Cork West was a
parliamentary constituency
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represented in
Dáil Éireann
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, the lower house of the Irish parliament or
Oireachtas
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from 1923 to 1961. The constituency elected 5 (and later 3) deputies (
Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, on the system of
proportional representation
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by means of the
single transferable vote
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(PR-STV).
History
It was created in 1923 as a 5-seat constituency, a partial replacement for the 8 seat
Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West constituency. It was first used for the
1923 general election to the
4th Dáil
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.
It was reduced to a 3 seater for the
1948 general election to the
12th Dáil
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, and remained at that size until its abolition for the
1961 general election to the
17th Dáil. It was then partially replaced by the new
Cork South-West constituency.
Boundaries
It consisted of the county electoral areas of
Bandon,
Bantry
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and
Dunmanway
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in the administrative
county of Cork
County Cork ( ga, Contae Chorcaí) is the largest and the southernmost Counties of Ireland, county of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, named after the city of Cork (city), Cork, the state's second-largest city. It is in the Provinces of Ireland ...
.
TDs
Elections
1957 general election
1954 general election
1951 general election
1949 by-election
Following the death of the Labour Party TD
Timothy J. Murphy, a by-election was held on 15 June 1949. The seat was won by the Labour Party candidate William J. Murphy.
1948 general election
1944 general election
1943 general election
1938 general election
1937 general election
1933 general election
1932 general election
September 1927 general election
June 1927 general election
1923 general election
There is no record of Buckley's surplus having been distributed, even though it was greater than the difference between the votes of Murphy and Kelly.
See also
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Dáil constituencies
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Politics of the Republic of Ireland
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Historic Dáil constituencies
This page lists Dáil constituencies that have been used for elections to Dáil Éireann from the 1918 election to the next general election.
Overview of legislation and seat distribution
In the case of the First Dáil, the constituencies were ...
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Elections in the Republic of Ireland
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References
External links
Oireachtas Members Database
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Dáil constituencies in the Republic of Ireland (historic)
Historic constituencies in County Cork
1923 establishments in Ireland
1961 disestablishments in Ireland
Constituencies established in 1923
Constituencies disestablished in 1961