Cork South-East (Dáil constituency)
Dáil constituency (1937–1948)
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Cork South-East was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1937 to 1948. 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 South-East | |
|---|---|
| Former Dáil constituency | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1937 |
| Abolished | 1948 |
| Seats | 3 |
| Local government area | County Cork |
History
The constituency was created under the Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935,[1] for the 1937 general election to the Dáil Éireann. It succeeded the old Cork East constituency. It was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947, when it was replaced by the new constituency of Cork South.[2]
Boundaries
It consisted of the district electoral divisions of:
- "Ballincollig, Ballintemple, Ballycotton, Ballyfeard, Ballyfoyle, Ballygarvan, Ballymartle, Ballynaglogh, Ballyspillane, Bishopstown, Blackpool, Blarney, Caherlag, Carrigaline (Cork), Carrigaline (Kinsale), Carrignavar, Carrigrohane Beg, Carrigtwohill, Castlemartyr, Clonmult, Cloyne, Cobh Rural, Corkbeg, Cullen, Dangan, Douglas, Dripsey, Dunderrow, Dungourney, Farrenbrien, Firmount, Garryvoe, Glenville, Greenfort, Ightermurragh, Inch, Inishkenny, Killeagh (Cork), Kilmonoge, Kilpatrick, Kinure, Knockantota, Knockraha, Lehenagh, Liscleary, Lisgoold, Matehy, Middleton Rural, Mogeely, Monkstown Rural, Nohaval, Ovens, Rathcooney, Riverstown, Rostellan, St. Mary's, Templebodan, Templebreedy, Templemichael, Templenacarriga and Whitechurch and the Urban Districts of Cobh, Midleton and Passage West in the administrative county of Cork".[1]
TDs
| Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Cork South-East 1937–1948[3] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Key to parties
| |||||||
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | |||
| 9th | 1937[4] | Jeremiah Hurley (Lab) |
Martin Corry (FF) |
Brook Brasier (FG) | |||
| 10th | 1938[5] | ||||||
| 11th | 1943[6] | Thomas Looney (Lab) |
William Broderick (FG) | ||||
| 12th | 1944[7] | Seán McCarthy (FF) | |||||
| 13th | 1948 | 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
^ *: Outgoing TD
1944 general election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Martin Corry[*] | 26.5 | 8,038 | |||||
| Clann na Talmhan | Patrick Lehane | 18.1 | 5,484 | 5,516 | 5,635 | 5,913 | 6,399 | |
| Fine Gael | William Broderick[*] | 17.6 | 5,350 | 5,365 | 5,691 | 6,074 | 6,684 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Seán McCarthy | 17.0 | 5,155 | 5,494 | 5,656 | 5,915 | 7,111 | |
| National Labour Party | Thomas Looney[*] | 10.2 | 3,087 | 3,120 | 3,336 | 3,888 | ||
| Labour | Dan Desmond | 5.4 | 1,636 | 1,653 | 2,275 | |||
| Labour | David Barry | 5.3 | 1,603 | 1,616 | ||||
| Electorate: 44,356 Valid: 30,353 Quota: 7,589 Turnout: 68.4% | ||||||||
1943 general election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Martin Corry[*] | 26.7 | 8,767 | ||||||
| Fine Gael | William Broderick[*] | 18.6 | 6,123 | 6,135 | 6,222 | 6,657 | 8,364 | ||
| Clann na Talmhan | Patrick Lehane | 13.7 | 4,499 | 4,523 | 4,571 | 4,870 | 5,215 | 5,909 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Seán McCarthy | 10.3 | 3,374 | 3,794 | 3,915 | 4,413 | 4,640 | ||
| Labour | Thomas Looney | 8.4 | 2,755 | 2,776 | 4,568 | 5,374 | 5,585 | 6,355 | |
| Fine Gael | Edmond Carey | 8.0 | 2,644 | 2,654 | 2,697 | 2,882 | |||
| Independent | John Hurley | 7.5 | 2,481 | 2,525 | 2,650 | ||||
| Labour | Patrick O'Brien | 6.8 | 2,248 | 2,261 | |||||
| Electorate: 44,356 Valid: 32,891 Quota: 8,223 Turnout: 74.2% | |||||||||
1938 general election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Brook Brasier[*] | 26.8 | 8,535 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Martin Corry[*] | 24.2 | 7,701 | 7,715 | 8,116 | |
| Labour | Jeremiah Hurley[*] | 18.4 | 5,872 | 5,908 | 7,587 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Eoin O'Mahony | 16.2 | 5,175 | 5,187 | 5,710 | |
| Fine Gael | Edmond Carey | 14.4 | 4,597 | 5,099 | ||
| Electorate: 41,655 Valid: 31,880 Quota: 7,971 Turnout: 76.5% | ||||||
1937 general election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Brook Brasier | 27.7 | 8,594 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Martin Corry[*] | 24.4 | 7,567 | 10,134 | ||
| Labour | Jeremiah Hurley | 21.7 | 6,720 | 7,261 | 8,958 | |
| Fine Gael | William Broderick[*] | 15.5 | 4,818 | 4,926 | 5,010 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Leahy | 10.7 | 3,315 | |||
| Electorate: 41,669 Valid: 31,014 Quota: 7,754 Turnout: 74.4% | ||||||