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1991 Galway Corporation election
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Part of the 1991 Irish local elections
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1991 Galway Corporation election Ireland Parliamentary no yes 1985 Galway Corporation election 1985 1999 Galway Corporation election 1999 All 15 seats on Galway City Council 27 June 1991 Fianna Fáil 4 -2 Progressive Democrats 4 +4 Fine Gael 4 -1 Labour Party (Ireland) 2 +1 Independent (politician) 1 0 Workers' Party (Ireland) 0 -2 Galway City in Ireland.svg 300px Map showing the area of Galway City Council Council control Council control after election
An election to Galway City Council took place on 27 June 1991 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 twice, first to 1998, then to 1999.Local Government Act 1994 1994 8 20 Year of elections to all local authorities 29 April 1994Local Government Act 1998 1998 16 10 Amendment of section 20 of Act of 1994 29 May 1998
Results by party
PartySeats±First Pref. votesFPv%±% Fianna Fáil4-24,64527.37 Progressive Democrats4+43,74622.07 Fine Gael4-13,43720.25 Labour Party (Ireland)2+12,24213.21 Independent (politician)102,12112.50 Workers' Party (Ireland)0-24842.85Totals150100.00—
Results by local electoral area
Galway No.1
Galway No.1 - 7 seats
13
Fianna Fáil
Michael Leahy*
825
10.9%
828
842
853
876
1,028
Progressive Democrats
Declan McDonnell
789
10.4%
794
805
813
843
850
852
881 991
Progressive Democrats
Bridie O'Flaherty*
698
9.2%
704
723
742
774
787
789
822 971
Fine Gael
Fintan Coogan*
604
8.0%
611
622
633
699
732
735
795
843
858 865 896 1,005
Fine Gael
Pádraic McCormack TD*
556
7.3%
562
569
579
646
654
655
674
716
722 726 762 816
Fianna Fáil
Henry O'Connor
485
6.4%
489
502
507
528
598
621
646 659 664
666 936 1,008
Independent (politician)
Brendan Smith
433
5.7%
435
467
483
498
507
508
551
586
588 591 611 683
Progressive Democrats
Martin McHugh
418
5.5%
419
424
434
461
467
468
490
Independent (politician)
Pat McNamara*
413
5.5%
424
436
446
456
476
480
513 527 531 533 551
Fianna Fáil
Sean Nolan
386
5.1%
388
393
394
412
439
480
491 516 521 523
Fianna Fáil
Sean Fox
374
4.9%
374
380
386
395
Labour Party (Ireland)
Tom Costello
360
4.8%
362
385
513
542
561
562
683 713 720 724 752 827
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Liz Hackett*
340
4.5%
342
367
406
415
434
434
Fine Gael
Mary Tierney
340
4.5%
341
348
360
Labour Party (Ireland)
Ivan McPhillips
279
3.7%
282
292
Republican Sinn Féin
Dave Joyce
216
2.9%
218
Independent (politician)
Edward Manning
58
0.8%
13
15,295
7,574 (49.52%)
81
947
7,655 (50.05%)
Galway No.2
Galway No.2 - 3 seats
9
Progressive Democrats
Martin Connolly*
543
15.9%
552
562
575
591
693
1,004
Fine Gael
John Mulholland*
527
15.5%
537
569
599
729
807
909
Fianna Fáil
Tom Cox
455
13.4%
461
485
534
551
637
654
735 762
Fianna Fáil
Tony O'Connor
452
13.3%
455
475
548
571
592
643
714 739
Progressive Democrats
Tom Burke
393
11.5%
397
424
451
474
519
Labour Party (Ireland)
John Cunningham
324
9.5%
400
426
432
446
Fine Gael
Michael Walsh
207
6.1%
210
227
235
Fianna Fáil
Carmel Garrett
199
5.8%
202
218
Independent (politician)
Eileen Manning
179
5.3%
188
Labour Party (Ireland)
Noreen Robinson
126
3.7%
9
7,004
3,405 (48.62%)
39
852
3,444 (49.17%)
Galway No.3
Galway No.3 - 5 seats
12
Labour Party (Ireland)
Michael D. Higgins TD*
940
15.7%
959
968
1,033
Fianna Fáil
Michéal Ó hUiginn*
832
13.9%
837
868
879
880
961
989
1,026
Fine Gael
Angela Lynch-Lupton*
608
10.1%
611
621
631
632
643
666
693
699
723
772
845
Fine Gael
Billy Lawless
595
9.9%
596
602
608
609
634
651
680
684
708
753
799
Independent (politician)
Paddy Lally*
554
9.2%
564
567
584
587
594
638
722
729
811
909
972
Progressive Democrats
Liam Madden
513
8.6%
514
518
519
520
541
568
584
586
615
657
906
Progressive Democrats
Donal Lyons
392
16.5%
393
397
398
399
406
467
480 481 505
528
Fianna Fáil
John Byrne
324
5.4%
326
345
346
346
389
395
420
426
437
Independent (politician)
Tom Browne
252
4.2%
259
260
269
272
276
283
Independent (politician)
Aidan McCabe
232
3.9%
223
236
237
238
243
Labour Party (Ireland)
Jim Mullarkey
213
3.6%
223
226
253
275
280
293
313
314
Fianna Fáil
Jim Doolan
202
3.4%
202
217
220
220
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Michael Donnelly
144
2.4%
156
157
Fianna Fáil
Mary Lawless
111
1.9%
114
Sinn Féin
Mike Egan
80
1.3%
12
12,664
5,992 (47.32%)
48
999
6,040 (47.69%)
References
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