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 [ ]
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 [ ]
1954 general election [ ]
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.
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]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Labour
Timothy J. Murphy
7,764
15.7
1
Clann na Talmhan
Patrick O'Driscoll
7,573
15.3
2
Fianna Fáil
Seán Buckley
7,529
15.2
4
Fianna Fáil
Timothy O'Sullivan
7,136
14.4
5
Independent
Daniel O'Leary
5,655
11.4
Fine Gael
Eamonn O'Neill
5,125
10.3
3
Fine Gael
Timothy O'Donovan
3,900
7.9
Labour
T. J. Harrington
2,092
4.2
Independent
Tom Hales
1,444
2.9
Fine Gael
Michael Sheehy
1,405
2.8
Electorate: ? Valid: 49,623 Quota: 8,271 Turnout:
1943 general election [ ]
1943 general election : Cork West[10]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Labour
Timothy J. Murphy
9,363
18.1
1
1
Fianna Fáil
Timothy O'Sullivan
7,977
15.5
3
Clann na Talmhan
Patrick O'Driscoll
7,062
13.7
2
Fianna Fáil
Seán Buckley
6,632
12.8
5
Fine Gael
Timothy O'Donovan
4,854
9.4
4
Fine Gael
Daniel O'Leary
4,414
8.6
Fine Gael
Eamonn O'Neill
4,378
8.5
Labour
Denis Lehane
2,315
4.5
Labour
Patrick Crowley
1,955
3.8
Independent
Michael Twomey
1,582
3.1
Fine Gael
Denis Cronin
1,104
2.1
Electorate: ? Valid: 51,636 Quota: 8,607 Turnout:
1938 general election [ ]
1937 general election [ ]
1937 general election : Cork West[8]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Labour
Timothy J. Murphy
12,179
22.7
1
1
Fianna Fáil
Timothy O'Sullivan
7,538
14.1
3
Fine Gael
Timothy O'Donovan
6,846
12.8
2
Fine Gael
Daniel O'Leary
5,781
10.8
5
Fianna Fáil
Daniel Corkery
5,754
10.7
Fine Gael
Eamonn O'Neill
5,108
9.5
4
Fine Gael
William Roycroft
4,484
8.4
Fine Gael
John O'Sullivan
3,675
6.9
Independent
Tom Hales
2,207
4.1
Electorate: ? Valid: 53,572 Quota: 8,929 Turnout:
1933 general election [ ]
1933 general election : Cork West[7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Cumann na nGaedheal
James Burke
9,482
21.3
1
1
National Centre Party
Timothy O'Donovan
9,075
20.4
2
1
Labour
Timothy J. Murphy
6,458
14.5
4
Cumann na nGaedheal
Eamonn O'Neill
6,067
13.6
3
Fianna Fáil
Raphael Keyes
4,840
10.9
Fianna Fáil
Tom Hales
4,021
9.0
5
Fianna Fáil
Jeremiah Galvin
2,708
6.1
Fianna Fáil
Eugene McCarthy
1,843
4.1
Electorate: ? Valid: 44,494 Quota: 7,416 Turnout:
1932 general election [ ]
1932 general election : Cork West[6]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Labour
Timothy J. Murphy
7,257
17.7
1
1
Independent
Jasper Wolfe
5,757
14.1
3
Cumann na nGaedheal
Eamonn O'Neill
5,715
13.9
2
Farmers' Party
Timothy O'Donovan
5,310
13.0
4
Fianna Fáil
Jeremiah Galvin
5,060
12.3
Fianna Fáil
Raphael Keyes
5,005
12.2
5
Cumann na nGaedheal
Timothy Sheehy
4,476
10.9
Fianna Fáil
Eugene McCarthy
2,393
5.8
Electorate: ? Valid: 40,973 Quota: 6,829 Turnout:
September 1927 general election [ ]
June 1927 general election [ ]
June 1927 general election : Cork West[4]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Labour
Timothy J. Murphy
6,679
18.7
1
1
Independent
Jasper Wolfe
4,422
12.4
5
Farmers' Party
Timothy O'Donovan
3,708
10.4
4
Cumann na nGaedheal
Timothy Sheehy
3,206
9.0
3
Fianna Fáil
Thomas Mullins
2,925
8.2
2
Farmers' Party
Joseph MacCarthy
2,693
7.6
Cumann na nGaedheal
Thomas O'Donovan
2,404
6.7
Fianna Fáil
Jeremiah McCarthy
2,122
5.9
Farmers' Party
Jeremiah O'Sullivan
1,801
5.1
Fianna Fáil
George Ross
1,739
4.9
Cumann na nGaedheal
John Prior
1,685
4.7
Sinn Féin
Seán Buckley
1,349
3.8
Independent
Cornelius O'Donovan
947
2.7
Electorate: ? Valid: 35,680 Quota: 5,947 Turnout:
1923 general election [ ]
1923 general election : Cork West[3]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Cumann na nGaedheal
Cornelius Connolly
4,430
14.9
1
6
Labour
Timothy J. Murphy
3,517
11.8
5
10
Cumann na nGaedheal
John Prior
3,257
11.0
4
10
Republican
Seán Buckley
3,237
10.9
2
10
Farmers' Party
Timothy O'Donovan
2,473
8.3
3
10
Cumann na nGaedheal
Robert Kelly
2,469
8.3
Republican
Maurice Donegan
1,741
5.9
Farmers' Party
Michael Scully
1,460
4.9
Independent
Daniel O'Leary
1,427
4.8
Cumann na nGaedheal
Daniel McCarthy
1,347
4.5
National Democratic Party
Joseph O'Mahony
1,336
4.5
Republican
John Lehane
1,240
4.2
Farmers' Party
Daniel Minihane
1,074
3.6
Independent
William Hales
510
1.7
Independent
David Connor
205
0.7
Electorate: 59,500 Valid: 29,723 Quota: 4,954 Turnout: 49.9%
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