North-East Cork (UK Parliament constituency)
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| North-East Cork County constituency |
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|---|---|
| Created: | 1885 |
| Abolished: | 1922 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
North-East 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.
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[edit] Boundaries
This constituency comprised the north-eastern part of County Cork.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Years | Member | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1885 - 1887 | Edmund Leamy | Irish Parliamentary Party |
| 1887 - 1890 | William O'Brien | Irish Parliamentary Party |
| 1891 - 1893 | Anti-Parnellite | |
| 1893 | Michael Davitt | Anti-Parnellite |
| 1893 - 1900 | William Abraham | Anti-Parnellite |
| 1900 - 1910 | Irish Parliamentary Party | |
| 1910 | William O'Brien | All-for-Ireland League |
| 1910 | Maurice Healy | All-for-Ireland League |
| 1910 - 1911 | Moreton Frewen | All-for-Ireland League |
| 1911 - 1918 | Timothy Michael Healy | All-for-Ireland League |
| 1918 - 1922 | Thomas Hunter | Sinn Féin |
[edit] Elections
[edit] 1887
Leamy resigned and O'Brien was returned unopposed on 16 May 1887.
[edit] 1892/3
In the United Kingdom general election, 1892 William O'Brien (Irish Parliamentary Party) was returned for both North-east Cork and Cork City. He chose to sit for Cork City, and a by-election was held for the vacant seat.
Being the only nominated candidate in the by-election, Michael Davitt took the seat unopposed on 8 February 1893. He resigned in May (after being threatened with bankruptcy) and a further by-election was held for which William Abraham was returned unopposed on 28 June.
[edit] 1910
In the January 1910 general election William O'Brien (All-for-Ireland League) was again returned for both North-east Cork and Cork City. As usual, he chose to sit for Cork City, and a by-election was held for the vacant seat, which was taken unopposed by Maurice Healy (All-for-Ireland League) on 2 March 1910.
In the December 1910 general election North East Cork was won by Moreton Frewen (All-for-Ireland League) but his senior party colleague Tim Healy lost in North Louth. Frewen resigned so that Healy could stand in his vacated seat, and Healy was returned unopposed in the by-election on 16 July 1911.
[edit] Reference
- Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
Categories: Incomplete lists | County Cork | Historic Westminster constituencies in Ireland | Parliamentary (Dáil Éireann) constituencies in Ireland (historic) | United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1885 | United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1922 | United Kingdom historical constituency stubs
