Cork North (Dáil constituency)

Cork North was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1923 to 1961. The constituency elected 3 (and sometimes 4) 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).

Cork North
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created1923
Abolished1961
Seats
  • 3 (1923–1937)
  • 4 (1937–1948)
  • 3 (1948–1961)
Local government areaCounty Cork
Created fromCork Mid, North, South, South East and West
Replaced by

History edit

The constituency was created under the Electoral Act 1923, for the 1923 general election to Dáil Éireann, whose members formed the 4th Dáil. The constituency returned 3 Teachtaí Dála initially. The number of seats was increased to 4 for the 1937 general election but was reduced back to 3 for the 1948 general election.

It succeeded the constituency of Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West. It was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1961, when it was replaced by the new constituency of Cork North-East and Cork Mid.

Boundaries edit

It consisted of the county electoral areas of Kanturk and Macroom in the administrative county of Cork.[1]

TDs edit

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Cork North 1923–1961[2]
Key to parties
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
4th 1923[3] Daniel Corkery
(Rep)
Daniel Vaughan
(FP)
Thomas Nagle
(Lab)
3 seats
1923–1937
5th 1927 (Jun)[4] Daniel Corkery
(Ind)
Timothy Quill
(Lab)
6th 1927 (Sep)[5] Daniel Corkery
(FF)
Daniel O'Leary
(CnaG)
7th 1932[6] Seán Moylan
(FF)
8th 1933[7] Daniel Corkery
(FF)
9th 1937[8] Patrick Daly
(FG)
Timothy Linehan
(FG)
Con Meaney
(FF)
10th 1938[9]
11th 1943[10] Patrick Halliden
(CnaT)
Leo Skinner
(FF)
12th 1944[11] Patrick McAuliffe
(Lab)
13th 1948[12] 3 seats
1948–1961
14th 1951[13] Denis O'Sullivan
(FG)
15th 1954[14]
16th 1957[15] Batt Donegan
(FF)
17th 1961 Constituency abolished. See Cork North-East and Cork Mid

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 edit

1957 general election edit

1957 general election: Cork North[15][16]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
Fine Gael Denis J. O'Sullivan 28.6 7,911  
Labour Patrick McAuliffe 24.9 6,887 7,688
Fianna Fáil Batt Donegan 24.9 6,865 6,971
Fianna Fáil Seán Moylan 21.6 5,960 6,058
Electorate: 35,117   Valid: 27,623   Quota: 6,906   Turnout: 78.7%  

1954 general election edit

1954 general election: Cork North[14][16]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
Fianna Fáil Seán Moylan 25.3 7,461  
Fine Gael Denis J. O'Sullivan 24.9 7,355 9,385
Labour Patrick McAuliffe 24.5 7,243 7,597
Fianna Fáil Batt Donegan 14.4 4,241 4,797
Independent William Biggane 10.9 3,232  
Electorate: 35,577   Valid: 29,532   Quota: 7,384   Turnout: 83.0%  

1951 general election edit

1951 general election: Cork North[16]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Fine Gael Denis J. O'Sullivan 25.9 7,824      
Labour Patrick McAuliffe 21.9 6,617 6,729 7,579  
Fianna Fáil Seán Moylan 17.4 5,269 5,276 5,422 7,640
Fianna Fáil Con Meaney 14.5 4,381 4,398 4,792 6,085
Fianna Fáil Cornelius O'Callaghan 12.7 3,853 3,867 4,300  
Independent Garrett Barrett 7.6 2,291 2,406    
Electorate: 36,120   Valid: 30,235   Quota: 7,559   Turnout: 83.71%  

1948 general election edit

1948 general election: Cork North[16]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Fianna Fáil Seán Moylan 25.6 7,624        
Labour Patrick McAuliffe 22.3 6,634 6,655 7,403 8,471  
Clann na Talmhan Patrick J. Halliden 16.3 4,851 4,857 5,133 5,845 5,998
Fine Gael Denis J. O'Sullivan 15.9 4,741 4,746 5,053 5,578 5,678
Fianna Fáil Con Meaney 13.8 4,118 4,250 4,405    
Clann na Poblachta John B. Sullivan 5.1 1,520 1,523      
Clann na Poblachta William C. Toomey 1.1 333 334      
Electorate: 37,288   Valid: 29,821   Quota: 7,456   Turnout: 79.97%  

1944 general election edit

1944 general election: Cork North[11][17]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Fianna Fáil Seán Moylan 18.9 7,030 7,097 10,099    
Labour Patrick McAuliffe 17.9 6,659 7,035 7,308 7,326 7,463
Clann na Talmhan Patrick Halliden 17.9 6,648 7,706      
Fianna Fáil Leo Skinner 13.7 5,108 5,355 5,762 5,781 8,247
Fianna Fáil Con Meaney 11.0 4,081 4,146      
Fine Gael Timothy Linehan 10.6 3,938 5,687 6,005 6,237 6,296
Fine Gael Patrick Daly 10.0 3,719        
Electorate: 49,205   Valid: 37,183   Quota: 7,437   Turnout: 75.6%  

1943 general election edit

1943 general election: Cork North[10][17]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Fianna Fáil Seán Moylan 16.4 6,456 6,642 6,942 9,824    
Clann na Talmhan Patrick Halliden 15.4 6,079 6,403 6,503 6,730 6,790 7,644
Fine Gael Timothy Linehan 12.1 4,758 5,008 5,145 5,379 5,423 7,917
Fianna Fáil Leo Skinner 10.6 4,187 4,822 4,947 5,254 7,004 7,328
Labour Patrick McAuliffe 10.3 4,068 4,264 6,734 6,949 7,028 7,244
Fianna Fáil Con Meaney 9.6 3,769 3,893 3,994      
Fine Gael Patrick Daly 9.0 3,545 4,379 4,699 4,728 4,736  
Labour John Crotty 8.4 3,324 3,740        
Independent Seán Keane, Snr 7.3 2,893          
Independent David Forde 0.8 331          
Electorate: 49,205   Valid: 39,410   Quota: 7,883   Turnout: 80.1%  

1938 general election edit

1938 general election: Cork North[9][17]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Fianna Fáil Seán Moylan 25.7 10,070      
Fine Gael Timothy Linehan 20.2 7,920      
Fine Gael Patrick Daly 20.0 7,845 7,901    
Labour Timothy Quill 12.6 4,950 5,095 5,158 5,441
Fianna Fáil William Griffin 11.9 4,658 5,037 5,039  
Fianna Fáil Con Meaney 9.7 3,794 5,436 5,443 9,819
Electorate: 47,221   Valid: 39,237   Quota: 7,848   Turnout: 83.1%  

1937 general election edit

1937 general election: Cork North[8][17]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Fine Gael Timothy Linehan 20.3 7,953          
Fianna Fáil Seán Moylan 19.6 7,649 7,652 7,701 7,743 10,391  
Fine Gael Patrick Daly 15.4 6,023 6,130 9,441      
Labour Timothy Quill 14.9 5,824 5,828 6,007 6,634 6,983 7,092
Fianna Fáil Con Meaney 10.3 4,024 4,029 4,065 4,133 4,842 7,281
Fianna Fáil Patrick Murphy 9.9 3,854 3,854 3,868 3,896    
Independent Edward Cronin 9.6 3,762 3,778        
Electorate: 47,822   Valid: 39,089   Quota: 7,818   Turnout: 81.7%  

1933 general election edit

1933 general election: Cork North[7][17]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Cumann na nGaedheal Daniel O'Leary 25.1 7,736      
Fianna Fáil Seán Moylan 24.3 7,463 7,464 7,571 7,925
Fianna Fáil Daniel Corkery 23.1 7,093 7,095 7,277 7,641
National Centre Party Daniel Vaughan 22.1 6,799 6,838 6,912 7,161
Labour Daniel Hinchin 3.3 1,029 1,030 1,264  
Labour Dominick O'Sullivan 2.1 645 646    
Electorate: 35,973   Valid: 30,765   Quota: 7,692   Turnout: 85.5%  

1932 general election edit

1932 general election: Cork North[6][17]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
Farmers' Party Daniel Vaughan 22.9 6,408 6,931
Fianna Fáil Seán Moylan 22.3 6,238 7,278
Cumann na nGaedheal Daniel O'Leary 22.0 6,133 6,947
Fianna Fáil Daniel Corkery 19.0 5,314 6,454
Labour Daniel Hinchin 13.8 3,854  
Electorate: 34,720   Valid: 27,947   Quota: 6,987   Turnout: 80.5%  

September 1927 general election edit

September 1927 general election: Cork North[5][17]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Fianna Fáil Daniel Corkery 30.2 7,800      
Cumann na nGaedheal Daniel O'Leary 27.4 7,074      
Farmers' Party Daniel Vaughan 20.0 5,147 5,281 5,799 6,193
Labour Timothy Quill 16.0 4,123 5,052 5,133 6,074
Independent Daniel Hinchin 6.4 1,642 1,932 1,960  
Electorate: 35,492   Valid: 25,786   Quota: 6,447   Turnout: 72.7%  

June 1927 general election edit

June 1927 general election: Cork North[4][17]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Independent Daniel Corkery 24.0 5,602 5,661 6,046  
Labour Timothy Quill 17.9 4,165 4,558 4,702 6,041
Farmers' Party Daniel Vaughan 17.6 4,099 4,923 5,640 6,223
Independent Daniel Hinchin 11.3 2,627 2,785 3,046  
Farmers' Party Daniel Forde 11.0 2,575 2,998 3,318 3,425
Independent Michael Barry 9.1 2,131 2,285    
Cumann na nGaedheal John Cronin 9.0 2,106      
Electorate: 35,492   Valid: 23,305   Quota: 5,827   Turnout: 65.7%  

1923 general election edit

Figures from the second count are not available.

1923 general election: Cork North[3][17]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Republican Daniel Corkery 30.7 6,290    
Farmers' Party Daniel Vaughan 21.0 4,299 N/A 5,206
Labour Thomas Nagle 18.1 3,716 N/A 5,224
Farmers' Party Edward Neville 16.5 3,385 N/A 4,701
Cumann na nGaedheal John Lynch 13.6 2,792 N/A  
Electorate: 37,100   Valid: 20,482   Quota: 5,121   Turnout: 55.2%  

See also edit

References edit

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