1985 Galway Corporation election
An election to Galway City Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 15 councillors were elected from three local electoral areas (LEAs) for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). This term was extended for a further year, to 1991.[1]
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All 15 seats on Galway City Council | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results by party
Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
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Fianna Fáil | 6 | 0 | 5,985 | 40.59 | ||
Fine Gael | 5 | 0 | 4,283 | 29.05 | ||
Workers' Party | 2 | 0 | 1,323 | 8.97 | ||
Labour | 1 | 0 | 1,597 | 10.83 | ||
Independent | 1 | 0 | 1,556 | 10.55 | ||
Totals | 15 | 0 | 14,744 | 100.00 | — |
Results by local electoral area
North & East Ward
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Bridie O'Flaherty* | 869 | |||||||||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Máire Geoghegan-QuinnTD | 808 | 816 | 822 | 848 | ||||||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Michael Leahy (politiel Leahy) | 796 | 806 | 812 | 855 | ||||||||||||
Fine Gael | Fintan Coogan | 735 | 737 | 743 | 749 | 753 | 754 | 770 | 870 | ||||||||
Fine Gael | Pádraic McCormack | 486 | 487 | 489 | 492 | 492 | 492 | 497 | 523 | 545 | 559 | 595 | 673 | 884 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Henry O'Connor* | 420 | 427 | 433 | 453 | 472 | 484 | 494 | 500 | 501 | 540 | 601 | 626 | 662 | 671 | ||
Workers' Party | Liz Hackett | 412 | 413 | 425 | 431 | 431 | 431 | 461 | 482 | 484 | 542 | 589 | 709 | 744 | 754 | ||
Fine Gael | Pascal Walsh | 328 | 330 | 331 | 336 | 336 | 336 | 358 | 396 | 403 | 424 | 449 | 487 | ||||
Independent | Brendan Holland* | 317 | 318 | 323 | 327 | 327 | 329 | 339 | 353 | 359 | 410 | 541 | 589 | 660 | 698 | ||
Independent | John Francis King* | 282 | 284 | 303 | 307 | 309 | 309 | 328 | 334 | 336 | 378 | ||||||
Labour | Peter Kenny | 271 | 271 | 293 | 295 | 295 | 296 | 379 | 390 | 392 | 396 | 420 | |||||
Independent | Sheila Jordan | 224 | 225 | 230 | 234 | 236 | 237
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Fine Gael | Marie Dennis | 219 | 221 | 225 | 228 | 229 | 230 | 241 | |||||||||
Labour | Pat O'Sullivan | 199 | 201 | 225 | 225 | 225 | 225 | ||||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Uiris O Ceadegh | 125 | 127 | 128 | |||||||||||||
Labour | Paddy Naughton | 120 | 121 | ||||||||||||||
Electorate: 15,706 Valid: 6,611 (42.51%) Spoilt: 65 Quota: 827 Turnout: 6,676 |
South Ward
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Fine Gael | John Mulholland | 844 | ||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Martin Connolly* | 671 | 671 | 705 | 721 | 734 | 766 | 802 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Gerry Molloy* | 532 | 533 | 585 | 609 | 656 | 709 | 757 | ||
Fine Gael | Pat McNamara* | 525 | 530 | 535 | 564 | 598 | 666 | 781 | ||
Labour | Noreen Robin | 221 | 222 | 225 | 234 | 250 | 297 | |||
Independent | Gary O Lochlainn | 161 | 162 | 168 | 189 | 237 | ||||
Independent | Odran O'Leary | 154 | 155 | 163 | 179 | |||||
Independent | John Francis King* | 115 | 115 | 119 | ||||||
Fianna Fáil | Frances Quigley | 113 | 113 | |||||||
Electorate: 6,909 Valid: 3,336 (48.72%) Spoilt: 30 Quota: 835 Turnout: 3,366 |
West Ward
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Workers' Party | Jimmy Brick | 911 | |||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Bobby Molloy TD | 638 | 658 | 689 | 704 | 731 | 746 | 951 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Michéal Ó hUiginn* | 596 | 604 | 629 | 640 | 667 | 698 | 832 | |||
Fine Gael | Angela Lynch-Lupton | 533 | 538 | 540 | 600 | 628 | 650 | 681 | 705 | ||
Labour | Sen. Michael D. Higgins* | 531 | 559 | 563 | 574 | 614 | 783 | 835 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Mary Byrne* | 417 | 426 | 435 | 446 | 476 | 488 | ||||
Fine Gael | J.J. McDonagh | 390 | 391 | 409 | 496 | 532 | 571 | 607 | 630 | ||
Labour | Joe Murray | 255 | 273 | 277 | 284 | 317 | |||||
Fine Gael | Martin O'Connell | 223 | 227 | 228 | |||||||
Independent | Tom Browne* | 213 | 226 | 232 | 244 | ||||||
Independent | William Lambe | 90 | 94 | ||||||||
Electorate: 11,042 Valid: 4,797 (43.77%) Spoilt: 36 Quota: 800 Turnout: 4,833 |
References
- Local Elections (Specification of Local Election Year) Order 1990 (S.I. No. 104 of 1990). Signed on 30 April 1990. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
External links
- Irishelectionliterature
- Department of the Environment, Ireland (28 January 2010). "Local elections, 1985 : election results and transfer of votes in respect of each county, and county borough council : and election statistics relating to all local authorities" (PDF). Department of the Environment. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
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