Cork East and North East (Dáil constituency)

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).

Cork East and North East
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created	1921
Abolished	1923
Seats	3
Local government area	County Cork
Created from	East Cork North East Cork
Replaced by	Cork East Cork North

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   BP = Businessmen's Party   FP = Farmers' Party   SF = Sinn Féin   AT-SF = Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
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

• Dáil constituencies
• Politics of the Republic of Ireland
• Historic Dáil constituencies
• Elections in the Republic of Ireland

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. "General election 1921: Cork East and North East". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
4. "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.

External links

• Oireachtas Members Database