Mid Cork (UK Parliament constituency)

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Mid Cork County constituency
Created:	1885
Abolished:	1922
Type:	House of Commons

Mid Cork was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885-1922.

Prior to the United Kingdom general election, 1885 the area was part of the Cork County constituency. From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Elections 3.1 1901 3.2 1906 4 Reference

[edit] Boundaries

This constituency comprised the central part of County Cork.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Years	Member	Party
1885 - 1890	Charles Kearns Deane Tanner	Irish Parliamentary Party
1891 - 1900		Anti-Parnellite
1900 - 1901		Irish Parliamentary Party
1901 - 1906	Daniel Desmond Sheehan	Irish Parliamentary Party
1906 - 1908		Independent Labour
1908 - 1910		Irish Parliamentary Party
1910 - 1918		All-for-Ireland League
1918 - 1922	Terence Joseph McSwiney	Sinn Féin

[edit] Elections

[edit] 1901

Charles Kearns Deane Tanner died in office and was succeeded by Daniel Desmond Sheehan (Irish Parliamentary Party) at a by-election on 17 May 1901.

[edit] 1906

16 January 1906 (general election)
Candidate	Party	Votes
Daniel Desmond Sheehan	Irish Parliamentary Party	returned unopposed

After the General Election in January Sheehan was expelled from the IPP and, in protest and to re-emphasize his support, he resigned the seat and re-stood as an Independent.

31 December 1906 (by-election)
Candidate	Party	Votes
Daniel Desmond Sheehan	Independent Labour	returned unopposed

[edit] Reference

• Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)