Cork West (Dáil constituency)

Cork West
Cork West
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created	1923
Abolished	1961
Seats	5 (1923–1948); 3 (1948–1961);
Local government area	County Cork
Created from	Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West
Replaced by	Cork South-West

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

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Cork West 1923–1961^[2]
Key to parties CnaG = Cumann na nGaedheal FP = Farmers' Party FF = Fianna Fáil FG = Fine Gael Ind = Independent Lab = Labour NCP = National Centre Party Rep = Republican
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
4th	1923^[3]		Timothy J. Murphy (Lab)		Seán Buckley (Rep)		Cornelius Connolly (CnaG)		John Prior (CnaG)		Timothy O'Donovan (FP)
5th	1927 (Jun)^[4]				Thomas Mullins (FF)		Timothy Sheehy (CnaG)		Jasper Wolfe (Ind)
6th	1927 (Sep)^[5]				Thomas Mullins (FF)		Timothy Sheehy (CnaG)
7th	1932^[6]				Raphael Keyes (FF)		Eamonn O'Neill (CnaG)
8th	1933^[7]				Tom Hales (FF)		Eamonn O'Neill (CnaG)		James Burke (CnaG)		Timothy O'Donovan (NCP)
9th	1937^[8]				Timothy O'Sullivan (FF)		Daniel O'Leary (FG)		Eamonn O'Neill (FG)		Timothy O'Donovan (FG)
10th	1938^[9]						Seán Buckley (FF)		Eamonn O'Neill (FG)
11th	1943^[10]								Patrick O'Driscoll (Ind)
12th	1944^[11]								Patrick O'Driscoll (Ind)		Eamonn O'Neill (FG)
13th	1948^[12]						Seán Collins (FG)	3 seats 1948–1961
13th	1949 by-election^[13]		William J. Murphy (Lab)
14th	1951^[14]		Michael Pat Murphy (Lab)
15th	1954^[15]				Edward Cotter (FF)
16th	1957^[16]				Edward Cotter (FF)		Florence Wycherley (Ind)
17th	1961	Constituency abolished. See Cork South-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.

Elections

1957 general election

1957 general election: Cork West^[16]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat
	Labour	Michael Pat Murphy	6,454	24.5	2
	Fine Gael	Seán Collins	5,869	22.3
	Fianna Fáil	Edward Cotter	5,255	19.9	1
	Independent	Florence Wycherley	4,666	17.7	3
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Finn	4,125	15.6
Electorate: ? Valid: 30,353 Quota: 7,589 Turnout:

1954 general election

1954 general election: Cork West^[15]^[17]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Labour	Michael Pat Murphy	25.4	7,315
	Fianna Fáil	Edward Cotter	21.8	6,270	8,982
	Clann na Talmhan	Florence Wycherley	14.7	4,238	4,389	4,984	5,012	6,181
	Fine Gael	Seán Collins	13.9	4,003	4,097	4,204	4,251	6,641
	Fine Gael	John O'Sullivan	12.6	3,635	3,864	4,093	4,132
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Finn	11.6	3,339
Electorate: 34,791 Valid: 28,800 Quota: 7,201 Turnout: 82.8%

1951 general election

1951 general election: Cork West^[17]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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.

1949 by-election: Cork West^[17]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1
	Labour	William J. Murphy	63.3	18,909
	Fianna Fáil	Edward Cotter	36.7	10,950
Electorate: 36,699 Valid: 29,859 Quota: 14,930 Turnout: 81.36%

1948 general election

1948 general election: Cork West^[17]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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]^[18]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Labour	Timothy J. Murphy	15.6	7,764	7,971	8,224	9,865
	Clann na Talmhan	Patrick O'Driscoll	15.3	7,573	7,968	8,113	8,231	8,529
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Buckley	15.2	7,529	7,569	7,980	8,022	8,108	8,282
	Fianna Fáil	Timothy O'Sullivan	14.4	7,136	7,226	7,379	7,576	7,862	8,028
	Clann na Talmhan	Daniel O'Leary	11.4	5,655	5,671	5,782	5,816	5,913	6,763
	Fine Gael	Eamonn O'Neill	10.3	5,125	5,480	5,635	5,738	6,024	8,625
	Fine Gael	Timothy O'Donovan	7.9	3,900	4,091	4,154	4,201	4,319
	Labour	Timothy J. Harrington	4.2	2,092	2,161	2,232
	Independent	Tom Hales	2.9	1,444	1,454
	Fine Gael	Michael Sheehy	2.8	1,405
Electorate: 66,863 Valid: 49,623 Quota: 8,271 Turnout: 74.2%

1943 general election

1943 general election: Cork West^[10]^[18]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Labour	Timothy J. Murphy	18.1	9,363
	Fianna Fáil	Timothy O'Sullivan	15.4	7,977	8,053	8,156	8,227	8,282	8,501	8,782
	Clann na Talmhan	Patrick O'Driscoll	13.7	7,062	7,118	7,359	8,317	8,362	8,461	8,985
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Buckley	12.8	6,632	6,684	6,699	6,734	7,054	7,538	7,807	7,821
	Fine Gael	Timothy O'Donovan	9.4	4,854	4,928	5,197	5,248	5,332	5,502	7,898	8,159
	Fine Gael	Daniel O'Leary	8.5	4,414	4,431	4,569	4,906	4,941	5,671	6,485	6,569
	Fine Gael	Eamonn O'Neill	8.5	4,378	4,416	4,603	4,687	4,859	5,021
	Labour	Denis Lehane	4.5	2,315	2,480	2,517	2,547	3,949
	Labour	Patrick Crowley	3.8	1,955	2,216	2,272	2,277
	Clann na Talmhan	Michael Twomey	3.1	1,582	1,587	1,604
	Fine Gael	Denis Cronin	2.1	1,104	1,116
Electorate: 66,863 Valid: 51,636 Quota: 8,607 Turnout: 77.2%

1938 general election

1938 general election: Cork West^[9]^[18]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Buckley	20.1	10,895
	Labour	Timothy J. Murphy	19.3	10,424
	Fianna Fáil	Timothy O'Sullivan	18.5	10,019
	Fine Gael	Timothy O'Donovan	14.5	7,825	8,440	8,973	9,381
	Fine Gael	Daniel O'Leary	12.0	6,504	7,033	7,370	7,500	7,608	8,090
	Fine Gael	Eamonn O'Neill	11.7	6,304	6,776	7,166	7,396	7,487	9,109
	Fine Gael	Eugene O'Sullivan	3.9	2,124	2,387	2,535	2,770	2,783
Electorate: 66,266 Valid: 54,095 Quota: 9,016 Turnout: 81.6%

1937 general election

1937 general election: Cork West^[8]^[18]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Labour	Timothy J. Murphy	22.7	12,179
	Fianna Fáil	Timothy O'Sullivan	14.1	7,538	8,290	8,878	8,948
	Fine Gael	Timothy O'Donovan	12.8	6,846	7,312	7,538	9,082
	Fine Gael	Daniel O'Leary	10.8	5,781	6,018	6,138	6,592	6,625	6,627	7,395	8,486
	Fianna Fáil	Daniel Corkery	10.7	5,754	6,520	7,550	7,688	7,690	7,699	7,811	7,820
	Fine Gael	Eamonn O'Neill	9.5	5,108	5,336	5,490	6,651	6,752	6,758	10,029
	Fine Gael	William Roycroft	8.4	4,484	4,615	4,653	5,041	5,058	5,060
	Fine Gael	John O'Sullivan	6.9	3,675	3,856	3,954
	Independent	Tom Hales	4.1	2,207	2,696
Electorate: 67,017 Valid: 53,572 Quota: 8,929 Turnout: 79.9%

1933 general election

1933 general election: Cork West^[7]^[18]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Cumann na nGaedheal	James Burke	21.3	9,482
	National Centre Party	Timothy O'Donovan	20.4	9,075
	Labour	Timothy J. Murphy	14.5	6,458	6,656	7,859
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Eamonn O'Neill	13.6	6,067	7,783
	Fianna Fáil	Raphael Keyes	10.9	4,840	4,866	4,952	4,986	5,019	6,055	6,330
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Hales	9.0	4,021	4,049	4,214	4,270	4,318	4,911	7,400
	Fianna Fáil	Jeremiah Galvin	6.1	2,708	2,769	2,877	2,917	2,935	3,132
	Fianna Fáil	Eugene McCarthy	4.1	1,843	1,880	1,977	2,040	2,108
Electorate: 54,868 Valid: 44,494 Quota: 7,416 Turnout: 81.1%

1932 general election

1932 general election: Cork West^[6]^[18]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Labour	Timothy J. Murphy	17.7	7,257
	Independent	Jasper Wolfe	14.1	5,757	5,805	5,894	6,855
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Eamonn O'Neill	13.9	5,715	5,793	5,822	8,070
	Farmers' Party	Timothy O'Donovan	13.0	5,310	5,387	5,565	6,455	7,654
	Fianna Fáil	Jeremiah Galvin	12.3	5,060	5,132	5,724	5,883	5,898	5,932
	Fianna Fáil	Raphael Keyes	12.2	5,005	5,058	6,352	6,449	6,476	6,536
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Timothy Sheehy	10.9	4,476	4,538	4,657
	Fianna Fáil	Eugene McCarthy	5.8	2,393	2,431
Electorate: 54,238 Valid: 40,973 Quota: 6,829 Turnout: 75.5%

September 1927 general election

September 1927 general election: Cork West^[5]^[18]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Independent	Jasper Wolfe	16.6	6,027	6,085
	Farmers' Party	Timothy O'Donovan	16.3	5,893	5,941	6,177
	Labour	Timothy J. Murphy	15.3	5,561	5,751	8,176
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Mullins	13.2	4,797	9,004
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Timothy Sheehy	13.2	4,771	4,788	4,863	4,926	4,948
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Eamonn O'Neill	12.8	4,623	4,643	4,679	4,804	4,833
	Fianna Fáil	Raphael Keyes	12.6	4,585
Electorate: 56,663 Valid: 36,257 Quota: 6,043 Turnout: 64.0%

June 1927 general election

June 1927 general election: Cork West^[4]^[18]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Labour	Timothy J. Murphy	18.7	6,679
	Independent	Jasper Wolfe	12.4	4,422	4,526	4,688	4,785	4,907	5,128	5,296	5,543	5,837
	Farmers' Party	Timothy O'Donovan	10.4	3,708	3,788	3,879	3,922	4,045	4,128	4,912	5,054	5,902
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Timothy Sheehy	9.0	3,206	3,299	3,529	3,569	4,345	4,458	4,624	4,713	5,999
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Mullins	8.2	2,925	3,001	3,079	3,661	3,722	4,465	4,585	6,328
	Farmers' Party	Joseph McCarthy	7.5	2,693	2,735	2,833	2,974	3,056	3,182	3,636	3,743	3,962
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Thomas O'Donovan	6.7	2,404	2,486	2,550	2,594	2,876	2,902	3,032	3,105
	Fianna Fáil	Jeremiah McCarthy	5.9	2,122	2,154	2,192	2,343	2,375	2,782	2,848
	Farmers' Party	Jeremiah O'Sullivan	5.0	1,801	1,820	1,850	1,897	2,043	2,093
	Fianna Fáil	George Ross	4.9	1,739	1,790	1,817	1,962	1,994
	Cumann na nGaedheal	John Prior	4.7	1,685	1,735	1,779	1,801
	Sinn Féin	Seán Buckley	3.8	1,349	1,396	1,427
	Independent	Cornelius O'Donovan	2.7	947	1,003
Electorate: 56,663 Valid: 35,680 Quota: 5,947 Turnout: 63.0%

1923 general election

There is no record of Buckley's surplus having been distributed, even though it was greater than the difference between the votes of Murphy and Kelly.^[18]

1923 general election: Cork West^[3]^[18]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Cornelius Connolly	14.9	4,430	4,482	4,601	4,626	4,813	5,264
	Labour	Timothy J. Murphy	11.8	3,517	3,600	3,630	3,697	3,773	3,987	3,998	4,191	4,290	4,405
	Cumann na nGaedheal	John Prior	11.0	3,257	3,349	3,394	3,398	3,449	3,736	3,915	4,186	4,595	4,615
	Republican	Seán Buckley	10.9	3,237	3,325	3,355	3,629	3,720	3,763	3,769	3,815	3,867	5,866
	Farmers' Party	Timothy O'Donovan	8.3	2,473	2,535	3,036	3,090	3,410	3,543	3,563	3,789	4,777	4,861
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Robert Kelly	8.3	2,469	2,548	2,609	2,635	2,681	2,794	2,870	3,258	3,368	3,505
	Republican	Maurice Donegan	5.9	1,741	1,767	1,789	2,500	2,549	2,562	2,565	2,649	2,682
	Farmers' Party	Michael Scully	4.9	1,460	1,477	1,604	1,617	1,871	1,927	1,932	2,078
	Independent	Daniel O'Leary	4.8	1,427	1,445	1,483	1,508	1,569	1,665	1,675
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Daniel McCarthy	4.5	1,347	1,396	1,418	1,441	1,494
	National Democratic	Joseph O'Mahony	4.5	1,336	1,350	1,393	1,410
	Republican	John Lehane	4.2	1,240	1,266	1,296
	Farmers' Party	Daniel Minihane	3.6	1,074	1,114
	Independent	William Hales	1.7	510
	Independent	David Connor	0.7	205
Electorate: 59,500 Valid: 29,723 Quota: 4,954 Turnout: 50.0%

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