1985 Waterford Corporation election

An election to all 15 seats on Waterford City Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the 1985 Irish local elections. 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.

1985 Waterford Corporation election

20 June 1985
All 15 seats on Waterford City Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Workers' Party Seats won 5 4 2 Seat change 0 0 0   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Labour Waterford People's Party Independent Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change 0 +1 0
Map showing the area of Waterford City Council

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	5	0	4,347	30.18
	Fine Gael	4	0	3,309	22.97
	Workers' Party	2	0	1,488	10.33
	Waterford People's Party	1	1	1,405	9.75
	Labour	2	0	1,346	9.35
	Independent	1	0	2,269	15.75
Totals		15	0	14,403	100.00	—

Waterford People's Party was a localised split in the Workers' Party. It was not a registered political party.

Results by local electoral area

Waterford No. 1

Waterford No. 1: 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Power*		776	785	795	815	904
	Fine Gael	Hilary Quinlan		727	794	801	823	845
	Fine Gael	James Brett		612	665	668	679	688	690	702	765	768	802
	Workers' Party	Davy Walsh*		455	459	605	660	668	675	756	826	829	848
	Independent	Martin Cullen		350	364	376	411	432	435	475	546	547	598
	Fianna Fáil	Tony Roche		335	344	350	362	410	438	471	506	511	773
	Fianna Fáil	Larry Dower		315	323	325	334	336	392	412	443	444
	Labour	George Wadding		275	287	295	313	333	337	353
	Sinn Féin	Noel Ryan		273	273	278	292	296	298
	Fianna Fáil	Ann O'Rourke		236	243	251	271
	Waterford People's Party	Mick Dunphy		222	227	236
	Workers' Party	Billy McCarthy		217	219
	Fine Gael	Ann Raleigh		193
Electorate: 8,788   Valid: 4,986 (57.31%)   Spoilt: 50   Quota: 832   Turnout: 5,036

Waterford No. 2

Waterford No. 2: 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Independent	Davy Daniels*		937
	Fine Gael	Sen. Katharine Bulbulia		658	664	677	701	730	778	866
	Labour	Liam Curham*		634	663	681	749	789	826	899
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan Kenneally		547	555	569	594	706	754	801	820	826
	Fine Gael	Stephen Rogers*		518	524	535	560	579	644	725	742	759
	Fianna Fáil	Donal Ormonde TD		498	504	511	540	609	663	720	734	737
	Independent	Richard Jones*		297	307	323	345	363	416
	Waterford People's Party	Joe Falvey		294	305	318
	Fine Gael	Mary Griffin		290	300	305	323
	Independent	Frank King		286	293	300	328	340
	Workers' Party	Dick McGrath		116
Electorate: 8,368   Valid: 5,035 (60.4%)   Spoilt: 19   Quota: 840   Turnout: 5,054

Waterford No. 3

Waterford No. 3: 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Waterford People's Party	Martin O'Regan*		889
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Browne*		653	665	672	678	698	705	731
	Workers' Party	Paddy Gallagher*		546	594	604	610	622	739
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Swift*		471	499	508	513	519	527	552	595	772
	Labour	Brian O'Shea		437	450	453	460	477	485	506	585	610	625
	Fine Gael	Maurice Cummins*		398	407	408	440	510	512	540	570	594	614
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Kenneally		226	230	232	234	241	242	267	276
	Independent	Paudie Burke		188	202	211	215	220	230	257
	Independent	William Jones		164	169	175	178	182	188
	Workers' Party	Martin Kennedy		154	162	167	168	171
	Fine Gael	Gerry O'Mahoney		110	113	116	144
	Fine Gael	Mary O'Halloran		93	96	96
	Independent	John Lanigan		43	58
	Independent	Paud Sweeney		4	6
Electorate: 8,263   Valid: 4,382 (53.41%)   Spoilt: 31   Quota: 731   Turnout: 4,413

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.