Cork City North-West (Dáil constituency)

Cork City North-West
Cork City North-West
Former Dáil Constituency
Former constituency
Created	1969
Abolished	1977
Seats	3
County/City council	County Cork

Cork City North-West was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1969 to 1977. The constituency elected 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[]

The constituency was created under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969 for the 1969 general election to Dáil Éireann.^[1] The old Cork Borough constituency was divided into the new constituencies of Cork City North-West and Cork City South-East. It was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974, when the Cork City North-West and Cork City South-East constituencies were replaced by the new constituency of Cork City.

Boundaries[]

The constituency comprised the north western parts of Cork city and suburbs.^[1]

TDs[]

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Cork City North-West 1969–1977^[2]
Key to parties FF = Fianna Fáil FG = Fine Gael
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
19th	1969^[3]		Jack Lynch (FF)		Seán French (FF)		Liam Burke (FG)
20th	1973^[4]		Jack Lynch (FF)		Seán French (FF)		Liam Burke (FG)
21st	1977	Constituency abolished. See Cork City

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[]

1973 general election[]

1973 general election: Cork City North-West^[4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Jack Lynch	12,427	45.9	1	1
	Fine Gael	Liam Burke	4,624	17.1	3
	Fianna Fáil	Seán French	2,691	10.0	2
	Independent	Samuel Allen	2,630	9.7
	Labour	Patrick Kerrigan	2,425	9.0
	Fine Gael	Vincent O'Connell	1,916	7.1
	Independent	Seán Twomey	338	1.3
Electorate: ? Valid: 27,051 Quota: 6,763 Turnout:

1969 general election[]

1969 general election: Cork City North-West^[3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Jack Lynch	11,227	43.8	1	1
	Fine Gael	Liam Burke	3,312	12.9	3
	Independent	Samuel Allen	3,063	11.9
	Labour	Patrick Kerrigan	2,754	10.7
	Fine Gael	Vincent O'Connell	2,241	8.7
	Fianna Fáil	Seán French	2,046	8.0	2
	Labour	Thomas Leahy	1,001	3.9
Electorate: ? Valid: 25,644 Quota: 6,412 Turnout:

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1969: Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 28 February 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.
^ ^a ^b "General election 1969: Cork City North–West". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 16 September 2007. Retrieved 28 February 2009.
^ ^a ^b "General election 1973: Cork City North–West". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 25 August 2007. Retrieved 28 February 2009.

External links[]

Oireachtas Members Database

[ea-1969-1] "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1969: Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2009.

[walker-2] Walker, Brian M, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0-901714-96-8. ISSN 0332-0286.

[ei-corkcitynw-1969-3] "General election 1969: Cork City North–West". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 16 September 2007. Retrieved 28 February 2009.

[ei-corkcitynw-1973-4] "General election 1973: Cork City North–West". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 25 August 2007. Retrieved 28 February 2009.

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