Cork Mid (Dáil constituency) Dáil constituency (1961–1981)
Cork Mid was a Dáil constituency represented in Dáil Éireann , the lower house of the Oireachtas (the Irish legislature) from 1961 to 1981. The constituency was represented 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 proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
Boundaries
From 1961 to 1969, 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 North-East Cork and South-West Cork ."[ 1]
From 1961 to 1977, 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 North-East Cork , South-West Cork and South Kerry ."[ 2]
From 1977 to 1981, 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."[ 3]
TDs
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
1977 general election
1977 general election : Cork Mid[ 11] [ 12]
Party
Candidate
FPv% Count
1
2
3
4
5
Fianna Fáil
Gene Fitzgerald [*] 19.9
12,179
Fianna Fáil
Thomas Meaney [*] 19.4
11,877
Labour
Eileen Desmond [*] 14.5
8,902
9,001
9,112
10,276
Fine Gael
Donal Creed [*] 13.2
8,088
8,163
8,241
10,413
Fianna Fáil
Barry Cogan 10.7
6,563
7,545
8,151
8,259
8,595
Fine Gael
Frank Crowley
7.6
4,681
4,695
4,777
5,614
Fianna Fáil
John Dennehy
7.4
4,522
5,292
6,069
6,188
6,470
Fine Gael
Seán O'Leary
7.2
4,436
4,468
4,480
Electorate: 75,031 Valid: 61,248 Spoilt: 446 (0.7%) Quota: 10,209 Turnout: 61,694 (82.2%)[ 13]
1973 general election
1973 general election : Cork Mid[ 10] [ 14] [ 15]
Party
Candidate
FPv% Count
1
2
3
Fianna Fáil
Thomas Meaney 25.6
10,400
Fianna Fáil
Gene Fitzgerald 23.6
9,584
Fine Gael
Donal Creed 19.1
7,728
8,273
Labour
Eileen Desmond 15.2
6,170
7,152
8,188
Fine Gael
Philip Burton
13.9
5,629
6,245
6,406
Fine Gael
Daniel O'Leary
2.6
1,055
1,198
1,471
Electorate: 49,402 Valid: 40,566 Quota: 8,114 Turnout: 82.1%
1972 by-election
Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Paddy Forde on 13 May 1972, 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[ 9] [ 14] [ 15]
Party
Candidate
FPv% Count
1
2
Fianna Fáil
Gene Fitzgerald 49.5
19,959
20,214
Fine Gael
Denis J. O'Sullivan
31.6
12,530
12,788
Labour
Eileen Desmond
15.9
6,301
6,711
Aontacht Éireann
Paddy O'Callaghan
3.0
1,172
Electorate: 49,402 Valid: 39,962 Quota: 19,982 Turnout: 80.9%
1969 general election
1969 general election : Cork Mid[ 8] [ 16]
Party
Candidate
FPv% Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
Fianna Fáil
Thomas Meaney 23.0
8,978
Fine Gael
Donal Creed 18.9
7,400
7,491
8,583
Fine Gael
Philip Burton 13.6
5,310
5,351
5,686
6,297
6,626
7,358
Labour
Eileen Desmond
12.6
4,936
4,997
5,129
6,762
7,000
7,088
Fianna Fáil
Paddy Forde 11.0
4,284
4,774
4,917
5,004
8,000
Fianna Fáil
Batt Donegan
8.9
3,468
3,859
3,878
4,102
Labour
Neil Lehane
7.3
2,866
2,962
2,986
Fine Gael
Patrick Lombard
4.7
1,821
1,836
Electorate: 47,880 Valid: 39,063 Quota: 7,813 Turnout: 81.6%
1965 general election
1965 general election : Cork Mid[ 7] [ 14]
Party
Candidate
FPv% Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
Labour
Eileen Desmond 25.0
10,041
Fianna Fáil
Flor Crowley 19.7
7,884
8,185
Fine Gael
Donal Creed 15.2
6,103
6,792
6,949
7,461
7,890
8,011
Fianna Fáil
Thomas Meaney 14.2
5,683
5,870
5,939
5,969
6,130
8,948
Fine Gael
Denis J. O'Sullivan
12.3
4,935
5,278
5,328
5,602
5,939
6,044
Fianna Fáil
Paddy Forde
7.7
3,099
3,304
3,425
3,464
3,578
Independent
Thomas O'Sullivan
2.7
1,089
1,143
1,189
1,199
Fine Gael
Edward McCarthy
2.0
789
897
937
Independent
Sylvester Cotter
1.2
498
627
Electorate: 50,220 Valid: 40,121 Quota: 8,025 Turnout: 79.9%
1965 by-election
Following the death of Labour Party TD Dan Desmond on 9 December 1964, 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[ 6] [ 14]
Party
Candidate
FPv% Count
1
2
3
Fianna Fáil
Flor Crowley
36.2
13,779
13,932
15,093
Labour
Eileen Desmond 33.5
12,752
12,937
20,756
Fine Gael
Donal Creed
28.8
10,957
11,105
Independent
Sylvester P. Cotter
1.6
590
Electorate: 50,220 Valid: 38,078 Quota: 19,040 Turnout: 75.8%
1961 general election
1961 general election : Cork Mid[ 5] [ 14]
Party
Candidate
FPv% Count
1
2
3
4
Labour
Dan Desmond 27.3
10,035
Fine Gael
Denis J. O'Sullivan 21.2
7,787
Fianna Fáil
Con Meaney 17.9
6,586
7,039
7,101
7,736
Fianna Fáil
Seán MacCarthy 17.7
6,499
7,315
7,335
8,523
Fine Gael
Timothy Desmond
10.8
3,976
5,115
5,457
5,575
Fianna Fáil
David McGrath
5.1
1,890
2,162
2,170
Electorate: 49,390 Valid: 36,773 Quota: 7,355 Turnout: 74.5%
See also
References
^ Electoral (Amendment) Act 1961 , Schedule: Constituencies (No. 19 of 1961, Schedule ). Enacted on 14 July 1961. Act of the Oireachtas . Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 21 April 2022.^ Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969 , Schedule: Constituencies (No. 3 of 1969, Schedule ). Enacted on 26 March 1969. Act of the Oireachtas . Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 21 April 2022.^ Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974 , Schedule: Constituencies (No. 7 of 1974, Schedule ). Enacted on 7 May 1974. Act of the Oireachtas . Archived from the original on 20 January 2012. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 24 December 2021.^ Walker, Brian M, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92 . Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0-901714-96-8 ISSN 0332-0286 . ^ a b "General election 1961: Cork Mid" . ElectionsIreland.org . Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2010 .^ a b "By-election 1965: Cork Mid" . ElectionsIreland.org . Archived from the original on 30 November 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2010 .^ a b "General election 1965: Cork Mid" . ElectionsIreland.org . Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2010 .^ a b "General election 1969: Cork Mid" . ElectionsIreland.org . Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2010 .^ a b "By-election 1972: Cork Mid" . ElectionsIreland.org . Archived from the original on 30 November 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2010 .^ a b "General election 1973: Cork Mid" . ElectionsIreland.org . Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2010 .^ a b "General election 1977: Cork Mid" . ElectionsIreland.org . Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2010 .^ "21st Dáil 1977 general election results" (PDF) . Houses of the Oireachtas . February 1978. Retrieved 18 October 2023 .^ The Irish Times ^ a b c d e Gallagher, Michael (2009). Irish Elections 1948–77: Results and Analysis Sources for the Study of Irish Politics 2 . Routledge. ISBN 9781138973343 ^ a b "20th Dáil 1973 general election results" (PDF) . Houses of the Oireachtas . October 1973. Retrieved 30 October 2024 .^ "19th Dáil 1969 general election results" (PDF) . Houses of the Oireachtas . January 1970. Retrieved 9 December 2024 .
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