Gerry O'Sullivan

For the television executive, see Gerry O'Sullivan (media). For those of a similar name, see Jerry O'Sullivan (disambiguation).

Gerry O'Sullivan (1 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 first 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.

He served as Minister of State at the Department of the Marine (with special responsibility for Port Development Safety at sea and Inland Fisheries) from January 1993 until his death following a short illness in August 1994.

References

  1. ↑ "Gerry O'Sullivan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
  2. ↑ "Mr. Gerry O'Sullivan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
Civic offices
Preceded by
Dan Wallace		 Lord Mayor of Cork
1986–1987 		Succeeded by
Thomas Brosnan


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