An election to Waterford County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the Irish local elections. 23 councillors were elected from four 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 23 seats on Waterford County Council | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Map showing the area of Waterford County Council | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Results by party
editParty | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
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Fianna Fáil | 11 | 0 | 11,255 | 48.74 | ||
Fine Gael | 10 | -1 | 8,790 | 38.06 | ||
Labour | 2 | +1 | 1,776 | 7.69 | ||
Totals | 23 | 0 | 23,093 | 100.00 | — |
Results by local electoral area
editDungarvan
editParty | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Jackie Fahey TD* | 911 | 931 | ||||||||||||||
Labour | Billy Kyne* | 818 | 843 | 880 | 919 | 1,016 | |||||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Patrick Kenneally* | 739 | 745 | 754 | 778 | 783 | 785 | 832 | 834 | 973 | |||||||
Fine Gael | Garry O'Halloran* | 604 | 612 | 614 | 626 | 629 | 633 | 731 | 731 | 819 | 892 | 898 | 1,042 | ||||
Fine Gael | James Harty* | 598 | 603 | 655 | 683 | 686 | 686 | 752 | 752 | 797 | 865 | 868 | 1,053 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Sean Whelan | 489 | 497 | 500 | 528 | 542 | 547 | 580 | 581 | 648 | 667 | 691 | 753 | 772 | 788 | ||
Fine Gael | Simon Hanley | 472 | 479 | 483 | 483 | 493 | 500 | 549 | 550 | 553 | 610 | 610 | |||||
Fine Gael | Michael O'Riordan | 466 | 474 | 480 | 482 | 503 | 522 | 535 | 535 | 538 | 649 | 649 | 747 | 832 | 903 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Declan Goode* | 411 | 418 | 438 | 455 | 482 | 505 | 514 | 515 | 560 | 605 | 619 | 672 | 685 | 692 | ||
Fianna Fáil | John O'Brien | 396 | 404 | 406 | 422 | 422 | 422 | 428 | 428 | ||||||||
Fine Gael | Jeremiah O'Brien* | 367 | 370 | 372 | 374 | 376 | 376 | ||||||||||
Fine Gael | Richard Walsh | 343 | 352 | 357 | 360 | 385 | 400 | 430 | 430 | 434 | |||||||
Labour | Tommy Wade | 230 | 237 | 249 | 263 | ||||||||||||
Sinn Féin | Seamus O Cuilliu | 216 | 220 | 241 | |||||||||||||
Workers' Party | Tomas O Ceilleachair | 185 | 197 | ||||||||||||||
Independent | Ned Bluett | 116 | |||||||||||||||
Independent | James Coll | 46 | |||||||||||||||
Electorate: 10,309 Valid: 7,407 (72.68%) Spoilt: 86 Quota: 926 Turnout: 7,493 |
Kilmacthomas
editParty | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Tom Cunningham* | 939 | ||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Kieran O'Ryan* | 933 | ||||||||
Fine Gael | Oliver Coffey* | 882 | ||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Sean Fahey | 670 | 720 | 794 | 801 | 913 | ||||
Fine Gael | Patrick Coffey* | 589 | 605 | 618 | 677 | 701 | 715 | 767 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Michael Hennebry* | 443 | 472 | 492 | 494 | 525 | 570 | 674 | ||
Sinn Féin | Jackie Whelan | 215 | 221 | 227 | 229 | 238 | 242 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Noel Fleming | 168 | 199 | 212 | 217 | |||||
Electorate: 8,054 Valid: 4,839 (60.88%) Spoilt: 61 Quota: 807 Turnout: 4,903 |
Lismore
editParty | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Fine Gael | Willie McDonnell* | 1,074 | |||||
Fianna Fáil | James Quirke* | 953 | |||||
Fine Gael | James Walsh* | 758 | 871 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Ollie Wilkinson | 728 | 751 | 781 | 834 | ||
Fianna Fáil | James Tobin | 612 | 659 | 715 | 795 | ||
Labour | Brendan Herlihy | 99 | |||||
Labour | James Kennedy | 92 | |||||
Electorate: 5,907 Valid: 4,316 (73.84%) Spoilt: 46 Quota: 864 Turnout: 4,362 |
Tramore
editParty | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Paddy Cahill* | 878 | |||||||||||
Fine Gael | Michael Queally* | 784 | 788 | 806 | 810 | 846 | |||||||
Fine Gael | John Carey* | 769 | 781 | 826 | |||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Brian Swift | 657 | 662 | 667 | 678 | 770 | 795 | 862 | |||||
Fine Gael | Con Casey | 544 | 546 | 583 | 586 | 606 | 743 | 880 | |||||
Labour | Brian O'Shea | 537 | 554 | 559 | 562 | 579 | 605 | 719 | 723 | 769 | 783 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Seamus Dunphy* | 509 | 517 | 522 | 541 | 645 | 654 | 706 | 709 | 724 | 748 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Geoff Power* | 490 | 492 | 496 | 502 | 549 | 667 | 678 | 683 | 685 | 692 | ||
Independent | Maureen O'Carroll | 418 | 427 | 435 | 437 | 445 | 455 | ||||||
Fine Gael | Noel McDonagh | 371 | 374 | 403 | 404 | 406 | |||||||
Fianna Fáil | Peter Griffin | 329 | 335 | 339 | 351 | ||||||||
Fine Gael | Bernie Flanagan | 169 | 171 | ||||||||||
Workers' Party | Paddy Gallagher | 76 | |||||||||||
Electorate: 11,583 Valid: 6,531 (56.38%) Quota: 817 |
References
edit- ^ 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
edit- 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.