Mid Cork (UK Parliament constituency)

For the 1961–1981 constituency, see Cork Mid (Dáil Éireann constituency) .
Mid Cork
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1885 (1885)–1922 (1922)
Number of members One
Created from County Cork

Mid Cork , a division of County Cork, was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1885 to 1922 it returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Until the 1885 general election the area was part of the Cork County constituency. From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament, as it was no longer in the UK.

Contents

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the central part of County Cork.

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1885 Charles Kearns Deane Tanner Irish Parliamentary Party
1891 Anti-Parnellite
1885 Irish Parliamentary Party
1901 by-election Daniel Desmond Sheehan Irish Parliamentary Party
1906 by-election Independent Labour
1910 (Jan) All-for-Ireland League
1918 Terence Joseph McSwiney Sinn Féin
1920 vacant
1922 constituency abolished

Elections

1901

Charles Kearns Deane Tanner died in office and was succeeded by Daniel Desmond Sheehan (Irish Parliamentary Party) at a constituency by-election on 17 May 1901.

1906

16 January 1906 (general election)
Candidate Party Votes
Daniel Desmond Sheehan Irish Parliamentary Party returned unopposed

After the general election in 1906, Sheehan was expelled from the IPP and, in protest and to re-emphasize his support, he resigned the seat and re-stood as an Independent (Labour) candidate in the resulting by-election.

31 December 1906 (by-election)
Candidate Party Votes
Daniel Desmond Sheehan Independent Labour returned unopposed

References

Parliamentary constituencies in County Cork and Borough/City
Parliament of Ireland
to 1800

Baltimore (1614–1800) · Bandonbridge (1614–1800) · Castlemartyr (1676–1800) · Charleville (1673–1800) · Clonakilty (1613–1800) · Cork City (1264–1800) · Cork County (????–1800) · Doneraile (1640–1800) · Kinsale (1334?–1800) · Mallow (1613–1800) · Midleton (1671–1800) · Rathcormack (c.1611–1800) · Youghal (1374–1800)
Westminster 1801–1922
and First Dáil 1918

Bandon (1801–1885) · Cork County (1801–1885) · Cork City (1801–1922) · East Cork (1885–1922) · Mid Cork (1885–1922) · North Cork (1885–1922) · North East Cork (1885–1922) · South Cork (1885–1922) · South East Cork (1885–1922) · West Cork (1885–1922) · Kinsale (1801–1885) · Mallow (1801–1885) · Youghal (1801–1885)
Dáil Éireann
1918–present

Cork Borough (1921–1969) · Cork City (1977–1981) · Cork City North–West (1969–1977) · Cork City South–East (1969–1977) · Cork East (1923–1937, 1948–1961, 1981– ) · Cork East and North East (1921–1923) · Cork Mid (1961–1981) · Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West (1921–1923) · Cork North (1923–1961) · Cork North–Central (1981– ) · Cork North–East (1961–1981) · Cork North–West (1981– ) · Cork South (1948–1961) · Cork South–Central (1981– ) · Cork South–East (1937–1948) · Cork South–West (1961– ) · Cork West (1923–1961)
European Parliament
1979–present

Munster (1979–2004) · South (2004– )
Irish counties: Carlow · Cavan · Clare · Cork · Donegal · Dublin · Galway · Kerry · Kildare · Kilkenny · Laois · Leitrim · Limerick · Longford · Louth · Mayo · Meath · Monaghan · Offaly · Roscommon · Sligo · Tipperary · Waterford · Westmeath · Wexford · Wicklow