1991 Dublin County Council election

1991 Dublin County Council election
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78 seats on Dublin County Council

An election to Dublin County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. Councillors were elected for a five-year term of office from local electoral areas (LEAs) on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). It was the last election held for Dublin County Council.

The election took place in three electoral counties:[1][2]

From 1 January 1994, on the coming into effect of the Local Government (Dublin) Act 1993, County Dublin was disestablished as an administrative county, and in its place, the electoral counties became three new counties: Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin. From that date, councillors elected for the electoral counties of Dublin County Council became councillors of the respective county councils:[3]

The term of office was extended twice, first to 1998, then to 1999.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ Dublin Electoral Counties Order 1985 (S.I. No. 133 of 1985). Signed on 10 May 1985. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 13 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Local Elections, 1991" (PDF). Department of the Environment. pp. 40–66. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  3. ^ Local Government (Dublin) Act 1993, s. 12: Membership and cathaoirleach of county councils (No. 31 of 1993, s. 12). Enacted on 21 December 1993. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 13 December 2021.
  4. ^ Local Government Act 1994, s. 20: Year of elections to all local authorities (No. 8 of 1994, s. 20). Enacted on 29 April 1994. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
  5. ^ Local Government Act 1998, s. 10: Amendment of section 20 of Act of 1994 (No. 16 of 1998, s. 10). Enacted on 29 May 1998. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.