| Cork City | |
|---|---|
| FormerDáil constituency | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1977 |
| Abolished | 1981 |
| Seats | 5 |
| Local government area | Cork City |
| Created from | |
| Replaced by | |
Cork City was aparliamentary constituency represented inDáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament orOireachtas from 1977 to 1981. The constituency elected 5 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, on the system ofproportional representation by means of thesingle transferable vote (PR-STV).
The constituency was created under theElectoral (Amendment) Act 1974.[1] It was only used for the1977 general election and a by-election in 1979. The constituency was defined as thecounty borough of Cork, except the part which was in theCork Mid constituency.[1] The wards in Cork Mid were Bishopstown E, Gillabbey B, Gillabbey C, Glasheen A, Glasheen B, Glasheen C, Pouladuff A, Pouladuff B, The Lough, Togher A, Togher B.
It was abolished under theElectoral (Amendment) Act 1980 and replaced at the1981 general election byCork North-Central andCork South-Central.
| Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Cork City 1977–1981[2] | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Key to parties
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| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | |||||
| 21st | 1977[3] | Jack Lynch (FF) | Seán French (FF) | Pearse Wyse (FF) | Patrick Kerrigan (Lab) | Peter Barry (FG) | |||||
| 1979 by-election[4] | Liam Burke (FG) | ||||||||||
| 22nd | 1981 | Constituency abolished. SeeCork North-Central andCork South-Central | |||||||||
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.
^ *: Outgoing TD
Following the death ofLabour Party TDPatrick Kerrigan, a by-election was held on 7 November 1979. The seat was won by theFine Gael candidate Liam Burke.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | John Dennehy | 35.9 | 13,890 | 14,269 | 16,210 | |
| Fine Gael | Liam Burke | 33.2 | 12,832 | 13,411 | 19,524 | |
| Labour | Toddy O'Sullivan | 22.6 | 8,742 | 10,444 | ||
| Sinn Féin The Workers' Party | Ted Tynan | 8.3 | 3,193 | |||
| Electorate: 70,164 Valid: 38,657 Quota: 19,329 Turnout: 55.10% | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Jack Lynch[*] | 39.0 | 20,079 | ||||||||
| Fine Gael | Peter Barry[*] | 13.5 | 6,923 | 7,098 | 7,117 | 7,506 | 7,566 | 9,327 | |||
| Labour | Patrick Kerrigan | 10.2 | 5,254 | 5,551 | 5,577 | 5,883 | 6,575 | 7,121 | 7,214 | 10,313 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Pearse Wyse[*] | 8.7 | 4,462 | 9,718 | |||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Seán French[*] | 6.5 | 3,359 | 6,357 | 6,975 | 7,186 | 7,458 | 7,597 | 7,605 | 7,806 | |
| Fine Gael | Liam Burke[*] | 6.0 | 3,082 | 3,188 | 3,195 | 3,322 | 3,409 | 3,993 | 4,634 | ||
| Fine Gael | Samuel Allen | 5.5 | 2,850 | 3,011 | 3,021 | 3,159 | 3,283 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Máirín Quill | 4.4 | 2,262 | 4,423 | 4,844 | 5,179 | 5,483 | 5,575 | 5,583 | 5,722 | |
| Sinn Féin The Workers' Party | Ted Tynan | 3.2 | 1,661 | 1,832 | 1,848 | 1,992 | |||||
| Independent | Maureen Black | 2.9 | 1,529 | 1,706 | 1,730 | ||||||
| Electorate: 68,709 Valid: 51,461 (74.9%) Spoilt: 376 (0.6%) Quota: 8,577 Turnout: 51,837 (75.4%)[8] | |||||||||||