Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1921 to 1923. The constituency elected 8 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 Mid, North, South, South East and West | |
|---|---|
| Former Dáil constituency | |
 Location of Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West within Ireland | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1921 |
| Abolished | 1923 |
| Seats | 8 |
| Local government area | County Cork |
| Created from | |
| Replaced by | |
History and boundaries edit
The constituency was created in 1921 as an 8-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 succeeded the constituencies of Cork Mid, Cork North, Cork South, Cork South East and Cork West which were used to elect the Members of the 1st Dáil and earlier UK House of Commons members.
The constituency covered most of County Cork except for Cork city and the northern eastern and eastern parts of the county.
It was abolished under the Electoral Act 1923, when it was replaced by the new Cork North and Cork West constituencies,[1] which were first used in the 1923 general election for the 4th Dáil.
TDs edit
| Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West 1921–1923[2] | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Key to parties
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| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) | ||||||||
| 2nd | 1921[3] | Seán MacSwiney (SF) |
Seán Nolan (SF) |
Seán Moylan (SF) |
Daniel Corkery (SF) |
Michael Collins (SF) |
Seán Hales (SF) |
Seán Hayes (SF) |
Patrick O'Keeffe (SF) | ||||||||
| 3rd | 1922[4] | Michael Bradley (Lab) |
Thomas Nagle (Lab) |
Seán Moylan (AT-SF) |
Daniel Corkery (AT-SF) |
Michael Collins (PT-SF) |
Seán Hales (PT-SF) |
Seán Hayes (PT-SF) |
Daniel Vaughan (FP) | ||||||||
| 4th | 1923 | Constituency abolished. See Cork North and Cork 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.
The constituency's most notable TD was Michael Collins, who was Minister for Finance in the First Dáil of 1919, Director of Intelligence for the IRA, and member of the Irish delegation during the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations. He was killed during the Civil War in an ambush on 22 August 1922 near the village of Béal na Bláth.
Elections edit
1922 general election edit
In Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West, Sinn Féin's eight candidates (all outgoing TDs from the 2nd Dáil) were joined by two from the Labour Party and two from the Farmers' Party. Pro-Treaty Sinn Féin candidates won a combined total of 45.75% of the first-preference votes, with their anti-Treaty counterparts winning a combined 23.03%. Both Labour Party candidates were elected, along with one Farmers' Party candidate, unseating two anti-Treaty Sinn Féin TDs and one pro-Treaty TD.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) | Michael Collins | 31.2 | 17,106 | |||||||||
| Labour | Michael Bradley | 13.7 | 7,513 | |||||||||
| Farmers' Party | Daniel Vaughan | 10.6 | 5,811 | 6,947 | ||||||||
| Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) | Seán Moylan | 8.4 | 4,585 | 4,874 | 4,921 | 5,010 | 5,070 | 5,085 | 5,152 | 5,388 | 6,146 | |
| Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) | Seán Hales | 8.0 | 4,374 | 8,626 | ||||||||
| Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) | Daniel Corkery | 6.5 | 3,577 | 5,138 | 5,357 | 5,557 | 5,628 | 5,646 | 5,803 | 5,968 | 6,344 | |
| Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) | Seán MacSwiney | 5.9 | 3,235 | 3,429 | 3,467 | 3,600 | 3,646 | 3,672 | 3,752 | 4,468 | 4,710 | |
| Labour | Thomas Nagle | 5.9 | 3,224 | 3,844 | 4,792 | 4,963 | 4,994 | 5,014 | 5,059 | 5,133 | 5,528 | |
| Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) | Seán Hayes | 4.9 | 2,676 | 4,494 | 4,619 | 6,305 | ||||||
| Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) | Seán Nolan | 2.2 | 1,226 | 1,328 | 1,345 | 1,374 | 1,388 | 1,394 | 1,434 | |||
| Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) | Patrick O'Keeffe | 1.7 | 914 | 1,672 | 1,692 | 1,833 | 2,228 | 2,341 | 2,716 | 2,854 | ||
| Farmers' Party | Peadar Ó hAunracain | 1.0 | 561 | 847 | 856 | 943 | 1,183 | 1,200 | ||||
| Electorate: 88,053 Valid: 54,802 Quota: 6,090 Turnout: 62.2% | ||||||||||||
1921 general election edit
At the 1921 general election to the 2nd Dáil, no seats were contested in the 26 counties which became the Irish Free State. In Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West only eight candidates were nominated for the constituency's eight seats. No ballot was needed, and all eight Sinn Féin candidates were elected unopposed after the close of nominations on 24 May 1921. The 8 TDs elected are listed here in alphabetical order:[2]
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sinn Féin | Michael Collins[6] | Unopposed | N/A | 1 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Daniel Corkery | Unopposed | N/A | 2 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Seán Hales | Unopposed | N/A | 3 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Seán Hayes | Unopposed | N/A | 4 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Seán MacSwiney | Unopposed | N/A | 5 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Seán Moylan | Unopposed | N/A | 6 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Seán Nolan | Unopposed | N/A | 7 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Patrick O'Keeffe | Unopposed | N/A | 8 | ||
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Electoral Act, 1923: Eighth Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
- ^ a b Walker, Brian M., ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0-901714-96-8. ISSN 0332-0286.
- ^ "1921 general election: Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 8 September 2007. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
- ^ a b "1922 general election: Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 11 September 2007. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
- ^ Gallagher, Michael (1993). Irish Elections 1922-44: Results and Analysis. PSAI Press. ISBN 0951974815.
- ^ Michael Collins was elected to the Dáil both for Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West and also for Armagh. He chose to sit in the 2nd Dáil for the Cork constituency.
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