1960 Cork Corporation election

The 1960 Cork Corporation election took place on 29 June as part of that year's local election to elect all 21 seats on Cork City Council. This was the last time the entire county borough of Cork formed a single electoral area. The election was conducted by means of the single transferable vote. There were 72 candidates. The count began on 30 June and concluded in the early hours of 3 July after 63 counts.[1]

Electoral law at the time of the election empowered the Minister for Local Government to split county boroughs into multiple borough electoral areas only if the council requested, which Cork City Council had not done. The Electoral Act 1963 allowed the minister to act unilaterally.[2] After the 1965 boundary extension, the borough was divided into 6 borough electoral districts.[3]

At the 1967 local elections, the larger parties increased their proportion of seats.[4]

Results

Poll details
Registered electors 45,775
Valid votes 22,024
Quota for election 1,002
Summary by party[1][4]
Party Abbrev Cands 1st-pref
vote		 Seats Change Notes
Fianna Fáil FF 16 [o 1]6,732 7 −1
Fine Gael FG 9 [o 2]3,615 3 0
Labour Lab 9 3,495 3 −1
Corporation Tenants Association Ten 6 1,810 2 +2
Ratepayers' Association RP 7 1,734 2 +2
T.E.A.M. TEAM 8 1,278 1 +1 "The Emigration Action Movement", a new local group, which merged with Labour by the 1967 election
Cork Civic Party Civ 8 1,259 1 −1 The party dissolved in 1966 after the 1965 LEA changes.[5]
Poblacht Chríostúil PCh 3 209 0 0 Candidates' names were in Irish on the ballot paper.
Sinn Féin SF 0 0 0 −2 Did not contest the election in Cork.
Independents Ind 6 1,892 2 0

The first six candidates elected gained the honorific title alderman; the other 15 were "councillors".[1] Seán McCarthy, John Bermingham and Gus Healy were also elected to Cork County Council from the Cork Rural LEA which bordered the city.[6][7][8]

Results by candidate[1][6][9]
Name Party 1st-pref
vote 		Order
elected
Stephen D. Barrett[o 3] FG 1650 1
John Galvin[o 3] FF 1486 2
John W. Reidy[o 3] Ind 1348 3
Seán Casey[o 3] Lab 1229 4
Sam Allen[o 3] FF 973 5
Josephine Joyce RP 774 6
Thomas Pearse Leahy TEAM 690 7
Anthony Barry[o 3] FG 339 8
Gus Healy[o 3] FF 582 9
John Bermingham[o 3] FG 474 10
Jane Dowdall[o 3] FF 535 11
James Hickey[o 3] Lab 553 12
William Kenneally Ten 531 13
Dan Cronin[o 3] FF 534 14
Seán McCarthy[o 3] FF 350 15
Valentine Jago[o 3] Civ 257 16
J. Barrett Ten 335 17
J. F. Lucey[o 3] Ind 335 18
Pearse Wyse FF 348 19
E. P. Stanley RP 216 20
Cornelius Desmond[o 3] Lab 306 21
P. J. O'Donovan FF 354
C. Burns Ten 334
D. P. Kelleher[o 3] FF 333
J. O'Gorman[o 3] FF 303
John F. O'Dwyer FG 289
J. Harrington Lab 285
Con Connolly Lab 274
Vincent O'Connell FG 270
G. McCarthy Ten 265
P. Madden TEAM 249
T. Power Ten 247
H. Reid Lab 242
P. McCarthy Lab 240
A. Aherne FF 240
T. Jones Civ 234
D. Breen Civ 232
R. G. Sutton FG 227
M. McMullen Lab 214
Walter Furlong[o 3] Civ 210
C. D. Dowman RP 206
K. Collins RP 192
J. J. O'Riordan FF 182
J. J. Kelly FG 169
M. Mullins FF 163
J. Quirke FF 161
Richard Anthony[o 3] Lab 152
R. Stokes RP 144
L. Neville FG 126
C. O'Callaghan RP 115
Sylvester Cotter PCh 111
D. Martell FF 103
J. McCarthy Ten 98
D. P. Long TEAM 97
T. O'Sullivan Ind 95
D. Beavan Civ 88
C. Cooke RP 87
M. Donegan Civ 86
Fred Geaney FF 85
Maurice O'Connell Ind 84
R. L. Anthony Civ 83
S. D. Ó Dubhghaill PCh 76
F. M. Dooley FG 71
Frank Mockler Civ 69
J. J. O'Connell TEAM 58
P. O'Brien TEAM 52
W. Murphy TEAM 52
R. Longfield TEAM 46
D. O'Leary TEAM 34
P. Ó hAngusa PCh 22
James McCarthy Ind 21
J. Bruton Ind 9
  1. ^ Erroneous total of 6,730 in source.[4]
  2. ^ Erroneous total of 3,595 in source.[4]
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Outgoing councillor

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Marathon Election Ends In Early Hours". Cork Examiner. 4 July 1960. p. 7.
  2. ^ Electoral Act 1963, s. 87: Electoral areas in certain county and other boroughs (No. 19 of 1963, s. 87). Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 18 March 2016.
  3. ^ Cork County Borough Electoral Areas Order 1965 (S.I. No. 249 of 1965). Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 18 March 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d Moran, John (1972). "Local Elections in Cork City (1929-1967)" (PDF). Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society: 124–133: 131–133. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Cork Civic Party ceases". The Irish Times. 4 February 1966. p. 8.
  6. ^ a b "Results Of Local Elections". Cork Examiner. 1 July 1960. p. 12.
  7. ^ "Cork County Council: (Cork Rural) 1960 Local Election". electionsireland.com. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  8. ^ "Valley Rovers Official Website". sportsmanager.ie. Retrieved 6 January 2020. Sean McCarthy ... was also a Member of Cork County Council for 20 years, and of Cork Corporation for 22 years
  9. ^ "Election To County and Urban Councils". Cork Examiner. 1 July 1960. p. 7. "Only One Elected In Fourteen-Hour Count In Cork". Cork Examiner. 2 July 1960. p. 11.