Cork City (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Cork City Borough constituency |
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| Created: | 1801 |
| Abolished: | 1922 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
A former UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning two Members of Parliament. It was the only constituency in Ireland to return the same number of members in each general election from the Union with Great Britain to the partition of Ireland.
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[edit] Boundaries
This constituency comprised the whole of the Parliamentary borough of the City of Cork, which was part of County Cork.
[edit] Members of Parliament
[edit] Elections
| 28 November 1885 (general election) | ||
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Stewart Parnell | Nationalist | 6716 |
| Maurice Healy | Nationalist | 6536 |
| J. Pike | Conservative | 1454 |
| Capt. Bainbridge | Conservative | 1401 |
| United Kingdom general election, 1886 | ||
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Stewart Parnell | Nationalist | unopposed |
| Maurice Healy | Nationalist | unopposed |
Parnell died in office.
| 6 November 1891 (by-election) | ||
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Martin Flavin | Anti-Parnellite | 3659 |
| John Edward Redmond | Parnellite | 2157 |
| Capt. Sarsfield | Conservative | 1161 |
| United Kingdom general election, 1892 | ||
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| William O'Brien | Anti-Parnellite | 5273 |
| Maurice Healy | Anti-Parnellite | 4759 |
| W. H. K. Redmond | Parnellite | 3183 |
| D. Morgan | Parnellite | 3077 |
O'Brien resigned his seat.
| 27 June 1895 (by-election) | ||
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| J. F. X. O'Brien | Anti-Parnellite | 4339 |
| Augustine Roche | Parnellite | 4122 |
| United Kingdom general election, 1895 | ||
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| James Francis Xavier O'Brien | Anti-Parnellite | 5327 |
| Maurice Healy | Anti-Parnellite | 5189 |
| Augustine Roche | Parnellite | 4994 |
| J. C. Blake | Parnellite | 4988 |
| 4 October 1900 (general election) | ||
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| William O'Brien | Nationalist | 5812 |
| J. F. X. O'Brien | Nationalist | 5513 |
| J. C. Blake | Nationalist | 2235 |
| Maurice Healy | Nationalist | 1585 |
William O'Brien resigned again in January 1904.
| 19 August 1904 (by-election) | ||
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| William O'Brien | Nationalist | unopposed |
O'Brien was elected "without his knowledge and against his consent".[1]
J. F. X. O'Brien died in 1905.
| 14 June 1905 (by-election) | ||
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Augustine Roche | Irish Parliamentary Party | unopposed |
| United Kingdom general election, 1906 | ||
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| William O'Brien | Nationalist | unopposed |
| Augustine Roche | Nationalist | unopposed |
William O'Brien resigned for a third time in 1909.
| 1 May 1909 (by-election) | ||
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Maurice Healy | Independent Nationalist | 4706 |
| G. Crosbie | United Irish League | 3547 |
| United Kingdom general election, January 1910 | ||
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| William O'Brien | All-for-Ireland League | 4535 |
| Augustine Roche | United Irish League | 4438 |
| Maurice Healy | All-for-Ireland League | 4229 |
| Dr. W. Murphy | United Irish League | 3776 |
| Sir E. Fitzgerald | Independent | 2061 |
| United Kingdom general election, December 1910 | ||
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| William O'Brien | All-for-Ireland League | 5384 |
| Maurice Healy | All-for-Ireland League | 5269 |
| W. Redmond | United Irish League | 4746 |
| Augustine Roche | United Irish League | 4743 |
William O'Brien resigned again for a fourth time in January 1914 and re-stood to test local support for his policies, after the All-for-Ireland League suffered heavy defeats in the Cork City municipal elections.
| 18 February 1914 (by-election) | ||
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| William O'Brien | All-for-Ireland League | unopposed |
| United Kingdom general election, 1918 | ||
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| James J. Walsh | Sinn Féin | unopposed |
| Liam de Roiste | Sinn Féin | unopposed |
- ^ The Times (London), Saturday, Aug 27, 1904 p. 8 col. C
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1801 Irish House of Commons members nominated to sit in House of Parliament at Westminster (1)John Hely-Hutchinson, later Earl of Donoughmore, Tory (2) Mountifort Longfield (to 1818), Tory
1802, 8 January Christopher Hely-Hutchinson, Tory
1806 Whig
1807 Tory
1812, 5 November Sir Nicholas Conway Colthurst (to 1829), Tory
1818, 13 July Christopher Hely-Hutchinson, Tory
1820 Tory
1826, 29 December John Hely-Hutchinson (to 1830), Tory
1829, 9 July Gerard Callaghan, (unseated by petition)
1830, 29 March Daniel Callaghan (Brother of Gerard Callaghan to January 1835)
1830, 11 August John Boyle, Whig
1831 Whig
REPRESENTATION INCREASED TO 2 MEMBERS 1832
1832, 21 December Herbert Baldwin, Whig
1835, 17 January (1) Joseph Leycester, (2) James Charles Chatterton, Whig
1835, 18 April (1) Daniel Callaghan (to 1849), (2) Herbert Baldwin, Whig
1837, 11 August Francis Bernard Beamish, (Liberal), Whig
1841, 5 July Francis Stack Murphy, Conservative
1846, 31 January Alexander McCarthy
1847, 9 August William Trant Fagan (to 1851), Whig
1849, 14 November James Charles Chatterton, (to 1852)
1851, 23 April Francis Stack Murphy, (to 1853)
1852, 14 July William Trant Fagan, Conservative (to 1859)
1853, 20 August Francis Bernard Beamish, Brewer,
1859, 29 June Francis Lyons
1862, 14 February Nicholas Daniel Murphy (to 1880)
1865, 12 July John Francis Maguire (founder Cork Examiner), died 1 November 1872
1872, 10 December Joseph Philip Roynane, died 7 May 1876
1874
1876, 29 May William Goulding
1880, 10 April (1) John Daly, 1834-August 1888, aged 54, (2) Charles Stewart Parnell (to 1891) formerly MP for Meath 21 April 1875-1880
1882 Home Rule League/Nationalist Party becomes the Irish Parliamentary Party
1884, 23 February John Deasy, Irish Parliamentary Party
[edit] References
- The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844-50), 2nd edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)
- Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978), Cork History and Society Patrick O'Flanagan/ Cornelius G. Buttimer Geography Publications 1993
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