Munster | |
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European Parliament constituency | |
Member state | Ireland |
Created | 1979 |
Dissolved | 2004 |
MEPs | 5 (1979–1994) 4 (1994–2004) |
Sources | |
Munster was a constituency of the European Parliament in Ireland between 1979 and 2004. It elected 5 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) in the elections of 1979, 1984 and 1989 and 4 MEPs in the 1994 and 1999 elections using the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).
History and boundaries
The constituency was created in 1979 for the first direct elections to the European Parliament. It comprised County Clare, County Cork, County Kerry, County Limerick, County Tipperary and County Waterford from the historic province of Munster including the cities of Cork, Limerick and Waterford.[1] It was abolished under the European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Act 2004 and succeeded by the new South constituency.[2]
MEPs
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) for Munster 1979–2009 | |||||||||||
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Key to parties
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Parl. | Election | Member (Party) | Member (Party) | Member (Party) | Member (Party) | Member (Party) | |||||
1st | 1979[3] | T. J. Maher (IND) |
Tom O'Donnell (FG) |
Eileen Desmond (Lab) |
Jerry Cronin (FF) |
Noel Davern (FF) | |||||
1981[4] | Seán Treacy (Lab) | ||||||||||
2nd | 1984[5] | Tom Raftery (FG) |
Sylvester Barrett (FF) |
Gene Fitzgerald (FF) | |||||||
3rd | 1989[6] | John Cushnahan (FG) |
Pat Cox (PD) |
Paddy Lane (FF) | |||||||
4th | 1994[7] | Brian Crowley (FF) |
Pat Cox (IND) |
Gerry Collins (FF) |
4 seats from 1994 | ||||||
5th | 1999[8] | ||||||||||
6th | 2004 | Constituency abolished. See South. |
Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.
Elections
1999 election
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Brian Crowley | 34.4 | 154,195 | ||||||
Fianna Fáil | Gerry Collins | 18.5 | 83,106 | 117,783 | |||||
Independent | Pat Cox | 14.3 | 63,954 | 76,203 | 85,257 | 88,357 | 95,004 | ||
Fine Gael | John Cushnahan | 10.3 | 46,100 | 49,009 | 50,496 | 51,483 | 53,497 | 78,232 | |
Fine Gael | Jim Corr | 7.0 | 31,363 | 35,026 | 37,556 | 38,693 | 40,669 | ||
Sinn Féin | Martin Ferris | 6.5 | 29,060 | 31,783 | 34,435 | 36,534 | |||
Labour | Paula Desmond | 6.3 | 28,270 | 34,002 | 36,884 | 40,746 | 46,887 | 52,831 | |
Green | Ben Nutty | 2.3 | 10,257 | 12,330 | 13,643 | ||||
Natural Law | Stewart Luck | 0.3 | 1,267 | 1,602 | 1,897 | ||||
Independent | Denis Riordan | 0.2 | 1,007 | 1,125 | 1,268 | ||||
Electorate: 823,008 Valid: 448,579 Spoilt: 13,724 (2.9%) Quota: 89,716 Turnout: 462,303 (56.2%) |
All sitting MEPs were re-elected.
1994 election
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Brian Crowley | 23.2 | 84,463 | ||||||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Gerry Collins | 13.6 | 49,677 | 54,399 | 54,530 | 55,047 | 55,522 | 56,246 | 57,264 | 70,834 | 75,527 | ||||
Fine Gael | John Cushnahan | 10.1 | 36,906 | 37,319 | 37,448 | 37,553 | 37,836 | 38,488 | 39,331 | 40,444 | 42,726 | 43,115 | 46,889 | 72,018 | |
Progressive Democrats | Desmond O'Malley | 8.7 | 31,674 | 32,287 | 32,440 | 32,596 | 32,928 | 33,916 | 35,957 | 37,178 | 39,165 | 39,516 | 45,371 | 49,655 | |
Fine Gael | Tom Raftery | 8.6 | 31,250 | 31,896 | 32,012 | 32,130 | 32,398 | 32,923 | 34,632 | 35,434 | 37,718 | 38,032 | 40,681 | ||
Independent | Pat Cox | 7.7 | 27,920 | 29,069 | 29,333 | 29,741 | 30,400 | 31,905 | 33,888 | 35,791 | 39,766 | 40,675 | 48,533 | 52,495 | |
Labour | Jim Kemmy | 7.0 | 25,486 | 26,102 | 26,259 | 26,703 | 27,842 | 29,448 | 33,155 | 33,927 | 36,124 | 36,533 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Paddy Lane | 5.3 | 19,369 | 21,050 | 21,131 | 21,430 | 21,642 | 22,014 | 22,348 | ||||||
Independent | Nora Bennis | 5.1 | 18,424 | 18,971 | 19,292 | 19,805 | 20,265 | 21,863 | 24,237 | 24,982 | |||||
Democratic Left | Kathleen Lynch | 4.3 | 15,573 | 16,127 | 16,282 | 16,610 | 17,316 | 18,948 | |||||||
Green | Dan Boyle | 2.8 | 10,033 | 10,322 | 10,661 | 11,395 | 11,971 | ||||||||
Workers' Party | Martin O'Regan | 1.7 | 6,270 | 6,367 | 6,524 | 6,981 | |||||||||
Sinn Féin | Kieran McCarthy | 1.4 | 5,171 | 5,285 | 5,391 | ||||||||||
Natural Law | Stewart Luck | 0.2 | 890 | 934 | |||||||||||
Independent | Conor Moloney | 0.2 | 858 | 901 | |||||||||||
Independent | Denis Riordan | 0.2 | 607 | 627 | |||||||||||
Electorate: 755,176 Valid: 364,571 Spoilt: 5,319 (1.4%) Quota: 72,915 Turnout: 369,890 (49.0%) |
The constituency lost a seat and T. J. Maher and Gene Fitzgerald retired. Pat Cox resigned from the Progressive Democrats (PD) but succeeded in narrowly beating the PD leader Desmond O'Malley for the last seat.
1989 election
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
Progressive Democrats | Pat Cox | 17.3 | 85,558 | ||||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Gene Fitzgerald | 13.0 | 64,139 | 64,350 | 64,731 | 65,277 | 66,591 | 68,988 | 72,389 | 92,491 | |||
Independent | T. J. Maher | 11.2 | 55,499 | 55,972 | 56,653 | 58,324 | 60,851 | 63,515 | 68,895 | 71,223 | 71,738 | 79,107 | |
Fine Gael | Tom Raftery | 8.8 | 43,528 | 43,925 | 44,497 | 44,923 | 46,681 | 48,651 | 49,971 | 50,516 | 50,637 | ||
Fine Gael | John Cushnahan | 8.8 | 43,326 | 44,208 | 45,104 | 46,036 | 47,191 | 48,738 | 50,397 | 51,444 | 51,608 | 79,058 | |
Fianna Fáil | Paddy Lane | 8.3 | 41,152 | 41,351 | 41,558 | 42,024 | 42,516 | 43,542 | 46,303 | 55,224 | 64,287 | 65,671 | |
Fianna Fáil | Jackie Fahey | 7.5 | 37,290 | 37,430 | 37,919 | 38,992 | 39,417 | 40,370 | 42,611 | ||||
Independent | Patrick Ryan | 6.3 | 30,934 | 31,005 | 31,356 | 32,021 | 33,029 | 35,619 | |||||
Labour | Eileen Desmond | 6.1 | 29,979 | 30,355 | 30,830 | 35,709 | 38,051 | 45,684 | 49,435 | 51,112 | 51,334 | 55,407 | |
Workers' Party | Joe Sherlock | 5.4 | 26,828 | 27,000 | 27,382 | 28,221 | 30,710 | ||||||
Independent | Joe Noonan | 3.2 | 15,975 | 16,076 | 16,466 | 16,662 | |||||||
Labour | Michael Ferris | 2.8 | 13,843 | 13,927 | 14,150 | ||||||||
Independent | George Salter Townshend | 0.5 | 2,577 | 2,595 | |||||||||
Independent | William O'Shea | 0.4 | 2,011 | 2,021 | |||||||||
Independent | Abbey of the Holy Cross Fitzsimons | 0.4 | 1,794 | 1,812 | |||||||||
Electorate: 703,913 Valid: 494,433 Spoilt: 10,786 (2.1%) Quota: 82,406 Turnout: 505,219 (71.8%) |
Tom Raftery of Fine Gael lost his seat to Pat Cox of the Progressive Democrats.
1984 election
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Independent | T. J. Maher | 16.1 | 55,079 | 56,840 | 60,138 | |||||
Fine Gael | Tom O'Donnell | 15.7 | 53,832 | 54,313 | 55,689 | 55,923 | 66,537 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Sylvester Barrett | 13.9 | 47,622 | 48,947 | 49,995 | 50,183 | 52,019 | 52,363 | 53,008 | |
Fine Gael | Tom Raftery | 12.9 | 44,236 | 44,401 | 45,806 | 46,069 | 52,653 | 59,968 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Gene Fitzgerald | 12.6 | 43,036 | 43,987 | 46,179 | 46,498 | 49,456 | 49,729 | 50,578 | |
Fianna Fáil | Noel Davern | 12.5 | 42,863 | 44,100 | 45,397 | 45,703 | 47,644 | 47,999 | 48,694 | |
Labour | Eileen Desmond | 7.6 | 26,162 | 27,080 | 31,374 | 32,160 | ||||
Workers' Party | Joe Sherlock | 5.1 | 17,304 | 19,945 | ||||||
Sinn Féin | Richard Behal | 3.7 | 12,829 | |||||||
Electorate: 691,076 Valid: 342,963 Spoilt: 6,216 (1.8%) Quota: 57,161 Turnout: 349,179 (50.5%) |
Eileen Desmond (substituted by Seán Treacy in 1981) lost the Labour Party seat to Fine Gael, while Noel Davern lost his seat to his Fianna Fáil running mates.
1979 election
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
Independent | T. J. Maher | 20.0 | 86,208 | |||||||||
Labour | Eileen Desmond[4] | 12.5 | 53,614 | 54,530 | 57,822 | 58,711 | 62,941 | 67,191 | 69,055 | 72,600 | ||
Fine Gael | Tom O'Donnell | 10.9 | 46,820 | 49,909 | 50,837 | 50,994 | 54,582 | 65,528 | 67,004 | 92,475 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Jerry Cronin[lower-alpha 1] | 10.1 | 43,439 | 44,424 | 45,123 | 51,065 | 52,751 | 53,624 | 60,649 | 61,422 | 62,312 | |
Fianna Fáil | Noel Davern | 8.7 | 37,647 | 39,143 | 40,106 | 42,705 | 43,362 | 43,799 | 48,332 | 49,465 | 50,192 | |
Fianna Fáil | Michael Herbert | 7.9 | 34,034 | 35,213 | 35,730 | 38,645 | 38,852 | 39,184 | 46,311 | 47,000 | 47,754 | |
Fianna Fáil | Timothy O'Connor | 6.9 | 29,595 | 30,524 | 31,010 | 32,915 | 33,201 | 33,856 | ||||
Fine Gael | Jim O'Keeffe | 6.0 | 25,664 | 27,203 | 27,483 | 27,667 | 29,973 | |||||
Fine Gael | John Blair | 5.0 | 21,615 | 22,217 | 22,695 | 23,219 | ||||||
Fine Gael | Alan Dukes | 5.0 | 21,510 | 24,666 | 25,525 | 25,656 | 33,172 | 39,519 | 40,085 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Seán French | 3.9 | 16,655 | 16,951 | 17,327 | |||||||
Sinn Féin The Workers' Party | Michael Dunphy | 2.7 | 11,526 | 11,701 | ||||||||
Community Democrats | Michael B Crowe | 0.5 | 2,268 | 2,348 | ||||||||
Electorate: 641,625 Valid: 430,595 Spoilt: 14,597 (3.3%) Quota: 71,766 Turnout: 445,192 (69.4%) |
See also
Notes
- ↑ Jerry Cronin resigned on 23 May 1984 and his seat was vacant at dissolution.
References
- ↑ "European Assembly Elections Act, 1977: Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
- ↑ "European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Act 2004: Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
- ↑ "1979 European Parliament election – Munster constituency". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
- 1 2 Eileen Desmond resigned on 7 July 1981 and was substituted by Seán Treacy (LAB / PES) on 9 July 1981.
- ↑ "1984 European Parliament election – Munster constituency". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
- ↑ "1989 European Parliament election – Munster constituency". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
- ↑ "1994 European Parliament election – Munster constituency". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
- 1 2 "1999 European Parliament election – Munster constituency". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
- ↑ "1994 European Elections Results".
- ↑ "Munster: 1994 European Election Results, Counts, Transfers".
- ↑ "1989 European Elections Results".
- ↑ "Munster: 1989 European Election Results, Counts, Transfers".
- ↑ "1984 European Elections Results".
- ↑ "Munster: 1984 European Election Results, Counts, Transfers".
- ↑ "1979 European Elections Results".
- ↑ "Munster: 1979 European Election Results, Counts, Transfers".