The 1906 Mid Cork by-election was held on 31 December. The

by-election A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, or a bypoll in India, is an election used to fill an office that has become vacant between general elections. A vacancy may arise as a result of an incumben ...

was held due to the resignation of the incumbent MP, D. D. Sheehan, who had been expelled from the

Irish Parliamentary Party The Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP; commonly called the Irish Party or the Home Rule Party) was formed in 1874 by Isaac Butt, the leader of the Nationalist Party, replacing the Home Rule League, as official parliamentary party for Irish nati ...

. Sheehan ran as

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and was elected unopposed. He remained as MP for the constituency until 1918.

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