1994 Cork North-Central by-election

A by-election was held in the Dáil Éireann Cork North-Central constituency in Ireland on 10 November 1994. It followed the death of Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) Gerry O'Sullivan on 5 August 1994.

1994 Cork North-Central by-election

10 November 1994
Turnout	(53.2%)
Nominee Kathleen Lynch Billy Kelleher Colm Burke Party Democratic Left Fianna Fáil Fine Gael First preferences 9,843 9,528 6,035 Percentage 26.4% 25.5% 16.2% Final count 17,329 13,730 –   Nominee Lisa O'Sullivan Jane Power Michael Burns Party Labour Green Progressive Democrats First preferences 4,003 1,856 1,628 Percentage 10.7% 5.0% 4.4% Final count – – –   Nominee Don O'Leary Con O'Leary Jimmy Homan Party Sinn Féin Independent Workers' Party First preferences 1,304 1,036 1,082 Percentage 3.5% 2.8% 2.9% Final count – – –
TD before election Gerry O'Sullivan Labour Elected TD Kathleen Lynch Democratic Left

The election was won by Cork City Councillor Kathleen Lynch. It was the second and final time Democratic Left would ever win a by-election.

Among the candidates were Senator Billy Kelleher, who would later serve as a TD, Minister of State and MEP, Colm Burke who would also go on to serve as Senator, TD and MEP, Cork County Councillor Michael Burns and Cork City Councillors Jimmy Homan and Con O'Leary.

On the same day, a by-election took place in Cork South-Central.

Result

1994 Cork South-Central by-election

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Democratic Left	Kathleen Lynch	26.4	9,843	10,000	10,359	10,734	11,106	12,260	14,175	17,329
	Fianna Fáil	Billy Kelleher	25.5	9,528	9,674	9,729	9,825	10,037	10,635	11,951	13,730
	Fine Gael	Colm Burke	16.2	6,035	6,139	6,193	6,273	6,315	7,348	8,128
	Labour	Lisa O'Sullivan	10.7	4,003	4,097	4,308	4,580	4,873	5,431
	Green	Jane Power	5.0	1,856	2,013	2,092	2,264	2,593
	Progressive Democrats	Michael Burns	4.4	1,628	1,669	1,690	1,727	1,753
	Sinn Féin	Don O'Leary	3.5	1,304	1,345	1,466	1,572
	Workers' Party	Jimmy Homan	2.9	1,082	1,122
	Independent	Con O'Leary	2.8	1,036	1,186	1,309
	Independent	Donie O'Leary	1.2	445
	Independent	Gerry Duffy	1.1	426
	Natural Law	Nora Ann Luck	0.4	162
Electorate: 70,142   Valid: 37,348   Quota: 18,675   Turnout: 53.2%

See also

• List of Dáil by-elections
• Dáil constituencies

External links

• https://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1992B&cons=57&ref=111
• http://irelandelection.com/election.php?elecid=40&constitid=7&electype=2