1991 Waterford County Council election

1991 Waterford County Council election
All 23 seats to Waterford County Council
	Map showing the area of Waterford County Council
	Council control after election ; TBD;

An election to Waterford County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's 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 twice, first to 1998, then to 1999.^[1]^[2]

Results by party edit

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	10	-1	10,163	43.29
	Fine Gael	9	-1	7,587	32.32
	Labour	3	+1	3,291	14.02
	Workers' Party	1	+1	636	2.71
Totals		23	0	23,475	100.00	—

Dungarvan - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Labour	Billy Kyne*	14.7%	1,009
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Kenneally*	14.1%	969
	Fine Gael	Garry O'Halloran*	10%	686	690	709	709	718	724	783	858
	Labour	Lar Hart	7.2%	491	543	544	544	560	583	594	610	631	642	716	724
	Workers' Party	Tony Wright	7%	482	505	507	510	516	545	556	567	596	609	695	702
	Fine Gael	Richard Walsh	6.8%	469	479	482	486	490	516	574	610	643	662	887
	Fine Gael	Michael O'Riordan*	6.5%	446	463	464	465	472	492	542	557	592	606
	Independent	Sean Whelan*	6.2%	422	427	435	439	450	472	482	512	582	640	690	699
	Fianna Fáil	Austin Flynn	5.6%	382	390	399	402	441	454	473	491	611	755	800	805
	Fianna Fáil	Paud O'Keeffe	5.1%	349	351	377	377	402	405	409	440	499
	Fianna Fáil	Nuala Ryan	4.5%	306	315	326	331	374	384	388	406
	Progressive Democrats	James Coll	3.8%	263	265	270	271	276	287	299
	Fine Gael	Mario Flavin	3.2%	221	225	228	229	231	247
	Independent	Dan Dineen	2.6%	181	187	188	194	200
	Fianna Fáil	Willie John Kenneally	2.2%	154	162	184	184
	Independent	Benny Queally	0.4%	30	31	31
Electorate: 10,669 Valid: 6,860 (64.30%) Spoilt: 40 Quota: 858 Turnout: 6,900 (64.67%)

Kilmacthomas - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Jackie Fahey TD*	20.9%	1,066
	Fianna Fáil	Kieran O'Ryan*	15.8%	807	876
	Fine Gael	Oliver Coffey*	16.46	703	716	716	720	774	801	855
	Fine Gael	Patrick Coffey*	12.8%	654	666	668	707	715	730	762	789
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Cunningham*	11.4%	583	629	639	658	697	739	976
	Labour	Victor Bowers	15.24	493	502	503	529	546	618	642	661
	Fianna Fáil	Kathleen Whelan	6.2%	318	349	360	404	416	462
	Labour	Raymond Kelly	4%	204	212	212	213	217
	Independent	Dan Dineen	2.7%	140	148	148	148
	Fianna Fáil	Paul Kelly	2.5%	125	145	148
Electorate: 8,239 Valid: 5,092 (61.8%) Spoilt: 61 Quota: 849 Turnout: 5,153 (62.5%)

Lismore - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	Ollie Wilkinson*	31.3%	1,287
	Fine Gael	Willie McDonnell*	27.1%	1,116
	Fianna Fáil	James Quirke*	16%	660	842
	Fine Gael	Matthew Power	10.3%	424	497	601	681
	Fine Gael	Nora Flynn	10.2%	421	503	637	716
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Ryan	5%	207	333	387
Electorate: 6,263 Valid: 4,115 (65.7%) Spoilt: 41 Quota: 824 Turnout: 4,156 (66.4%)

Tramore - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Labour	Brian O'Shea TD*	14.77%	1,094
	Fianna Fáil	Pat Leahy*	14.75%	1,093
	Fine Gael	Michael Queally*	11.02%	816	822	858	872	910	940
	Fine Gael	John Carey*	10.19%	755	764	766	773	780	791	804	806	827	1,011
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Cowman	7.56%	560	593	615	627	695	748	801	804	995
	Fianna Fáil	Geoff Power*	7.19%	533	537	552	557	580	600	614	616	675	821	858	882
	Progressive Democrats	Senator Martin Cullen	6.33%	469	488	495	511	520	560	639	642	687	737	746	753
	Fine Gael	Noel McDonagh	6.13%	454	459	462	470	474	478	492	492	499
	Fine Gael	Con Casey*	5.7%	422	449	452	461	480	496	590	593	660	720	742	795
	Fianna Fáil	Billy Hutchinson	4.54%	336	350	359	369	397	432	481	481
	Independent	Maureen O'Carroll	3.97%	294	315	317	343	360	382
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus Dunphy*	2.9%	215	224	251	257
	Fianna Fáil	Peter Griffin	2.88%	213	218	240	270	291
	Workers' Party	Edward Gahan	2.08%	154	169	187
Electorate: 12,642 Valid: 7,408 (58.6%%) Spoilt: 54 Quota: 927 Turnout: 7,462 (59.03%)

^ Local Government Act 1994, s. 20: Year of elections to all local authorities (No. 8 of 1994, s. 20). Enacted on 29 April 1994. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
^ Local Government Act 1998, s. 10: Amendment of section 20 of Act of 1994 (No. 16 of 1998, s. 10). Enacted on 29 May 1998. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.