West Cork | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1922 | |
Seats | 1 |
Created from | County Cork |
Replaced by | Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West |
West 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 Parliament of the United Kingdom.
This constituency comprised the baronies of Bantry, Bear and West Carbery (West Division) and that part of the barony of West Carbery (East Division) consisting of the parishes of Aghadown, Clear Island, Creagh (except the townlands of Gortnaclohy and Smorane), and Tullagh. [1]
Election | Member | Party | |
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1885 | James Gilhooly | Irish Parliamentary Party | |
1891 | Irish National Federation | ||
1900 | Irish Parliamentary Party | ||
1910 | All-for-Ireland League | ||
1916 by-election | Daniel O'Leary | Irish Parliamentary Party | |
1918 | Seán Hayes | Sinn Féin | |
1922 | Constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | James Gilhooly | 3,920 | 91.3 | ||
Irish Conservative | John Warren Payne | 373 | 8.7 | ||
Majority | 3,547 | 82.6 | |||
Turnout | 4,293 | 70.1 | |||
Registered electors | 6,124 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | James Gilhooly | Unopposed | |||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish National Federation | James Gilhooly | 3,155 | 90.6 | N/A | |
Irish Unionist | Somers Payne | 329 | 9.4 | New | |
Majority | 2,826 | 81.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,484 | 59.5 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 5,854 | ||||
Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish National Federation | James Gilhooly | Unopposed | |||
Irish National Federation hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | James Gilhooly | Unopposed | |||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | James Gilhooly | Unopposed | |||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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All-for-Ireland | James Gilhooly | 2,155 | 60.9 | N/A | |
Irish Parliamentary | Daniel O'Leary | 1,382 | 39.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 773 | 21.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,537 | 61.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 5,727 | ||||
All-for-Ireland gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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All-for-Ireland | James Gilhooly | 2,218 | 53.1 | −7.8 | |
Irish Parliamentary | Daniel O'Leary | 1,959 | 46.9 | +7.8 | |
Majority | 259 | 6.2 | −15.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,177 | 72.9 | +11.1 | ||
Registered electors | 5,727 | ||||
All-for-Ireland hold | Swing | −7.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Daniel O'Leary [a] | 1,866 | 46.8 | −0.1 | |
All-for-Ireland | Frank Healy [b] | 1,750 | 43.9 | −9.2 | |
Independent All-for-Ireland League | Michael Birchmans Slipsey [c] | 370 | 9.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 116 | 2.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,986 | 71.4 | −1.5 | ||
Registered electors | 5,582 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary gain from All-for-Ireland | Swing | +4.6 |
The 1916 by-election, which contrasted so obviously with Gilhooly's long tenure of the seat, was viewed as a farce by Unionist opinion. [4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Sinn Féin | Séan Hayes | Unopposed | |||
Sinn Féin gain from All-for-Ireland |