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.
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.
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]
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For the 1885 1922 constituency see West Cork UK Parliament constituency Cork West was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dail Eireann the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1923 to 1961 The constituency elected 5 and later 3 deputies Teachtai Dala commonly known as TDs to the Dail on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote PR STV Cork WestFormer Dail constituencyFormer constituencyCreated1923Abolished1961Seats5 1923 1948 3 1948 1961 Local government areaCounty CorkCreated fromCork Mid North South South East and WestReplaced byCork South West Contents 1 History 2 Boundaries 3 TDs 4 Elections 4 1 1957 general election 4 2 1954 general election 4 3 1951 general election 4 4 1949 by election 4 5 1948 general election 4 6 1944 general election 4 7 1943 general election 4 8 1938 general election 4 9 1937 general election 4 10 1933 general election 4 11 1932 general election 4 12 September 1927 general election 4 13 June 1927 general election 4 14 1923 general election 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory editIt 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 Dail It was reduced to a 3 seater for the 1948 general election to the 12th Dail and remained at that size until its abolition for the 1961 general election to the 17th Dail It was then partially replaced by the new Cork South West constituency Boundaries editIt consisted of the county electoral areas of Bandon Bantry and Dunmanway in the administrative county of Cork 1 TDs editTeachtai Dala TDs for Cork West 1923 1961 2 Key to parties CnaG Cumann na nGaedheal FP Farmers Party FF Fianna Fail FG Fine Gael Ind Independent Lab Labour NCP National Centre Party Rep RepublicanDail Election Deputy Party Deputy Party Deputy Party Deputy Party Deputy Party 4th 1923 3 Timothy J Murphy Lab Sean 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 7th 1932 6 Raphael Keyes FF Eamonn O Neill CnaG 8th 1933 7 Tom Hales FF 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 Sean Buckley FF 11th 1943 10 Patrick O Driscoll Ind 12th 1944 11 Eamonn O Neill FG 13th 1948 12 Sean Collins FG 3 seats1948 19611949 by election 13 William J Murphy Lab 14th 1951 14 Michael Pat Murphy Lab 15th 1954 15 Edward Cotter FF 16th 1957 16 Florence Wycherley Ind 17th 1961 Constituency abolished See Cork South WestNote 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 edit1957 general election edit 1957 general election Cork West 16 Party Candidate 1st Pref Seat CountLabour Michael Pat Murphy 6 454 24 5 2Fine Gael Sean Collins 5 869 22 3Fianna Fail Edward Cotter 5 255 19 9 1Independent Florence Wycherley 4 666 17 7 3Fianna Fail Michael Finn 4 125 15 6Electorate Valid 30 353 Quota 7 589 Turnout 1954 general election edit 1954 general election Cork West 15 17 Party Candidate FPv Count1 2 3 4 5Labour Michael Pat Murphy 25 4 7 315 Fianna Fail Edward Cotter 21 8 6 270 8 982 Clann na Talmhan Florence Wycherley 14 7 4 238 4 389 4 984 5 012 6 181Fine Gael Sean Collins 13 9 4 003 4 097 4 204 4 251 6 641Fine Gael John O Sullivan 12 6 3 635 3 864 4 093 4 132 Fianna Fail Michael Finn 11 6 3 339 Electorate 34 791 Valid 28 800 Quota 7 201 Turnout 82 8 1951 general election edit 1951 general election Cork West 17 Party Candidate FPv Count1 2Fianna Fail Ted O Sullivan 25 8 7 571 Fine Gael Sean Collins 25 7 7 515 Labour Michael Pat Murphy 20 8 6 103 6 758Independent Charles John Bryan 16 2 4 732 5 572Fianna Fail James Moynihan 11 5 3 373 Electorate 35 960 Valid 29 294 Quota 7 324 Turnout 81 46 1949 by election edit 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 Count1Labour William J Murphy 63 3 18 909Fianna Fail Edward Cotter 36 7 10 950Electorate 36 699 Valid 29 859 Quota 14 930 Turnout 81 36 1948 general election edit 1948 general election Cork West 17 Party Candidate FPv Count1 2 3 4 5 6 7Fianna Fail 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 489Fine Gael Sean Collins 15 4 4 643 4 732 5 805 6 412 6 775 6 944 7 150Fianna Fail 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 edit 1944 general election Cork West 11 18 Party Candidate FPv Count1 2 3 4 5 6Labour 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 Fail Sean Buckley 15 2 7 529 7 569 7 980 8 022 8 108 8 282Fianna Fail Timothy O Sullivan 14 4 7 136 7 226 7 379 7 576 7 862 8 028Clann na Talmhan Daniel O Leary 11 4 5 655 5 671 5 782 5 816 5 913 6 763Fine Gael Eamonn O Neill 10 3 5 125 5 480 5 635 5 738 6 024 8 625Fine 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 edit 1943 general election Cork West 10 18 Party Candidate FPv Count1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8Labour Timothy J Murphy 18 1 9 363 Fianna Fail 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 Fail Sean Buckley 12 8 6 632 6 684 6 699 6 734 7 054 7 538 7 807 7 821Fine Gael Timothy O Donovan 9 4 4 854 4 928 5 197 5 248 5 332 5 502 7 898 8 159Fine Gael Daniel O Leary 8 5 4 414 4 431 4 569 4 906 4 941 5 671 6 485 6 569Fine 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 edit 1938 general election Cork West 9 18 Party Candidate FPv Count1 2 3 4 5 6Fianna Fail Sean Buckley 20 1 10 895 Labour Timothy J Murphy 19 3 10 424 Fianna Fail 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 090Fine Gael Eamonn O Neill 11 7 6 304 6 776 7 166 7 396 7 487 9 109Fine 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 edit 1937 general election Cork West 8 18 Party Candidate FPv Count1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8Labour Timothy J Murphy 22 7 12 179 Fianna Fail 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 486Fianna Fail Daniel Corkery 10 7 5 754 6 520 7 550 7 688 7 690 7 699 7 811 7 820Fine 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 edit 1933 general election Cork West 7 18 Party Candidate FPv Count1 2 3 4 5 6 7Cumann 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 Fail Raphael Keyes 10 9 4 840 4 866 4 952 4 986 5 019 6 055 6 330Fianna Fail Tom Hales 9 0 4 021 4 049 4 214 4 270 4 318 4 911 7 400Fianna Fail Jeremiah Galvin 6 1 2 708 2 769 2 877 2 917 2 935 3 132 Fianna Fail 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 edit 1932 general election Cork West 6 18 Party Candidate FPv Count1 2 3 4 5 6Labour 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 Fail Jeremiah Galvin 12 3 5 060 5 132 5 724 5 883 5 898 5 932Fianna Fail Raphael Keyes 12 2 5 005 5 058 6 352 6 449 6 476 6 536Cumann na nGaedheal Timothy Sheehy 10 9 4 476 4 538 4 657 Fianna Fail Eugene McCarthy 5 8 2 393 2 431 Electorate 54 238 Valid 40 973 Quota 6 829 Turnout 75 5 September 1927 general election edit September 1927 general election Cork West 5 18 Party Candidate FPv Count1 2 3 4 5Independent 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 Fail Thomas Mullins 13 2 4 797 9 004 Cumann na nGaedheal Timothy Sheehy 13 2 4 771 4 788 4 863 4 926 4 948Cumann na nGaedheal Eamonn O Neill 12 8 4 623 4 643 4 679 4 804 4 833Fianna Fail Raphael Keyes 12 6 4 585 Electorate 56 663 Valid 36 257 Quota 6 043 Turnout 64 0 June 1927 general election edit June 1927 general election Cork West 4 18 Party Candidate FPv Count1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9Labour 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 837Farmers Party Timothy O Donovan 10 4 3 708 3 788 3 879 3 922 4 045 4 128 4 912 5 054 5 902Cumann na nGaedheal Timothy Sheehy 9 0 3 206 3 299 3 529 3 569 4 345 4 458 4 624 4 713 5 999Fianna Fail 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 962Cumann na nGaedheal Thomas O Donovan 6 7 2 404 2 486 2 550 2 594 2 876 2 902 3 032 3 105 Fianna Fail 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 Fail 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 Fein Sean 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 edit 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 Count1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10Cumann 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 405Cumann 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 615Republican Sean Buckley 10 9 3 237 3 325 3 355 3 629 3 720 3 763 3 769 3 815 3 867 5 866Farmers 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 861Cumann 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 505Republican 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 See also editDail constituencies Politics of the Republic of Ireland Historic Dail constituencies Elections in the Republic of IrelandReferences edit Electoral Amendment Act 1923 Constituencies Irish Statute Book database Archived from the original on 7 August 2011 Retrieved 15 September 2010 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 1923 Cork West ElectionsIreland org Archived from the original on 21 February 2011 Retrieved 16 September 2010 a b General election June 1927 Cork West ElectionsIreland org Archived from the original on 21 February 2011 Retrieved 16 September 2010 a b General election September 1927 Cork West ElectionsIreland org Archived from the original on 21 February 2011 Retrieved 16 September 2010 a b General election 1932 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March 2009 General election 1951 Cork West ElectionsIreland org Archived from the original on 21 February 2011 Retrieved 16 September 2010 a b General election 1954 Cork West ElectionsIreland org Archived from the original on 21 February 2011 Retrieved 16 September 2010 a b General election 1957 Cork West ElectionsIreland org Archived from the original on 21 February 2011 Retrieved 16 September 2010 a b c d Gallagher Michael 2009 Irish Elections 1948 77 Results and Analysis Sources for the Study of Irish Politics 2 Routledge ISBN 9781138973343 a b c d e f g h i j Gallagher Michael 1993 Irish Elections 1922 44 Results and Analysis PSAI Press ISBN 0951974815 External links editOireachtas Members Database Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cork West Dail constituency amp oldid 1183274517, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
