East Cork (UK Parliament constituency)

This article is about 1885–1922 constituency of the United Kingdom House of Commons and of the 1919–1921 First Dáil. For the post-1923 constituency, see Cork East (Dáil Éireann constituency).

East Cork
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1922
Number of members	One
Created from	County Cork and Youghal

East 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 Cork County constituency. From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament, as it was no longer in the UK.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the eastern part of County Cork.

Members of Parliament

	Member ^[1]	Party
1885	William John Lane	Irish Parliamentary Party
1891	William John Lane	Anti-Parnellite
1892	Anthony John Charles Donelan	Anti-Parnellite
1900	Anthony John Charles Donelan	Irish Parliamentary Party
1911 by-election	John Muldoon	Irish Parliamentary Party
1918	David Kent	Sinn Féin
1922	constituency abolished

Elections

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The election of December 1910 was declared void after petition.^[2] The resultant by-election was won by John Muldoon (Irish Parliamentary Party) on 15 July 1911.^[3]

References

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

Parliamentary constituencies in County Cork and Borough/City

Parliament of Ireland
to 1800

Baltimore (1614–1800)
Bandonbridge (1614–1800)
Castlemartyr (1676–1800)
Charleville (1673–1800)
Clonakilty (1613–1800)
Cork City (1264–1800)
Cork County (????–1800)
Doneraile (1640–1800)
Kinsale (1334?–1800)
Mallow (1613–1800)
Midleton (1671–1800)
Rathcormack (c.1611–1800)
Youghal (1374–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922
and First Dáil 1918

Bandon (1801–85)
Cork County (1801–85)
Cork City (1801–1922)
East Cork (1885–1922)
Mid Cork (1885–1922)
North Cork (1885–1922)
North East Cork (1885–1922)
South Cork (1885–1922)
South East Cork (1885–1922)
West Cork (1885–1922)
Kinsale (1801–85)
Mallow (1801–85)
Youghal (1801–85)

Dáil Éireann
1918–present

Historic	Cork Borough (1921–69) Cork City (1977–81) Cork City North–West (1969–77) Cork City South–East (1969–77) Cork East and North East (1921–23) Cork Mid (1961–81) Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West (1921–23) Cork North (1923–61) Cork North–East (1961–81) Cork South (1948–61) Cork South–East (1937–48) Cork West (1923–61)

Current	Cork East (1923–37, 1948–61, 1981–) Cork North–Central (1981–) Cork North–West (1981–) Cork South–Central (1981–) Cork South–West (1961–)

European Parliament
1979–present

Munster (1979–2004)
South (2004–)

Constituencies in Ireland by county

Republic of Ireland	Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow

Northern Ireland	Antrim Armagh Down Fermanagh Londonderry Tyrone

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