1969 Irish general election






















Irish general election, 1969






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143 of 144 seats in Dáil Éireann
73 seats needed for a majority
Turnout 76.9%










































































 
 First party
 Second party
 Third party
 
Jack Lynch 1967 (cropped).jpg
Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave-Patricks Day 1976.jpg
Leader
Jack Lynch
Liam Cosgrave
Brendan Corish
Party
Fianna Fáil
Fine Gael
Labour Party
Leader since
9 November 1966
 1965
 1960
Leader's seat
Cork City North-West
Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown
Wexford
Last election
 72 seats, 47.7%
 47 seats, 34.1%
 22 seats, 15.4%
Seats before
 75
 46
 19
Seats won
 75
 50
 18
Seat change
Steady0
Increase4
Decrease1
Percentage
 45.7%
 34.1%
 17.0%
Swing
Decrease2.0%
Steady0%
Increase1.6%



Irish general election 1969.png
Percentage of seats gained by each of the three major parties, and number of seats gained by smaller parties and independents.







Taoiseach before election

Jack Lynch
Fianna Fáil
Subsequent Taoiseach

Jack Lynch
Fianna Fáil


The Irish general election of 1969 was held on 18 June 1969. The newly elected members of the 19th Dáil assembled at Leinster House on 2 July when the new Taoiseach and government were appointed. The general election took place in 42 parliamentary constituencies throughout Ireland for 144 seats in the lower house of parliament, Dáil Éireann.




Contents






  • 1 Campaign


  • 2 Result


    • 2.1 Voting summary


    • 2.2 Seats summary




  • 3 First time TDs


  • 4 Re-elected TDs


  • 5 Outgoing TDs


  • 6 By-elections


  • 7 See also


  • 8 References





Campaign


The general election of 1969 saw two new leaders of the two main parties fight their first general election. Jack Lynch of Fianna Fáil had become Taoiseach in 1966 and was attempting to win his first election. Liam Cosgrave had taken charge of Fine Gael in 1965 and was now leading his party into his first election. Brendan Corish was fighting his third general election as leader of the Labour Party.[1]


Fianna Fáil had been in power since 1957, and in spite of media predictions the party was still very popular with the voters. Its leader Jack Lynch proved to be the party's biggest electoral asset. His quiet, easy-going and reassuring style, coupled with the catchy slogan "Let's back Jack!", attracted many new voters to Fianna Fáil. The party had introduced many innovative pieces of legislation during the 1960s and was now looking for a fresh mandate. Fianna Fáil were also helped by a deeply divided opposition.


Fine Gael had internal divisions. There was tension between the older conservative members, who wanted to keep the party as it was, and the younger deputies who wanted to move the party to the left. One of the party's policies proposed to abolish compulsory Irish for State examinations and civil service jobs.


The Labour Party on the other hand were predicted to make massive gains after firmly ruling out a pre-election pact with Fine Gael. The party fielded a number of new, high-profile candidates, including Justin Keating, Conor Cruise O'Brien, David Thornley and Noël Browne.[1] The slogan "The Seventies will be Socialist" was popular with Labour supporters; however, Fianna Fáil played the "red card", linking the Labour Party with communism. The tactic worked successfully.



Result





























































































19th Irish general election – 18 June 1969[2][3][4]
Party
 Leader
 Seats
 ±
 % of
seats
 First Pref
votes
 % FPv
 ±%


Fianna Fáil
Jack Lynch
 75
 +3
 52.1
 602,234
 45.7
 –2.0


Fine Gael
Liam Cosgrave
 50
 +3
 34.7
 449,749
 34.1
 0


Labour Party
Brendan Corish
 18
 –4
 12.5
 224,498
 17.0
 +1.6


Irish Workers' Party
Michael O'Riordan
 0
 0
 0
 242
 0.0
 0


Independent
N/A
 1
 –1
 0.7
 42,230
 3.2
 +1.1
Spoilt votes
 16,010
 —
 —

Total
144
0
100
1,334,963
100
 —
Electorate/Turnout
 1,735,388
 76.9%
 —

  • Fianna Fáil majority government formed.

The result marked a third successive victory for Fianna Fáil, led by Jack Lynch. Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael each lost votes, yet gained seats. Labour gained votes, yet lost seats. It was the last re-election of an Irish government for thirty-three years—until the Fianna Fáil-Progressive Democrats government was re-elected with an increased majority in the 2002 General Election.



Voting summary






































First preference vote
Fianna Fáil
 
 45.66%
Fine Gael
 
 34.10%
Labour
 
 17.02%
Others
 
 0.02%
Independent
 
 3.20%




Seats summary

































Assembly seats
Fianna Fáil
 
 52.08%
Fine Gael
 
 34.72%
Labour
 
 12.50%
Independent
 
 0.69%




First time TDs


A total of 37 TDs were elected for the first time:




  • Peter Barry

  • Michael Begley

  • Seán Brosnan

  • John Bruton

  • Liam Burke

  • Richard Burke

  • Hugh Byrne

  • Edward Collins

  • John Conlan

  • Ger Connolly

  • Gerard Cott

  • Bernard Cowen

  • Kieran Crotty

  • Conor Cruise O'Brien

  • Noel Davern

  • Barry Desmond

  • Tom Enright

  • Martin Finn

  • Garret FitzGerald

  • Paddy Forde

  • Billy Fox

  • Michael Herbert

  • Thomas Hussey

  • Liam Kavanagh

  • Justin Keating

  • Bill Loughnane

  • Gerard Lynch

  • Ray MacSharry

  • Tom McEllistrim

  • Michael J. Noonan

  • Michael O'Kennedy

  • John O'Sullivan

  • Paddy Power

  • Michael Smith

  • Frank Taylor

  • David Thornley

  • Jim Tunney




Re-elected TDs


  • Eugene Timmons


Outgoing TDs




  • Lionel Booth (Retired)


  • Paddy Clohessy (Retired)


  • Seán Collins (Lost seat)


  • John A. Costello (Retired)


  • Edward Cotter (Retired)


  • James Dillon (Retired)


  • Nicholas Egan (Retired)


  • John Fanning (Retired)


  • Denis Larkin (Retired)


  • Seán Lemass (Retired)


  • Patrick McAuliffe (Lost seat)


  • Seán MacEntee (Retired)


  • Michael O'Higgins (Lost seat)


  • Patrick Tierney (Retired)



By-elections



  • Patrick Cooney

  • Patrick Delap

  • Seán Sherwin

  • Larry McMahon

  • Patrick Malone

  • Gene Fitzgerald



See also



  • Members of the 19th Dáil

  • Government of the 19th Dáil

  • Parliamentary Secretaries of the 19th Dáil



References





  1. ^ ab Kagachi, Chihiro (2002). History of Irish Politics. pp. 133–134..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "19th Dáil 1969 General Election". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 12 June 2009.


  3. ^ "Dáil elections since 1918". ARK Northern Ireland. Retrieved 12 June 2009.


  4. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, pp1009-1017
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