Munster (European Parliament constituency)

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Munster
European Parliament constituency
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Shown within Ireland
Member state Ireland
Created 1979
Dissolved 2004
MEPs 5 (1979–1994)
4 (1994–2004)
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Munster was a European Parliament constituency in Ireland between 1979 and 2004. It elected 5 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) in the elections of 1979, 1984 and 1989 and 4 MEPs in the 1994 and 1999 elections on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

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History and boundaries

The constituency was created in 1979 for the first direct elections to the European Parliament. It comprised County Clare, County Cork, County Kerry, County Limerick, County Tipperary and County Waterford from the historic province of Munster including the cities of Cork, Limerick and Waterford. [1] It was abolished under the European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Act 2004 and succeeded by the new South constituency. [2]

MEPs

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) for Munster 19792009
Key to parties
Parl.ElectionMember
(Party)
Member
(Party)
Member
(Party)
Member
(Party)
Member
(Party)
1st 1979 [3] T. J. Maher
(Ind)
Tom O'Donnell
(FG)
Eileen Desmond
(Lab)
Jerry Cronin [a]
(FF)
Noel Davern
(FF)
1981 [b] Seán Treacy
(Lab)
2nd 1984 [4] Tom Raftery
(FG)
Sylvester Barrett
(FF)
Gene Fitzgerald
(FF)
3rd 1989 [5] John Cushnahan
(FG)
Pat Cox [c]
(PDs)
Paddy Lane
(FF)
4th 1994 [7] Brian Crowley
(FF)
Pat Cox
(Ind)
Gerry Collins
(FF)
4 seats
from 1994
5th 1999 [8]
6th 2004 Constituency abolished. See South.

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.

  1. Jerry Cronin resigned on 23 May 1984 and his seat was vacant at dissolution.[ citation needed ]
  2. Eileen Desmond resigned on 7 July 1981 on her appointment as Minister for Health and Minister for Social Welfare and was substituted by Seán Treacy (LAB / PES) on 9 July 1981.
  3. Cox left the PDs on 13 May 1994. [6]

Elections

1999 election

1999 European Parliament election: Munster (4 seats) [8]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
Fianna Fáil Brian Crowley [*] 34.4154,195     
Fianna Fáil Gerry Collins [*] 18.583,106117,783    
Independent Pat Cox [*] 14.363,95476,203 85,257 88,357 95,004 
Fine Gael John Cushnahan [*] 10.346,10049,009 50,496 51,483 53,497 78,232
Fine Gael Jim Corr 7.031,36335,026 37,556 38,693 40,669  
Sinn Féin Martin Ferris 6.529,06031,783 34,435 36,534   
Labour Paula Desmond6.328,27034,002 36,884 40,746 46,887 52,831
Green Ben Nutty2.310,25712,330 13,643    
Natural Law Stewart Luck0.31,2671,602 1,897    
Independent Denis Riordan0.21,0071,125 1,268    
Electorate: 823,008  Valid: 448,579  Spoilt: 13,724 (2.9%)  Quota: 89,716  Turnout: 462,303 (56.2%)  

    1994 election

    1994 European Parliament election: Munster (4 seats) [9] [10]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456789101112
    Fianna Fáil Brian Crowley 23.284,463           
    Fianna Fáil Gerry Collins 13.649,67754,399 54,530 55,047 55,522 56,246 57,264 70,834 75,527   
    Fine Gael John Cushnahan [*] 10.136,90637,319 37,448 37,553 37,836 38,488 39,331 40,444 42,726 43,115 46,889 72,018
    Progressive Democrats Desmond O'Malley 8.731,67432,287 32,440 32,596 32,928 33,916 35,957 37,178 39,165 39,516 45,371 49,655
    Fine Gael Tom Raftery 8.631,25031,896 32,012 32,130 32,398 32,923 34,632 35,434 37,718 38,032 40,681  
    Independent Pat Cox [*] 7.727,92029,069 29,333 29,741 30,400 31,905 33,888 35,791 39,766 40,675 48,533 52,495
    Labour Jim Kemmy 7.025,48626,102 26,259 26,703 27,842 29,448 33,155 33,927 36,124 36,533   
    Fianna Fáil Paddy Lane [*] 5.319,36921,050 21,131 21,430 21,642 22,014 22,348      
    Independent Nora Bennis 5.118,42418,971 19,292 19,805 20,265 21,863 24,237 24,982     
    Democratic Left Kathleen Lynch 4.315,57316,127 16,282 16,610 17,316 18,948       
    Green Dan Boyle 2.810,03310,322 10,661 11,395 11,971        
    Workers' Party Martin O'Regan1.76,2706,367 6,524 6,981         
    Sinn Féin Kieran McCarthy1.45,1715,285 5,391          
    Natural Law Stewart Luck0.2890934           
    Independent Conor Moloney0.2858901           
    Independent Denis Riordan0.2607627           
    Electorate: 755,176  Valid: 364,571  Spoilt: 5,319 (1.4%)  Quota: 72,915  Turnout: 369,890 (49.0%)  

      1989 election

      1989 European Parliament election: Munster (5 seats) [11] [12]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345678910
      Progressive Democrats Pat Cox 17.385,558         
      Fianna Fáil Gene Fitzgerald [*] 13.064,13964,350 64,731 65,277 66,591 68,988 72,389 92,491  
      Independent T. J. Maher [*] 11.255,49955,972 56,653 58,324 60,851 63,515 68,895 71,223 71,738 79,107
      Fine Gael Tom Raftery [*] 8.843,52843,925 44,497 44,923 46,681 48,651 49,971 50,516 50,637  
      Fine Gael John Cushnahan 8.843,32644,208 45,104 46,036 47,191 48,738 50,397 51,444 51,608 79,058
      Fianna Fáil Paddy Lane 8.341,15241,351 41,558 42,024 42,516 43,542 46,303 55,224 64,287 65,671
      Fianna Fáil Jackie Fahey 7.537,29037,430 37,919 38,992 39,417 40,370 42,611    
      Independent Patrick Ryan 6.330,93431,005 31,356 32,021 33,029 35,619     
      Labour Eileen Desmond 6.129,97930,355 30,830 35,709 38,051 45,684 49,435 51,112 51,334 55,407
      Workers' Party Joe Sherlock 5.426,82827,000 27,382 28,221 30,710      
      Independent Joe Noonan3.215,97516,076 16,466 16,662       
      Labour Michael Ferris 2.813,84313,927 14,150        
      Independent George Salter Townshend0.52,5772,595         
      Independent William O'Shea0.42,0112,021         
      Independent Abbey of the Holy Cross Fitzsimons0.41,7941,812         
      Electorate: 703,913  Valid: 494,433  Spoilt: 10,786 (2.1%)  Quota: 82,406  Turnout: 505,219 (71.8%)  

        1984 election

        1984 European Parliament election: Munster (5 seats) [13] [14]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1234567
        Independent T. J. Maher [*] 16.155,07956,840 60,138    
        Fine Gael Tom O'Donnell [*] 15.753,83254,313 55,689 55,923 66,537  
        Fianna Fáil Sylvester Barrett 13.947,62248,947 49,995 50,183 52,019 52,363 53,008
        Fine Gael Tom Raftery 12.944,23644,401 45,806 46,069 52,653 59,968 
        Fianna Fáil Gene Fitzgerald 12.643,03643,987 46,179 46,498 49,456 49,729 50,578
        Fianna Fáil Noel Davern 12.542,86344,100 45,397 45,703 47,644 47,999 48,694
        Labour Eileen Desmond 7.626,16227,080 31,374 32,160    
        Workers' Party Joe Sherlock 5.117,30419,945      
        Sinn Féin Richard Behal3.712,829      
        Electorate: 691,076  Valid: 342,963  Spoilt: 6,216 (1.8%)  Quota: 57,161  Turnout: 349,179 (50.5%)  

          1979 election

          1979 European Parliament election: Munster (5 seats) [15] [16]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          123456789
          Independent T. J. Maher 20.086,208        
          Labour Eileen Desmond 12.553,61454,530 57,822 58,711 62,941 67,191 69,055 72,600 
          Fine Gael Tom O'Donnell 10.946,82049,909 50,837 50,994 54,582 65,528 67,004 92,475 
          Fianna Fáil Jerry Cronin 10.143,43944,424 45,123 51,065 52,751 53,624 60,649 61,422 62,312
          Fianna Fáil Noel Davern 8.737,64739,143 40,106 42,705 43,362 43,799 48,332 49,465 50,192
          Fianna Fáil Michael Herbert 7.934,03435,213 35,730 38,645 38,852 39,184 46,311 47,000 47,754
          Fianna Fáil Timothy O'Connor 6.929,59530,524 31,010 32,915 33,201 33,856    
          Fine Gael Jim O'Keeffe 6.025,66427,203 27,483 27,667 29,973     
          Fine Gael John Blair5.021,61522,217 22,695 23,219      
          Fine Gael Alan Dukes 5.021,51024,666 25,525 25,656 33,172 39,519 40,085   
          Fianna Fáil Seán French 3.916,65516,951 17,327       
          Sinn Féin The Workers Party Michael Dunphy2.711,52611,701        
          Community Democrats Michael B Crowe0.52,2682,348        
          Electorate: 641,625  Valid: 430,595  Spoilt: 14,597 (3.3%)  Quota: 71,766  Turnout: 445,192 (69.4%)  

            References

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