South East Cork (UK Parliament constituency)
South East Cork | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1922 | |
Seats | 1 |
Created from | |
Replaced by | Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West |
South East Cork, a division of County Cork, was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1885 to 1922 it returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Until the 1885 general election the area was part of the County Cork constituency. From 1922, on the establishment of the Irish Free State, it was not represented in the UK Parliament.
Boundaries
[edit]This constituency comprised the south-eastern part of County Cork, consisting of the baronies of Courceys, Kerrycurrihy, Kinalea, Kinalmeaky and Kinsale, that part of the barony of East Carbery, East Division not contained within the constituency of South Cork, and that part of the barony of Ibane and Barryroe contained within the parishes of Abbeymahon, Desert, Donaghmore, Kilsillagh, Lislee, Templeomalus, Templequinlan and Timoleague, and the townland of Ahidelake in the parish of Island.
Members of Parliament
[edit]Elections
[edit]Elections in the 1880s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | John Hooper | 4,620 | 87.5 | ||
Irish Conservative | Augustus Riversdale Warren | 661 | 12.5 | ||
Majority | 3,959 | 75.0 | |||
Turnout | 5,281 | 66.0 | |||
Registered electors | 8,007 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | John Hooper | Unopposed | |||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | John Morrogh | Unopposed | |||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Elections in the 1890s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish National Federation | John Morrogh | 4,109 | 85.6 | N/A | |
Irish Unionist | John Warren Payne Sheares | 692 | 14.4 | New | |
Majority | 3,417 | 71.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,801 | 45.3 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 10,602 | ||||
Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A |
Morrogh resigned to pursue business interests in South Africa (he was a director of De Beers) and because of disagreements with John Dillon and William O'Brien.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish National Federation | Andrew Commins | Unopposed | |||
Irish National Federation hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish National Federation | Andrew Commins | Unopposed | |||
Irish National Federation hold |
Elections in the 1900s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Eugene Crean | 2,037 | 57.4 | N/A | |
Healyite Nationalist | Matthias Cummins Hickey | 1,509 | 42.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 528 | 14.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,546 | 42.5 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 8,339 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Eugene Crean | Unopposed | |||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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All-for-Ireland | Eugene Crean | 2,300 | 56.7 | N/A | |
Irish Parliamentary | James Burke | 1,757 | 43.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 543 | 13.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,057 | 60.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 6,734 | ||||
All-for-Ireland gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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All-for-Ireland | Eugene Crean | 2,408 | 56.3 | −0.4 | |
Irish Parliamentary | Jeremiah Ahern | 1,872 | 43.7 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 536 | 12.6 | −0.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,280 | 63.6 | +3.4 | ||
Registered electors | 6,734 | ||||
All-for-Ireland hold | Swing | −0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Sinn Féin | Diarmuid Lynch | Unopposed | |||
Sinn Féin gain from All-for-Ireland |
References
[edit]- Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Royal Irish Academy.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 5)
- Westminster constituencies in County Cork (historic)
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1922
- Dáil constituencies in the Republic of Ireland (historic)
- Historic Westminster constituency in Ireland stubs