# 1991 Waterford Corporation election

An election to Waterford City Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 15 councillors were elected from three local electoral areas (LEAs) for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). This term was extended twice, first to 1998, then to 1999.

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| | Fianna Fáil | 3 | -2 | 3,165 | 19.01 | |
| | Fine Gael | 2 | -2 | 2,220 | 13.34 | |
| | Labour | 3 | +1 | 3,415 | 20.50 | |
| | Workers' Party | 3 | +1 | 3,359 | 20.18 | |
| | Progressive Democrats | 2 | +2 | 1,666 | 10.01 | |
| | Independent | 2 | 0 | 2,360 | 14.20 | |
| Totals | Totals | 15 | 0 | 16,645 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Waterford No.1

Waterford No.1 - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Labour | Pat Hayes | 19.9% | 997 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Hilary Quinlan* | 13.4% | 669 | 694 | 715 | 739 | 797 | 834 | |
| | Workers' Party | Davy Walsh* | 12.5% | 625 | 658 | 670 | 742 | 828 | 843 | |
| | Fine Gael | James Brett* | 9.3% | 463 | 472 | 479 | 486 | 493 | 515 | 537 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Patrick Power* | 9.2% | 459 | 472 | 525 | 549 | 565 | 809 | 849 |
| | Progressive Democrats | Senator Martin Cullen | 8.4% | 419 | 437 | 449 | 467 | 515 | 545 | 600 |
| | Progressive Democrats | Billy McCarthy | 6.2% | 309 | 337 | 341 | 383 | 433 | 442 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Larry Dower | 6% | 299 | 305 | 367 | 380 | 401 | | |
| | Independent | Val White | 5.7% | 286 | 303 | 323 | 360 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Noel Ryan | 5.5% | 273 | 281 | 288 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Joe Guilfoyle | 4% | 201 | 207 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 7,945 Valid: 5,000 (62.93%) Spoilt: 55 Quota: 834 Turnout: 5,055 (63.62%) |||||||||||

### Waterford No.2

Waterford No.2 - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Independent | Davy Daniels* | 21.5% | 1,174 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Liam Curham* | 15.8% | 862 | 916 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Brendan Kenneally TD* | 13.2% | 720 | 761 | 769 | 803 | 974 | | |
| | Independent | Stephen Rogers* | 11% | 597 | 662 | 694 | 769 | 829 | 991 | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Brian Cunningham | 10.6% | 579 | 607 | 628 | 668 | 687 | 829 | 896 |
| | Workers' Party | Olga Redmond | 8.9% | 484 | 501 | 527 | 580 | 597 | 676 | 691 |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Lane | 5.9% | 319 | 335 | 407 | 446 | 466 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Frank King | 5.2% | 283 | 298 | 308 | 322 | | | |
| | Independent | Brian Jones | 4.7% | 257 | 278 | 285 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | George Power | 3.2% | 175 | 183 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 9,189 Valid: 5,450 (59.31%) Spoilt: 49 Quota: 909 Turnout: 5,489 (59.73%) |||||||||||

### Waterford No.3

Waterford No.3 - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Labour | Brian O'Shea TD* | 25.1% | 1,556 | | | | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Paddy Gallagher* | 17.5% | 1,082 | | | | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Martin O'Regan* | 12.7% | 784 | 898 | 953 | 971 | 1,009 | 1,098 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Maurice Cummins | 9.6% | 594 | 699 | 720 | 724 | 760 | 798 | 801 | 885 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Browne* | 7.8% | 482 | 532 | 560 | 562 | 720 | 958 | 972 | 1,028 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Murphy | 6.2% | 386 | 410 | 420 | 421 | 483 | | | |
| | Workers' Party | John Halligan | 6.2% | 384 | 461 | 498 | 515 | 536 | 552 | 561 | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Michelle O'Neill | 5.8% | 359 | 432 | 468 | 473 | 511 | 561 | 581 | 698 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Brian Swift* | 5.4% | 335 | 382 | 402 | 404 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Denis O'Brien | 3% | 187 | 204 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Paud Sweeney | 0.7% | 46 | 62 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,360 Valid: 6,195 (59.8%) Spoilt: 57 Quota: 1,033 Turnout: 6,252 (60.35%) ||||||||||||