Cork North–East (Dáil Éireann constituency)

For the 1885–1922 constituency, see North East Cork (UK Parliament constituency).

Cork North–East
Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary constituency
Former constituency
Created	1961
Abolished	1981
Seats	5 (1961–1969) 4 (1969–1981)
County/City council	County Cork

Cork North–East was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1961 to 1981. The constituency elected 5 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil until 1969, and then 4 thereafter. The method of election was the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

History

The constituency was created under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1961, for the 1961 general election to Dáil Éireann.^[1] The constituency returned 5 deputies from 1961 to 1969. Under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969 this was reduced to 4 seats from 1969 onwards.^[2]

It was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980, when it was partially replaced by the new constituencies of Cork East and Cork North–West.

Boundaries

The district electoral divisions of the former Rural District of Fermoy; former rural district of Kanturk; former rural district of Mallow; former rural district of Midleton; former rural district of Mitchelstown No. 1; former rural district of Youghal; and the urban districts of Cobh, Fermoy, Mallow, Midleton and Youghal.^[1]

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Cork North–East 1961–1981^[3]
Key to parties FG = Fine Gael FF = Fianna Fáil Lab = Labour Party
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
17th	1961^[4]		Richard Barry (FG)		Philip Burton (FG)		Martin Corry (FF)		John Moher (FF)		Patrick McAuliffe (Lab)
18th	1965^[5]				Philip Burton (FG)		Martin Corry (FF)		Jerry Cronin (FF)		Patrick McAuliffe (Lab)
19th	1969^[6]				Gerard Cott (FG)		Seán Brosnan (FF)			4 seats 1969–1981
20th	1973^[7]				Patrick Hegarty (FG)		Liam Ahern (FF)
20th	1974 by-election^[8]						Seán Brosnan (FF)
21st	1977^[9]						Seán Brosnan (FF)
21st	1979 by-election^[10]						Myra Barry (FG)
22nd	1981	Constituency abolished. See Cork East and Cork North–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

1979 by-election

Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Seán Brosnan, a by-election was held on 7 November 1979. The seat was won by the Fine Gael candidate Myra Barry.

1979 by-election: Cork North–East^[10]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Myra Barry	15,939	38.7	1
	Fianna Fáil	John Brosnan	14,961	36.3
	Sinn Féin (Workers' Party)	Joe Sherlock	9,395	22.8
	Independent	Mary Duggan	911	2.2
Electorate: 60,075 Valid: 41,206 Quota: 20,604 Turnout: 68.6%

1977 general election

1977 general election: Cork North–East^[3]^[9]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Brosnan	8,840	18.7	1
	Fine Gael	Richard Barry	7,590	16.0	2
	Fianna Fáil	Jerry Cronin	8,352	17.6	3
	Fine Gael	Patrick Hegarty	6,117	12.9	4
	Fianna Fáil	Carey Joyce	5,630	11.9
	Sinn Féin (Workers' Party)	Joe Sherlock	4,485	9.5
	Independent	Noel Collins	2,433	5.1
	Fine Gael	Michael Broderick	2,036	4.3
	Labour Party	Liam Duggan	1,094	2.3
	Independent	John Kidney	788	1.7
Electorate: ? Valid: 47,365 Quota: 9,474 Turnout:

1974 by-election

Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Liam Ahern, a by-election was held on 13 November 1974. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Seán Brosnan.

1974 by-election: Cork North–East^[8]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Brosnan	19,928	49.4	1
	Fine Gael	Michael Broderick	13,708	34.0
	Sinn Féin (Official)	Joe Sherlock	5,363	13.3
	Labour Party	Liam Hurley	1,243	3.1
	Independent	Angela Cunningham	132	0.3
Electorate: 55,388 Valid: 40,374 Quota: 20,188 Turnout: 72.9%

1973 general election

1973 general election: Cork North–East^[7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Jerry Cronin	9,608	24.0	1
	Fine Gael	Richard Barry	7,188	18.0	2
	Fine Gael	Patrick Hegarty	4,066	10.2	3
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Ahern	5,403	13.5	4
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Brosnan	5,029	12.6
	Fine Gael	Michael Broderick	2,994	7.5
	Sinn Féin (Official)	Joe Sherlock	2,488	6.2
	Labour Party	William Fennessy	1,887	4.7
	Independent	Noel Collins	1,228	3.0
	Independent	Cuthbert Kelly	100	0.3
Electorate: ? Valid: 39,991 Quota: 7,999 Turnout:

1969 general election

1969 general election: Cork North–East^[6]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Jerry Cronin	8,842	23.0	1	1
	Fine Gael	Richard Barry	7,133	18.6	2
	Fine Gael	Gerard Cott	3,162	8.2	3
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Brosnan	5,281	13.8	4
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Ahern	5,050	13.2
	Labour Party	Patrick McAuliffe	3,335	8.7
	Fine Gael	Jeremiah O'Hanlon	2,354	6.1
	Labour Party	Donie O'Driscoll	1,687	4.4
	Fine Gael	Daniel Casey	1,566	4.1
Electorate: ? Valid: 38,410 Quota: 7,683 Turnout:

1965 general election

1965 general election: Cork North–East^[5]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Richard Barry	8,007	17.4	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Corry	6,753	14.7	2
	Labour Party	Patrick McAuliffe	7,013	15.3	3
	Fine Gael	Philip Burton	4,949	10.8	4
	Fianna Fáil	Jerry Cronin	5,919	12.9	5
	Fianna Fáil	John Moher	4,905	10.7
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Brosnan	4,542	9.9
	Fine Gael	Cornelius Carey	3,626	7.9
	Independent	John O'Shaughnessy	227	0.5
Electorate: ? Valid: 45,941 Quota: 7,657 Turnout:

1961 general election

1961 general election: Cork North–East^[4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Richard Barry	8,454	19.0	1	1
	Labour Party	Patrick McAuliffe	7,584	17.0	2	1
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Corry	7,093	15.9	3
	Fine Gael	Philip Burton	5,150	11.6	4
	Fianna Fáil	John Moher	5,304	11.9	5
	Fianna Fáil	Batt Donegan	5,318	12.0
	Fine Gael	Daniel Casey	3,663	8.2
	Sinn Féin	Denis O'Connor	1,939	4.4
Electorate: ? Valid: 44,505 Quota: 7,418 Turnout:

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1961: Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 28 February 2009.
↑ "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1969: Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 28 February 2009.
↑ 3.0 3.1 Walker, Brian M, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0-901714-96-8. ISSN 0332-0286.
↑ 4.0 4.1 "General election 1961: Cork North–East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
↑ 5.0 5.1 "General election 1965: Cork North–East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
↑ 6.0 6.1 "General election 1969: Cork North–East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
↑ 7.0 7.1 "General election 1973: Cork North–East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
↑ 8.0 8.1 "By-election 1974: Cork North–East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 28 February 2009.
↑ 9.0 9.1 "General election 1977: Cork North–East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 28 February 2009.
↑ 10.0 10.1 "By-election 1979: Cork North–East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 28 February 2009.

External links

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