Cork Borough was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann , the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1921 to 1969. The method of election was the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).
History [ ]
The constituency was created in 1921 as a 4-seat constituency, under the Government of Ireland Act 1920 , for the 1921 general election to the House of Commons of Southern Ireland , whose members formed the 2nd Dáil . It elected 4 deputies (Teachtaí Dála , commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil in 1921 and 1922.
Under the Electoral Act 1923 , it became a 5-seat constituency for the 1923 general election to the 4th Dáil .[1] Its representation fluctuated between 4 and 5 seats until its abolition for the 1969 general election .
Boundaries [ ]
The constituency consisted of Cork city and the county electoral area of Ballincollig .[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 [ ]
1967 by-election [ ]
Following the death of Labour Party TD Seán Casey , a by-election was held on 9 November 1967. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Seán French.
1967 by-election : Cork Borough[27]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
Fianna Fáil
Seán French
47.1
18,417
18,584
20,854
Fine Gael
Liam Burke
26.3
10,272
10,495
14,586
Labour
Pat Kerrigan
24.6
9,622
9,897
Independent
Eoin Ó Mathghamhna
2.1
815
Electorate: 59,019 Valid: 39,126 Quota: 19,564 Turnout: 66.29%
1965 general election [ ]
1964 by-election [ ]
Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD John Galvin , a by-election was held on 19 February 1964. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Sheila Galvin, widow of the deceased TD.
The surplus votes of the elected candidate were distributed after being declared elected because there was a possibility another candidate could have reached the threshold of a third of a quota which would have meant their election deposit was returned to them.
1961 general election [ ]
1961 general election : Cork Borough[23]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Fianna Fáil
Jack Lynch
9,929
26.6
1
1
Fine Gael
Stephen Barrett
9,515
25.5
2
1
Labour
Seán Casey
5,616
15.1
3
Fianna Fáil
John Galvin
4,257
11.4
4
Sinn Féin
Dáithí Ó Conaill
1,956
5.2
Fianna Fáil
Gus Healy
1,846
5.0
Fine Gael
Anthony Barry
1,637
4.4
5
Fianna Fáil
Donal Daly
1,281
3.4
Independent
Seán Twomey
794
2.1
Fine Gael
Dominic O'Brien
462
1.2
Electorate: ? Valid: 37,293 Quota: 6,216 Turnout:
1957 general election [ ]
1957 general election : Cork Borough[22]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Fine Gael
Stephen Barrett
8,600
20.0
1
1
Fianna Fáil
John Galvin
7,647
17.8
2
1
Fianna Fáil
Jack Lynch
7,107
16.5
3
Labour
Seán Casey
6,074
14.1
4
Sinn Féin
Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh
4,789
11.1
Fianna Fáil
Gus Healy
3,519
8.2
5
Fianna Fáil
Donal Daly
2,747
6.4
Fine Gael
Anthony Barry
1,663
3.9
Fine Gael
John Bermingham
911
2.1
Electorate: ? Valid: 43,057 Quota: 7,177 Turnout:
1956 by-election [ ]
Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Patrick McGrath , a by-election was held on 2 August 1956. The seat was won by Fianna Fáil candidate John Galvin.
1954 general election [ ]
1954 general election : Cork Borough[20]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Fine Gael
Stephen Barrett
16,393
34.2
1
1
Fianna Fáil
Patrick McGrath
9,190
19.2
2
1
Fianna Fáil
Jack Lynch
6,125
12.8
4
Labour
James Hickey
3,244
6.8
Labour
Seán Casey
3,052
6.4
5
Fianna Fáil
John Galvin
2,904
6.1
Fianna Fáil
Donal Daly
2,149
4.5
Fine Gael
Anthony Barry
1,911
4.0
3
Independent
John Reidy
1,108
2.3
Fine Gael
Laurence Neville
816
1.7
Fine Gael
John Bermingham
572
1.2
Independent
Seán Twomey
452
0.9
Electorate: ? Valid: 47,916 Quota: 7,987 Turnout:
1954 by-election [ ]
Following the death of Fine Gael TD Thomas F. O'Higgins , a by-election was held on 3 March 1954. The seat was won by the Fine Gael candidate Stephen Barrett.
1951 general election [ ]
1951 general election : Cork Borough[27]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Fianna Fáil
Patrick McGrath
19.2
8,923
Fine Gael
Thomas F. O'Higgins
16.9
7,858
Fianna Fáil
Jack Lynch
13.4
6,233
6,785
6,786
6,856
6,942
7,119
9,896
Fianna Fáil
Seán MacCarthy
11.0
5,096
5,493
5,494
5,534
5,648
5,805
7,346
9,433
Fianna Fáil
Walter Furlong
9.4
4,359
4,502
4,502
4,571
4,624
4,809
Fine Gael
Stephen D. Barrett
7.4
3,434
3,443
3,504
3,609
5,374
6,465
6,545
6,579
6,698
Labour
James Hickey
7.3
3,376
3,400
3,403
4,058
4,244
6,369
6,611
6,653
6,795
Labour
Richard S. Anthony
6.5
3,018
3,047
3,052
3,709
4,004
Fine Gael
Michael Sheehan
5.3
2,442
2,467
2,519
2,584
Labour
Seán Casey
3.6
1,657
1,668
1,670
Electorate: 62,336 Valid: 46,396 Quota: 7,733 Turnout: 74.43%
1948 general election [ ]
1948 general election : Cork Borough[27]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Fine Gael
Thomas F. O'Higgins
16.4
7,351
7,363
7,464
7,473
7,674
Fianna Fáil
Jack Lynch
12.5
5,594
5,607
5,632
5,640
5,652
5,652
5,695
5,726
5,787
6,753
8,923
Fianna Fáil
Patrick McGrath
11.4
5,092
5,099
5,130
5,150
5,158
5,159
5,179
5,199
5,233
6,198
7,435
8,661
Independent
Michael Sheehan
10.9
4,898
4,910
4,956
4,987
5,039
5,061
5,112
5,178
5,758
5,969
6,171
6,232
6,612
7,491
National Labour Party
James Hickey
10.0
4,507
4,658
4,690
4,708
4,739
4,740
4,831
4,916
5,042
5,125
5,354
5,381
5,481
6,353
Fianna Fáil
Walter Furlong
8.0
3,601
3,606
3,621
3,625
3,638
3,639
3,668
3,700
3,749
4,122
Fianna Fáil
Seán MacCarthy
6.1
2,747
2,753
2,767
2,775
2,781
2,783
2,791
2,919
2,961
Labour
Richard S. Anthony
6.0
2,688
2,695
2,745
2,755
2,913
2,927
3,534
3,598
4,245
4,347
4,438
4,458
4,510
5,537
Clann na Poblachta
Patrick MacCartan
5.2
2,346
2,358
2,370
2,590
2,600
2,601
2,665
3,914
4,106
4,242
4,342
4,451
4,481
Fine Gael
Stephen D. Barrett
3.3
1,496
1,506
1,537
1,540
1,962
2,108
2,137
2,156
Clann na Poblachta
John J. Fennessy
3.2
1,423
1,428
1,431
1,652
1,661
1,661
1,730
Labour
John Casey
2.2
987
992
995
1,011
1,026
1,027
Fine Gael
David Allen
2.0
911
915
953
957
Clann na Poblachta
Liam Stack
1.3
565
570
576
Fine Gael
Michael Sheehan
0.9
409
415
National Labour Party
Seán Ó Dubhghaill
0.6
260
Electorate: 62,626 Valid: 44,875 Quota: 7,480 Turnout: 71.66%
1946 by-election [ ]
Following the resignation of Independent TD William Dwyer , a by-election was held on 14 June 1946. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Patrick McGrath.
The surplus votes of the elected candidate were distributed after being declared elected because there was a possibility another candidate could have reached the threshold of a third of a quota which would have meant their election deposit was returned to them.
1946 by-election : Cork Borough[27]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
Fianna Fáil
Patrick McGrath
47.9
14,230
15,170
Fine Gael
Michael O'Driscoll
32.7
9,707
10,277
10,503
Cork Socialist Party
Michael O'Riordan
10.7
3,184
3,592
3,688
Independent
Tom Barry
8.7
2,574
Electorate: 53,623 Valid: 29,695 Quota: 14,848 Turnout: 55.38%
1944 general election [ ]
1943 general election [ ]
1943 general election : Cork Borough[14]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Fine Gael
W. T. Cosgrave
8,871
22.6
1
1
Fianna Fáil
Frank Daly
7,944
20.3
2
1
Fianna Fáil
Séamus Fitzgerald
4,638
11.8
3
Fianna Fáil
Walter Furlong
4,475
11.4
Labour
James Hickey
4,107
10.5
Independent
Richard Anthony
3,941
10.1
4
Fine Gael
William Dwyer
2,561
6.5
Ailtirí na hAiséirghe
Seán Ó Dubhghaill
1,019
2.6
Independent
Daniel Buckley
859
2.2
Labour
Ellen Crowley
562
1.4
Fine Gael
Francis McCarthy Morrogh
255
0.7
Electorate: ? Valid: 39,232 Quota: 7,847 Turnout:
1938 general election [ ]
1937 general election [ ]
1933 general election [ ]
1933 general election : Cork Borough[11]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Cumann na nGaedheal
W. T. Cosgrave
14,863
26.9
1
1
Fianna Fáil
Hugo Flinn
12,696
23.0
2
1
Independent
Richard Anthony
5,719
10.4
3
Labour
Jeremiah Hurley
5,248
9.5
Fianna Fáil
Thomas Dowdall
5,067
9.2
5
Fianna Fáil
Seán French
3,812
6.9
Cumann na nGaedheal
John Horgan
2,168
3.9
National Centre Party
Cornelius Duggan
2,111
3.8
Cumann na nGaedheal
Barry Egan
1,995
3.6
Cumann na nGaedheal
William Desmond
1,533
2.8
4
Electorate: ? Valid: 55,212 Quota: 9,203 Turnout:
1932 general election [ ]
1932 general election : Cork Borough[10]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Cumann na nGaedheal
W. T. Cosgrave
18,125
36.8
1
1
Fianna Fáil
Thomas Dowdall
10,058
20.4
2
1
Labour
Jeremiah Hurley
5,058
10.3
Independent
Richard Anthony
4,844
9.8
4
Fianna Fáil
Hugo Flinn
3,235
6.6
3
Fianna Fáil
Humphrey Kelleher
3,046
6.2
Cumann na nGaedheal
William Desmond
1,395
2.8
5
Cumann na nGaedheal
John Horgan
1,380
2.8
Fianna Fáil
Seán O'Leary
1,337
2.7
Cumann na nGaedheal
Alexander Healy
818
1.7
Electorate: ? Valid: 49,296 Quota: 8,217 Turnout:
September 1927 general election [ ]
September 1927 general election : Cork Borough[9]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Cumann na nGaedheal
W. T. Cosgrave
17,395
38.9
1
1
Fianna Fáil
Seán French
11,608
26.0
2
1
Labour
Richard Anthony
5,668
12.7
4
Independent
John Horgan
2,452
5.5
Cumann na nGaedheal
Barry Egan
1,383
3.1
3
Independent
Sir John Scott
1,344
3.0
Fianna Fáil
Hugo Flinn
1,236
2.8
5
Fianna Fáil
Con Lucey
1,231
2.8
Cumann na nGaedheal
Michael Nagle
1,122
2.5
Cumann na nGaedheal
Alexander Healy
813
1.8
Labour
Luke Duffy
447
1.0
Electorate: ? Valid: 44,699 Quota: 7,450 Turnout:
June 1927 general election [ ]
June 1927 general election : Cork Borough[8]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Cumann na nGaedheal
J. J. Walsh
8,480
18.8
1
1
Labour
Richard Anthony
6,548
14.5
2
Fianna Fáil
Seán French
5,989
13.2
3
National League
John Horgan
5,177
11.4
4
Sinn Féin
Mary MacSwiney
3,527
7.8
Independent
Sir John Scott
2,638
5.8
Independent
Patrick Bradley
2,246
5.0
Farmers' Party
Timothy Corcoran
2,060
4.6
Cumann na nGaedheal
Barry Egan
1,994
4.4
5
Labour
Edward Fitzgerald
1,910
4.2
Farmers' Party
Frank Daly
1,527
3.4
Cumann na nGaedheal
Liam de Róiste
1,447
3.2
Cumann na nGaedheal
Michael Egan
920
2.0
Fianna Fáil
Con Lucey
607
1.3
Fianna Fáil
Seán O'Leary
166
0.4
Electorate: ? Valid: 45,236 Quota: 7,540 Turnout:
1924 by-election [ ]
Following the resignation of Cumann na nGaedheal TD Alfred O'Rahilly , a by-election was held on 19 November 1924. The seat was won by the Cumann na nGaedheal candidate Michael Egan.
1923 general election [ ]
1923 general election : Cork Borough[5]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Cumann na nGaedheal
J. J. Walsh
17,151
40.3
1
1
Republican
Mary MacSwiney
6,109
14.3
4
10
Businessmen's Party
Richard Beamish
5,822
13.7
3
3
Cumann na nGaedheal
Alfred O'Rahilly
2,506
5.9
2
2
Labour
Richard Anthony
2,492
5.9
Republican
Con Lucey
1,870
4.4
Farmers' Party
Timothy Corcoran
1,616
3.8
Labour
Robert Day
1,431
3.4
Labour
William Kenneally
1,358
3.2
Independent
Sir John Scott
786
1.8
Businessmen's Party
Andrew O'Shaughnessy
766
1.8
5
12
Republican
Frederick Murray
461
1.1
Businessmen's Party
Jeremiah Collins
243
0.6
Electorate: 64,100 Valid: 42,611 Quota: 7,102 Turnout: 66.5%
The Business and Professional Group candidates were members of the Cork Progressive Association.
1922 general election [ ]
1922 general election : Cork Borough[4]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Labour
Robert Day
6,836
22.5
1
1
Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
J. J. Walsh
5,731
18.9
3
4
Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Liam de Róiste
5,657
18.6
2
3
Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
Mary MacSwiney
4,016
13.2
4
5
Independent
Richard Beamish
3,485
11.5
Independent
Frank Daly
2,826
9.3
Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
Donal O'Callaghan
1,796
5.9
Electorate: 48,817 Valid: 30,347 Quota: 6,070 Turnout: 62.2%
1921 general election [ ]
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