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Cork Mid (Dáil constituency)

December 07, 2023

For the 1885–1922 constituency of the United Kingdom House of Commons and the 1919–1921 First Dáil, see Mid Cork (UK Parliament constituency).

Cork Mid was a Dáil constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (the Irish legislature) from 1961 to 1981. The constituency was represented by 4 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) from 1961 to 1977, and then 5 from 1977 until its abolition in 1981. The method of election was proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

Cork Mid
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created1961
Abolished1981
Seats
  • 4 (1961–1977)
  • 5 (1977–1981)
Local government areas
Created fromCork North
Replaced by

Boundaries edit

From 1961 to 1969, its boundaries were defined as: "The administrative county of Cork except the portions thereof which are comprised in the borough constituency of Cork and the county constituencies of North-East Cork and South-West Cork."[1]

From 1961 to 1977, its boundaries were defined as: "The administrative county of Cork except the portions thereof which are comprised in the borough constituency of Cork and the county constituencies of North-East Cork, South-West Cork and South Kerry."[2]

From 1977 to 1981, its boundaries were defined as: "The administrative county of Cork, except the parts thereof which are comprised in the constituencies of Cork North-East, Cork South-West and Kerry South; and the following wards in the county borough of Cork: Bishopstown E, Gillabbey B, Gillabbey C, Glasheen A, Glasheen B, Glasheen C, Pouladuff A, Pouladuff B, The Lough, Togher A, Togher B."[3]

TDs edit

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Cork Mid 1961–1981[4]
Key to parties
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)
17th 1961[5] Dan Desmond
(Lab) 		Seán McCarthy
(FF) 		Con Meaney
(FF) 		Denis J. O'Sullivan
(FG) 		4 seats
1961–1977
1965 by-election[6] Eileen Desmond
(Lab)
18th 1965[7] Flor Crowley
(FF) 		Thomas Meaney
(FF) 		Donal Creed
(FG)
19th 1969[8] Philip Burton
(FG) 		Paddy Forde
(FF)
1972 by-election[9] Gene Fitzgerald
(FF)
20th 1973[10] Eileen Desmond
(Lab)
21st 1977[11] Barry Cogan
(FF)
22nd 1981 Constituency abolished. See Cork North-Central and Cork South-Central

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

1977 general election edit

1977 general election: Cork Mid[11][12]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Fianna Fáil Gene Fitzgerald 19.9 12,179        
Fianna Fáil Thomas Meaney 19.4 11,877        
Labour Eileen Desmond 14.5 8,902 9,001 9,112 10,276  
Fine Gael Donal Creed 13.2 8,088 8,163 8,241 10,413  
Fianna Fáil Barry Cogan 10.7 6,563 7,545 8,151 8,259 8,595
Fine Gael Frank Crowley 7.6 4,681 4,695 4,777 5,614  
Fianna Fáil John Dennehy 7.4 4,522 5,292 6,069 6,188 6,470
Fine Gael Seán O'Leary 7.2 4,436 4,468 4,480    
Electorate: 75,031   Valid: 61,248   Spoilt: 446 (0.7%)   Quota: 10,209   Turnout: 61,694 (82.2%)[13]  

1973 general election edit

1973 general election: Cork Mid[10][14]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Fianna Fáil Thomas Meaney 25.6 10,400    
Fianna Fáil Gene Fitzgerald 23.6 9,584    
Fine Gael Donal Creed 19.1 7,728 8,273  
Labour Eileen Desmond 15.2 6,170 7,152 8,188
Fine Gael Philip Burton 13.9 5,629 6,245 6,406
Fine Gael Daniel O'Leary 2.6 1,055 1,198 1,471
Electorate: 49,402   Valid: 40,566   Quota: 8,114   Turnout: 82.1%  

1972 by-election edit

Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Paddy Forde on 13 May 1972, a by-election was held on 2 August 1972. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Gene Fitzgerald.

1972 by-election: Cork Mid[9][14]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
Fianna Fáil Gene Fitzgerald 49.5 19,959 20,214
Fine Gael Denis J. O'Sullivan 31.6 12,530 12,788
Labour Eileen Desmond 15.9 6,301 6,711
Aontacht Éireann Paddy O'Callaghan 3.0 1,172  
Electorate: 49,402   Valid: 39,962   Quota: 19,982   Turnout: 80.89%  

1969 general election edit

1969 general election: Cork Mid[8]
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Fianna Fáil Thomas Meaney 8,978 23.0 1 1
Fine Gael Donal Creed 7,400 18.9 2
Fine Gael Philip Burton 5,310 13.6 4
Labour Eileen Desmond 4,936 12.6
Fianna Fáil Paddy Forde 4,284 11.0 3
Fianna Fáil Batt Donegan 3,468 8.9
Labour Neil Lehane 2,866 7.3
Fine Gael Patrick Lombard 1,821 4.7
Electorate: ?   Valid: 39,063   Quota: 7,813   Turnout:

1965 general election edit

1965 general election: Cork Mid[7]
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Labour Eileen Desmond 10,041 25.0 1 1
Fianna Fáil Flor Crowley 7,884 19.7 2
Fine Gael Donal Creed 6,103 15.2 4
Fianna Fáil Thomas Meaney 5,683 14.2 3
Fine Gael Denis J. O'Sullivan 4,935 12.3
Fianna Fáil Paddy Forde 3,099 7.7
Independent Thomas O'Sullivan 1,089 2.7
Fine Gael Edward McCarthy 789 2.0
Independent Sylvester Cotter 498 1.2
Electorate: ?   Valid: 40,121   Quota: 8,025   Turnout:

1965 by-election edit

Following the death of Labour Party TD Dan Desmond on 9 December 1964, a by-election was held on 10 March 1965. The seat was won by the Labour Party candidate Eileen Desmond, widow of the deceased TD.

1965 by-election: Cork Mid[6][14]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Fianna Fáil Flor Crowley 36.2 13,779 13,932 15,093
Labour Eileen Desmond 33.5 12,752 12,937 20,756
Fine Gael Donal Creed 28.8 10,957 11,105  
Independent Sylvester P. Cotter 1.6 590    
Electorate: 50,220   Valid: 38,078   Quota: 19,040   Turnout: 75.82%  

1961 general election edit

1961 general election: Cork Mid[5]
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Labour Dan Desmond 10,035 27.3 1 1
Fine Gael Denis J. O'Sullivan 7,787 21.2 2 1
Fianna Fáil Con Meaney 6,586 17.9 4
Fianna Fáil Seán MacCarthy 6,499 17.7 3
Fine Gael Timothy Desmond 3,976 10.8
Fianna Fáil David McGrath 1,890 5.1
Electorate: ?   Valid: 36,773   Quota: 7,355   Turnout:

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Electoral (Amendment) Act 1961, Schedule: Constituencies (No. 19 of 1961, Schedule). Enacted on 14 July 1961. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 21 April 2022.
  2. ^ Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969, Schedule: Constituencies (No. 3 of 1969, Schedule). Enacted on 26 March 1969. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 21 April 2022.
  3. ^ Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974, Schedule: Constituencies (No. 7 of 1974, Schedule). Enacted on 7 May 1974. Act of the Oireachtas. from the original on 20 January 2012. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 24 December 2021.
  4. ^ Walker, Brian M, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0-901714-96-8. ISSN 0332-0286.
  5. ^ a b "General election 1961: Cork Mid". ElectionsIreland.org. from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
  6. ^ a b "By-election 1965: Cork Mid". ElectionsIreland.org. from the original on 30 November 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
  7. ^ a b "General election 1965: Cork Mid". ElectionsIreland.org. from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
  8. ^ a b "General election 1969: Cork Mid". ElectionsIreland.org. from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
  9. ^ a b "By-election 1972: Cork Mid". ElectionsIreland.org. from the original on 30 November 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
  10. ^ a b "General election 1973: Cork Mid". ElectionsIreland.org. from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
  11. ^ a b "General election 1977: Cork Mid". ElectionsIreland.org. from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
  12. ^ "21st Dáil 1977 general election results" (PDF). Houses of the Oireachtas. February 1978. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  13. ^ The Irish Times, 20 June 1977, p7–10
  14. ^ a b c Gallagher, Michael (2009). Irish Elections 1948–77: Results and Analysis Sources for the Study of Irish Politics 2. Routledge. ISBN 9781138973343.

External links edit

  • Oireachtas Members Database

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For the 1885 1922 constituency of the United Kingdom House of Commons and the 1919 1921 First Dail see Mid Cork UK Parliament constituency Cork Mid was a Dail constituency represented in Dail Eireann the lower house of the Oireachtas the Irish legislature from 1961 to 1981 The constituency was represented by 4 deputies Teachtai Dala commonly known as TDs from 1961 to 1977 and then 5 from 1977 until its abolition in 1981 The method of election was proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote PR STV Cork MidFormer Dail constituencyFormer constituencyCreated1961Abolished1981Seats4 1961 1977 5 1977 1981 Local government areasCounty Cork 1961 1981 Cork county borough 1977 1981 Created fromCork NorthReplaced byCork North CentralCork South Central Contents 1 Boundaries 2 TDs 3 Elections 3 1 1977 general election 3 2 1973 general election 3 3 1972 by election 3 4 1969 general election 3 5 1965 general election 3 6 1965 by election 3 7 1961 general election 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksBoundaries editFrom 1961 to 1969 its boundaries were defined as The administrative county of Cork except the portions thereof which are comprised in the borough constituency of Cork and the county constituencies of North East Cork and South West Cork 1 From 1961 to 1977 its boundaries were defined as The administrative county of Cork except the portions thereof which are comprised in the borough constituency of Cork and the county constituencies of North East Cork South West Cork and South Kerry 2 From 1977 to 1981 its boundaries were defined as The administrative county of Cork except the parts thereof which are comprised in the constituencies of Cork North East Cork South West and Kerry South and the following wards in the county borough of Cork Bishopstown E Gillabbey B Gillabbey C Glasheen A Glasheen B Glasheen C Pouladuff A Pouladuff B The Lough Togher A Togher B 3 TDs editTeachtai Dala TDs for Cork Mid 1961 1981 4 Key to parties FF Fianna Fail FG Fine Gael Lab LabourDail Election Deputy Party Deputy Party Deputy Party Deputy Party Deputy Party 17th 1961 5 Dan Desmond Lab Sean McCarthy FF Con Meaney FF Denis J O Sullivan FG 4 seats1961 19771965 by election 6 Eileen Desmond Lab 18th 1965 7 Flor Crowley FF Thomas Meaney FF Donal Creed FG 19th 1969 8 Philip Burton FG Paddy Forde FF 1972 by election 9 Gene Fitzgerald FF 20th 1973 10 Eileen Desmond Lab 21st 1977 11 Barry Cogan FF 22nd 1981 Constituency abolished See Cork North Central and Cork South CentralNote 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 edit1977 general election edit 1977 general election Cork Mid 11 12 Party Candidate FPv Count1 2 3 4 5Fianna Fail Gene Fitzgerald 19 9 12 179 Fianna Fail Thomas Meaney 19 4 11 877 Labour Eileen Desmond 14 5 8 902 9 001 9 112 10 276 Fine Gael Donal Creed 13 2 8 088 8 163 8 241 10 413 Fianna Fail Barry Cogan 10 7 6 563 7 545 8 151 8 259 8 595Fine Gael Frank Crowley 7 6 4 681 4 695 4 777 5 614 Fianna Fail John Dennehy 7 4 4 522 5 292 6 069 6 188 6 470Fine Gael Sean O Leary 7 2 4 436 4 468 4 480 Electorate 75 031 Valid 61 248 Spoilt 446 0 7 Quota 10 209 Turnout 61 694 82 2 13 1973 general election edit 1973 general election Cork Mid 10 14 Party Candidate FPv Count1 2 3Fianna Fail Thomas Meaney 25 6 10 400 Fianna Fail Gene Fitzgerald 23 6 9 584 Fine Gael Donal Creed 19 1 7 728 8 273 Labour Eileen Desmond 15 2 6 170 7 152 8 188Fine Gael Philip Burton 13 9 5 629 6 245 6 406Fine Gael Daniel O Leary 2 6 1 055 1 198 1 471Electorate 49 402 Valid 40 566 Quota 8 114 Turnout 82 1 1972 by election edit Following the death of Fianna Fail TD Paddy Forde on 13 May 1972 a by election was held on 2 August 1972 The seat was won by the Fianna Fail candidate Gene Fitzgerald 1972 by election Cork Mid 9 14 Party Candidate FPv Count1 2Fianna Fail Gene Fitzgerald 49 5 19 959 20 214Fine Gael Denis J O Sullivan 31 6 12 530 12 788Labour Eileen Desmond 15 9 6 301 6 711Aontacht Eireann Paddy O Callaghan 3 0 1 172 Electorate 49 402 Valid 39 962 Quota 19 982 Turnout 80 89 1969 general election edit 1969 general election Cork Mid 8 Party Candidate 1st Pref Seat CountFianna Fail Thomas Meaney 8 978 23 0 1 1Fine Gael Donal Creed 7 400 18 9 2Fine Gael Philip Burton 5 310 13 6 4Labour Eileen Desmond 4 936 12 6Fianna Fail Paddy Forde 4 284 11 0 3Fianna Fail Batt Donegan 3 468 8 9Labour Neil Lehane 2 866 7 3Fine Gael Patrick Lombard 1 821 4 7Electorate Valid 39 063 Quota 7 813 Turnout 1965 general election edit 1965 general election Cork Mid 7 Party Candidate 1st Pref Seat CountLabour Eileen Desmond 10 041 25 0 1 1Fianna Fail Flor Crowley 7 884 19 7 2Fine Gael Donal Creed 6 103 15 2 4Fianna Fail Thomas Meaney 5 683 14 2 3Fine Gael Denis J O Sullivan 4 935 12 3Fianna Fail Paddy Forde 3 099 7 7Independent Thomas O Sullivan 1 089 2 7Fine Gael Edward McCarthy 789 2 0Independent Sylvester Cotter 498 1 2Electorate Valid 40 121 Quota 8 025 Turnout 1965 by election edit Following the death of Labour Party TD Dan Desmond on 9 December 1964 a by election was held on 10 March 1965 The seat was won by the Labour Party candidate Eileen Desmond widow of the deceased TD 1965 by election Cork Mid 6 14 Party Candidate FPv Count1 2 3Fianna Fail Flor Crowley 36 2 13 779 13 932 15 093Labour Eileen Desmond 33 5 12 752 12 937 20 756Fine Gael Donal Creed 28 8 10 957 11 105 Independent Sylvester P Cotter 1 6 590 Electorate 50 220 Valid 38 078 Quota 19 040 Turnout 75 82 1961 general election edit 1961 general election Cork Mid 5 Party Candidate 1st Pref Seat CountLabour Dan Desmond 10 035 27 3 1 1Fine Gael Denis J O Sullivan 7 787 21 2 2 1Fianna Fail Con Meaney 6 586 17 9 4Fianna Fail Sean MacCarthy 6 499 17 7 3Fine Gael Timothy Desmond 3 976 10 8Fianna Fail David McGrath 1 890 5 1Electorate Valid 36 773 Quota 7 355 Turnout See also editDail constituencies Politics of the Republic of Ireland Historic Dail constituencies Elections in the Republic of IrelandReferences edit Electoral Amendment Act 1961 Schedule Constituencies No 19 of 1961 Schedule Enacted on 14 July 1961 Act of the Oireachtas Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 21 April 2022 Electoral Amendment Act 1969 Schedule Constituencies No 3 of 1969 Schedule Enacted on 26 March 1969 Act of the Oireachtas Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 21 April 2022 Electoral Amendment Act 1974 Schedule Constituencies No 7 of 1974 Schedule Enacted on 7 May 1974 Act of the Oireachtas Archived from the original on 20 January 2012 Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 24 December 2021 Walker Brian M ed 1992 Parliamentary election results in Ireland 1918 92 Dublin Royal Irish Academy ISBN 0 901714 96 8 ISSN 0332 0286 a b General election 1961 Cork Mid ElectionsIreland org Archived from the original on 21 February 2011 Retrieved 19 October 2010 a b By election 1965 Cork Mid ElectionsIreland org Archived from the original on 30 November 2010 Retrieved 19 October 2010 a b General election 1965 Cork Mid ElectionsIreland org Archived from the original on 21 February 2011 Retrieved 19 October 2010 a b General election 1969 Cork Mid ElectionsIreland org Archived from the original on 21 February 2011 Retrieved 19 October 2010 a b By election 1972 Cork Mid ElectionsIreland org Archived from the original on 30 November 2010 Retrieved 19 October 2010 a b General election 1973 Cork Mid ElectionsIreland org Archived from the original on 21 February 2011 Retrieved 19 October 2010 a b General election 1977 Cork Mid ElectionsIreland org Archived from the original on 21 February 2011 Retrieved 19 October 2010 21st Dail 1977 general election results PDF Houses of the Oireachtas February 1978 Retrieved 18 October 2023 The Irish Times 20 June 1977 p7 10 a b c Gallagher Michael 2009 Irish Elections 1948 77 Results and Analysis Sources for the Study of Irish Politics 2 Routledge ISBN 9781138973343 External links editOireachtas Members Database Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cork Mid Dail constituency amp oldid 1183274310, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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