Munster was a constituency of the European Parliament 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 using the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).
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. It was abolished under the European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Act 2004 and succeeded by the new South constituency.
MEPs
Elections
1999 election
All sitting MEPs were re-elected.
1994 election
The constituency lost a seat and T. J. Maher and Gene Fitzgerald retired. Pat Cox resigned from the Progressive Democrats (PD) but succeeded in narrowly beating the PD leader Desmond O'Malley for the last seat.
1989 election
Tom Raftery of Fine Gael lost his seat to Pat Cox of the Progressive Democrats.
1984 election
Eileen Desmond (substituted by Seán Treacy in 1981) lost the Labour Party seat to Fine Gael, while Noel Davern lost his seat to his Fianna Fáil running mates.
1979 election
See also
European Parliament constituencies in the Republic of Ireland
Notes
References
European Parliament constituencies in the Republic of Ireland (historic) Munster 1979 establishments in Ireland 2004 disestablishments in Ireland Constituencies established in 1979 Constituencies disestablished in 2004