Cork East and North East (Dáil constituency)

Cork East and North East
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created1921
Abolished1923
Seats3
Local government areaCounty Cork
Created from
Replaced by

Cork East and North East was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1921 to 1923. 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 and boundaries

The constituency was created in 1921 as a 3 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 East and Cork North East which were used to elect the Members of the 1st Dáil and earlier UK House of Commons members.

It was abolished under the Electoral Act 1923, when it was replaced by the new Cork East and Cork North constituencies which were first used at the 1923 general election for the 4th Dáil.[1]

It covered the northern eastern and eastern parts of County Cork.

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Cork East and North East 1921–1923[2]
Key to parties
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)
2nd 1921[3] Séamus Fitzgerald
(SF) 		Thomas Hunter
(SF) 		David Kent
(SF)
3rd 1922[4] John Dinneen
(FP) 		Michael Hennessy
(BP) 		David Kent
(AT-SF)
4th 1923 Constituency abolished. See Cork East and Cork North

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

1922 general election

1922 general election: Cork East and North East[4][5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Farmers' Party John Dinneen 29.4 6,989    
Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) David Kent 21.8 5,198 5,284 6,396
Businessmen's Party Michael Hennessy 21.1 5,029 5,814 6,374
Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) Thomas Hunter 14.3 3,409 3,445 4,926
Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) Séamus Fitzgerald 13.4 3,189 3,317  
Electorate: 39,233   Valid: 23,814   Quota: 5,954   Turnout: 60.7%  

1921 general election

1921 general election: Cork East and North East[3]
Party Candidate FPv% % Seat Count
Sinn Féin Séamus Fitzgerald Unopposed N/A 1
Sinn Féin Thomas Hunter Unopposed N/A 2
Sinn Féin David Kent Unopposed N/A 3

See also

References

  1. ^ "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1923: (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
  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.
  3. ^ a b "General election 1921: Cork East and North East". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
  4. ^ a b "General election 1922: Cork East and North East". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
  5. ^ Gallagher, Michael (1993). Irish Elections 1922-44: Results and Analysis. PSAI Press. ISBN 0951974815.