Cork City South-East (Dáil constituency)
| Cork City South-East | |
|---|---|
| Former Dáil constituency | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1969 |
| Abolished | 1977 |
| Seats | 3 |
| Local government area | County Cork |
| Created from | Cork Borough |
| Replaced by | Cork City |
Cork City South-East was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1969 to 1977. 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).
History
[edit]The constituency was created under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969 for the 1969 general election to Dáil Éireann.[1] The old Cork Borough constituency was divided into the new constituencies of Cork City North-West and Cork City South-East. It was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974, when the Cork City North West and Cork City South East constituencies were replaced by the new constituency of Cork City.
Boundaries
[edit]The constituency comprised the southern part of Cork city and suburbs.[1]
TDs
[edit]| Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Cork City South-East 1969–1977[2] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Key to parties
| |||||||
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) | |||
| 19th | 1969[3] | Pearse Wyse (FF) |
Gus Healy (FF) |
Peter Barry (FG) | |||
| 20th | 1973[4] | ||||||
| 21st | 1977 | Constituency abolished. See Cork City | |||||
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
[edit]1973 general election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Pearse Wyse | 36.2 | 10,411 | |||||||
| Fine Gael | Peter Barry | 22.9 | 6,566 | 6,686 | 6,799 | 6,841 | 6,900 | 7,137 | 8,489 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Gus Healy | 16.8 | 4,836 | 7,680 | ||||||
| Fine Gael | Seán O'Leary | 10.6 | 3,057 | 3,140 | 3,200 | 3,224 | 3,269 | 3,440 | 4,526 | |
| Labour | Robert Rice | 8.0 | 2,290 | 2,361 | 2,434 | 2,458 | 2,543 | 3,076 | ||
| Aontacht Éireann | Gerard Carroll | 4.0 | 1,162 | 1,230 | 1,340 | 1,361 | 1,462 | |||
| Independent | Timothy O'Sullivan | 1.0 | 289 | 311 | 375 | 406 | ||||
| Independent | Veronica Hartland | 0.4 | 121 | 140 | 216 | |||||
| Electorate: 36,476 Valid: 28,732 Quota: 7,184 Turnout: 78.8% | ||||||||||
1969 general election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | Pearse Wyse | 10,434 | 38.6 | 1 | 1 | |
| Fine Gael | Peter Barry | 5,908 | 21.8 | 3 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Gus Healy | 3,982 | 14.7 | 2 | ||
| Fine Gael | Seán O'Leary | 2,379 | 8.8 | |||
| Labour | Con Donovan | 2,295 | 8.5 | |||
| Labour | Kevin Hurley | 2,020 | 7.5 | |||
| Electorate: ? Valid: 27,018 Quota: 6,755 Turnout: | ||||||
See also
[edit]- Dáil constituencies
- Politics of the Republic of Ireland
- Historic Dáil constituencies
- Elections in the Republic of Ireland
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1969: Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2009.
- ^ 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 1969: Cork City South–East". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 3 October 2007. Retrieved 28 February 2009.
- ^ a b "General election 1973: Cork City South–East". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2009.
- ^ "20th Dáil 1973 general election results" (PDF). Houses of the Oireachtas. October 1973. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
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