (Kinsale), Carrignavar, Carrigrohane Beg, Carrigtwohill, Castlemartyr, Clonmult, Cloyne, Cobh Rural, Corkbeg, Cullen, Dangan, Douglas, Dripsey, Dunderrow, Dungourney, Farrenbrien, Firmount, Garryvoe, Glenville, Greenfort, Ightermurragh, Inch, Inishkenny, Killeagh (Cork), Kilmonoge, Kilpatrick, Kinure, Knockantota, Knockraha, Lehenagh, Liscleary, Lisgoold, Matehy, Middleton Rural, Mogeely, Monkstown Rural, Nohaval, Ovens, Rathcooney, Riverstown, Rostellan, St. Mary's, Templebodan, Templebreedy, Templemichael, Templenacarriga and Whitechurch and the Urban Districts of Cobh, Midleton and Passage West
- in the administrative county of Cork".
TDs
Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Cork South-East 1937–1948 | |||||||
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Key to parties
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Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) | |||
9th | 1937 | Jeremiah Hurley (Lab) |
Martin Corry (FF) |
Brook Brasier (FG) | |||
10th | 1938 | ||||||
11th | 1943 | Thomas Looney (Lab) |
William Broderick (FG) | ||||
12th | 1944 | Seán McCarthy (FF) | |||||
13th | 1948 | Constituency abolished |
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
1944 general election
Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count | |
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Fianna Fáil | Martin Corry | 8,038 | 26.5 | 1 | 1 | |
Fianna Fáil | Seán McCarthy | 5,155 | 17.0 | 2 | ||
Fine Gael | William Broderick | 5,350 | 17.6 | 3 | ||
Independent | Patrick Lehane | 5,484 | 18.0 | |||
Independent | Thomas Looney | 3,087 | 10.2 | |||
Labour | Dan Desmond | 1,636 | 5.4 | |||
Labour | David Barry | 1,603 | 5.3 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 30,353 Quota: 7,589 Turnout: |
1943 general election
Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count | |
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Fianna Fáil | Martin Corry | 8,767 | 26.7 | 1 | 1 | |
Fine Gael | William Broderick | 6,123 | 18.6 | 2 | ||
Labour | Thomas Looney | 2,755 | 8.4 | 3 | ||
Independent | Patrick Lehane | 4,499 | 13.7 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Seán McCarthy | 3,374 | 10.3 | |||
Fine Gael | Edmond Carey | 2,644 | 8.0 | |||
Independent | John Hurley | 2,481 | 7.5 | |||
Labour | Patrick O'Brien | 2,248 | 6.8 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 32,891 Quota: 8,223 Turnout: |
1938 general election
Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count | |
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Fine Gael | Brook Brasier | 8,535 | 26.8 | 1 | 1 | |
Fianna Fáil | Martin Corry | 7,701 | 24.2 | 2 | ||
Labour | Jeremiah Hurley | 5,872 | 18.4 | 3 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Eoin O'Mahony | 5,175 | 16.2 | |||
Fine Gael | Edmond Carey | 4,597 | 14.4 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 31,880 Quota: 7,971 Turnout: |
1937 general election
Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count | |
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Fine Gael | Brook Brasier | 8,594 | 27.7 | 1 | 1 | |
Fianna Fáil | Martin Corry | 7,567 | 24.4 | 2 | ||
Labour | Jeremiah Hurley | 6,720 | 21.7 | 3 | ||
Fine Gael | William Broderick | 4,818 | 15.5 | |||
Fianna Fáil | M. Leahy | 3,315 | 10.7 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 31,014 Quota: 7,754 Turnout: |
See also
- Parliamentary constituencies in the Republic of Ireland
- Politics of the Republic of Ireland
- List of historic Dáil Éireann constituencies
- Elections in the Republic of Ireland
References
- ^ "Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act, 1935: First Schedule (Revised constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
- "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1947: First Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
- Walker, Brian M, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0-901714-96-8. ISSN 0332-0286.
- ^ "General election 1937: Cork South–East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
- ^ "General election 1938: Cork South–East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
- ^ "General election 1943: Cork South–East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
- ^ "General election 1944: Cork South–East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
External links
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Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918 |
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European Parliament 1979–present | |||||||
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