A Dáil by-election was held in the constituency of Cork East in the Irish Free State on Tuesday, 18 November 1924, to fill a vacancy in the 4th Dáil. Cork East was a 5-seat constituency which included the county electoral areas of Mallow and Cobh.
Thomas O'Mahony, Teachta Dála (TD) for Cumann na nGaedheal, died on 20 July 1924. The writ of election to fill the vacancy was agreed by the Dáil on 28 October 1924. It was one of five by-elections agreed that day.
Result The by-election was held on 18 November 1924. It was held on the same day as the November 1924 Dublin South by-election and the 1924 Mayo North by-election. The by-election was won by the Cumann na nGaedheal candidate, Michael K. Noonan.
Noonan took his seat in Dáil Éireann on 2 December, after taking the Oath of Allegiance required under Article 17 of the Constitution of the Irish Free State. Noonan lost his seat at the June 1927 general election and did not stand for election again.
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