Cork West (Dáil constituency)

For the 1885–1922 constituency, see West Cork (UK Parliament constituency).

Cork West
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created1923
Abolished1961
Seats
  • 5 (1923–1948)
  • 3 (1948–1961)
Local government areaCounty Cork
Created fromCork Mid, North, South, South East and West
Replaced byCork South-West

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).

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

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Cork West 1923–1961[2]
Key to parties
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)
4th 1923[3] Timothy J. Murphy
(Lab) 		Seán Buckley
(Rep) 		Cornelius Connolly
(CnaG) 		John Prior
(CnaG) 		Timothy O'Donovan
(FP)
5th 1927 (Jun)[4] Thomas Mullins
(FF) 		Timothy Sheehy
(CnaG) 		Jasper Wolfe
(Ind)
6th 1927 (Sep)[5]
7th 1932[6] Raphael Keyes
(FF) 		Eamonn O'Neill
(CnaG)
8th 1933[7] Tom Hales
(FF) 		James Burke
(CnaG) 		Timothy O'Donovan
(NCP)
9th 1937[8] Timothy O'Sullivan
(FF) 		Daniel O'Leary
(FG) 		Eamonn O'Neill
(FG) 		Timothy O'Donovan
(FG)
10th 1938[9] Seán Buckley
(FF)
11th 1943[10] Patrick O'Driscoll
(Ind)
12th 1944[11] Eamonn O'Neill
(FG)
13th 1948[12] Seán Collins
(FG) 		3 seats
1948–1961
1949 by-election[13] William J. Murphy
(Lab)
14th 1951[14] Michael Pat Murphy
(Lab)
15th 1954[15] Edward Cotter
(FF)
16th 1957[16] Florence Wycherley
(Ind)
17th 1961 Constituency abolished. See Cork South-West

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]
Party Candidate FPv% % 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:

1954 general election

1954 general election: Cork West[15][17]
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%  

1951 general election

1951 general election: Cork West[17]
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%  

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[17]
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%  

1948 general election

1948 general election: Cork West[17]
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%  

1944 general election

1944 general election: Cork West[11][18]
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%  

1943 general election

1943 general election: Cork West[10][18]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
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%  

1938 general election

1938 general election: Cork West[9][18]
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%  

1937 general election

1937 general election: Cork West[8][18]
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%  

1933 general election

1933 general election: Cork West[7][18]
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%  

1932 general election

1932 general election: Cork West[6][18]
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%  

September 1927 general election

September 1927 general election: Cork West[5][18]
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%  

June 1927 general election

June 1927 general election: Cork West[4][18]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
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%  

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]

1923 general election: Cork West[3][18]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
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%  

See also

References

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