Gerry O'Sullivan
1993–1994
June 1989 – 5 August 1994
Cork, Ireland
Cork, Ireland
Gerry O'Sullivan (10 April 1936 – 5 August 1994) was an Irish Labour Party politician from Cork.[1] He was a long-serving member of Cork City Council, and was Lord Mayor of Cork from 1986 to 1987.
O'Sullivan was elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1989 general election as a Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) for Cork North-Central having topped the poll.[2] He was re-elected at the 1992 general election, receiving 10,008 first preference votes, again topping the poll.[1]
In January 1993, after the formation of a Fianna Fáil–Labour coalition government, he was appointed as Minister of State at the Department of the Marine (with special responsibility for Port Development Safety at sea and Inland Fisheries).[3]
He died in office in August 1994 following a short illness.[citation needed]
The by-election for his seat was held on 10 November 1994, and was won by Kathleen Lynch of Democratic Left.
In 1996 the Port of Cork commissioned a new 30m, 176 ton tug and pilot vessel which was christened the M.T. Gerry O'Sullivan in his honour. The boat is usually moored in either Cobh or Ringaskiddy.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Gerry O'Sullivan". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 30 November 2010. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
- ^ "Gerry O'Sullivan". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
- ^ "Appointment of Members of Government and Ministers of State – Dáil Éireann (27th Dáil)". Houses of the Oireachtas. 10 February 1993. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
- ^ "Towage Requirements". Port of Cork. Archived from the original on 22 September 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
Civic offices | ||
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Preceded by Dan Wallace | Lord Mayor of Cork 1986–1987 | Succeeded by Thomas Brosnan |
Political offices | ||
Preceded by | Minister of State at the Department of the Marine 1993–1994 | Succeeded by Eamon Gilmore |
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Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | |||||
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22nd | 1981 | Toddy O'Sullivan (Lab) | Liam Burke (FG) | Denis Lyons (FF) | Bernard Allen (FG) | Seán French (FF) | |||||
23rd | 1982 (Feb) | ||||||||||
24th | 1982 (Nov) | Dan Wallace (FF) | |||||||||
25th | 1987 | Máirín Quill (PDs) | |||||||||
26th | 1989 | Gerry O'Sullivan (Lab) | |||||||||
27th | 1992 | Liam Burke (FG) | |||||||||
1994 by-election | Kathleen Lynch (DL) | ||||||||||
28th | 1997 | Billy Kelleher (FF) | Noel O'Flynn (FF) | ||||||||
29th | 2002 | Kathleen Lynch (Lab) | |||||||||
30th | 2007 | 4 seats from 2007 | |||||||||
31st | 2011 | Jonathan O'Brien (SF) | Dara Murphy (FG) | ||||||||
32nd | 2016 | Mick Barry (AAA–PBP) | |||||||||
2019 by-election | Pádraig O'Sullivan (FF) | ||||||||||
33rd | 2020 | Thomas Gould (SF) | Mick Barry (S–PBP) | Colm Burke (FG) |