Cork West (Dáil constituency)

Cork West was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1923 to 1961. The constituency elected 5 (and later 3) deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

History
It was created in 1923 as a 5-seat constituency, a partial replacement for the 8 seat Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West constituency. It was first used for the 1923 general election to the 4th Dáil.

It was reduced to a 3 seater for the 1948 general election to the 12th Dáil, and remained at that size until its abolition for the 1961 general election to the 17th Dáil. It was then partially replaced by the new Cork South-West constituency.

Boundaries
It consisted of the county electoral areas of Bandon, Bantry and Dunmanway in the administrative county of Cork.

1949 by-election
Following the death of the Labour Party TD Timothy J. Murphy, a by-election was held on 15 June 1949. The seat was won by the Labour Party candidate William J. Murphy.

1923 general election
There is no record of Buckley's surplus having been distributed, even though it was greater than the difference between the votes of Murphy and Kelly.