Cork Mid (Dáil Éireann constituency)

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

Cork Mid
Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Former constituency
Created	1961
Abolished	1981
Seats	4 (1961–1977) 5 (1977–1981)
County/City council	County Cork

Cork Mid was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1961 to 1981. The constituency was served 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 the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

Boundaries

1961 to 1976

From 1961 to 1976 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 Cork East and Cork West."^[1]

1977 to 1981

For the 1977 general election, 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."^[2]

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Cork Mid 1961–1981^[3]
Key to parties FF = Fianna Fáil FG = Fine Gael Lab = Labour Party
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
17th	1961^[4]		Dan Desmond (Lab)		Denis J. O'Sullivan (FG)		Seán McCarthy (FF)		Con Meaney (FF)	4 seats 1961–1977
17th	1965 by-election^[5]		Eileen Desmond (Lab)		Denis J. O'Sullivan (FG)		Seán McCarthy (FF)		Con Meaney (FF)
18th	1965^[6]		Eileen Desmond (Lab)		Donal Creed (FG)		Flor Crowley (FF)		Thomas Meaney (FF)
19th	1969^[7]		Philip Burton (FG)				Paddy Forde (FF)
19th	1972 by-election^[8]		Philip Burton (FG)				Gene Fitzgerald (FF)
20th	1973^[9]		Eileen Desmond (Lab)
21st	1977^[10]		Eileen Desmond (Lab)								Barry Cogan (FF)
22nd	1981	Constituency abolished

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

1977 general election

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

1973 general election

1973 general election: Cork Mid^[9]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Meaney	10,400	25.6	1
	Fianna Fáil	Gene Fitzgerald	9,584	23.6	2
	Fine Gael	Donal Creed	7,728	19.1	3
	Labour Party	Eileen Desmond	6,170	15.2	4
	Fine Gael	Philip Burton	5,629	13.9
	Fine Gael	Daniel O'Leary	1,055	2.6
Electorate: ? Valid: 40,566 Quota: 8,114 Turnout:

1972 by-election

Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Paddy Forde, 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^[8]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Gene Fitzgerald	19,595	49.5	1
	Fine Gael	Denis J. O'Sullivan	12,530	31.6
	Labour Party	Eileen Desmond	6,301	15.9
	Aontacht Éireann	Patrick O'Callaghan	1,172	3.0
Electorate: 49,402 Valid: 39,598 Quota: 19,800 Turnout: 80.2%

1969 general election

1969 general election: Cork Mid^[7]
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
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Forde	4,284	11.0	3
	Fine Gael	Philip Burton	5,310	13.6	4
	Labour Party	Eileen Desmond	4,936	12.6
	Fianna Fáil	Batt Donegan	3,468	8.9
	Labour Party	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

1965 general election: Cork Mid^[6]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Labour Party	Eileen Desmond	10,041	25.0	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Flor Crowley	7,884	19.7	2
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Meaney	5,683	14.2	3
	Fine Gael	Donal Creed	6,103	15.2	4
	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

Following the death of Labour Party TD Dan Desmond, 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^[5]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Labour Party	Eileen Desmond	12,752	33.5	1
	Fianna Fáil	Flor Crowley	13,779	36.2
	Fine Gael	Donal Creed	10,957	28.8
	Independent	Sylvester Cotter	590	1.6
Electorate: 50,220 Valid: 38,078 Quota: 19,040 Turnout: 75.8%

1961 general election

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

References

↑ "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1959". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
↑ "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1974". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 30 August 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.
1 2 "General election 1961: Cork Mid". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
1 2 "By-election 1965: Cork Mid". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
1 2 "General election 1965: Cork Mid". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
1 2 "General election 1969: Cork Mid". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
1 2 "By-election 1972: Cork Mid". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
1 2 "General election 1973: Cork Mid". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
1 2 "General election 1977: Cork Mid". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
↑ The Irish Times, 20 June 1977, p7–10

External links

Oireachtas Members Database

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 (1801–85) Cork County (1801–85) 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 (1801–85) Mallow (1801–85) Youghal (1801–85)

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Cork Borough (1921–69) Cork City (1977–81) Cork City North–West (1969–77) Cork City South–East (1969–77) Cork East (1923–37, 1948–61, 1981–) Cork East and North East (1921–23) Cork Mid (1961–81) Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West (1921–23) Cork North (1923–61) Cork North–Central (1981–) Cork North–East (1961–81) Cork North–West (1981–) Cork South (1948–61) Cork South–Central (1981–) Cork South–East (1937–48) Cork South–West (1961–) Cork West (1923–61)

European Parliament 1979–present	Munster (1979–2004) South (2004–)

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