# 1999 Waterford County Council election

An election to Waterford County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 23 councillors were elected from five local electoral areas for a five-year term of office on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| | Fianna Fáil | 11 | +1 | 10,351 | 41.64 | |
| | Fine Gael | 8 | -1 | 7,914 | 31.84 | |
| | Labour | 3 | 0 | 3,874 | 15.59 | |
| | Independent | 1 | +1 | 1,581 | 6.36 | |
| | Workers' Party | 0 | -1 | 320 | 1.29 | |
| Totals | Totals | 23 | 0 | 24,857 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Dungarvan

Dungarvan - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | Fine Gael | John Deasy | 14.08 | 1,083 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Tom Higgins | 11.11 | 855 | 888 | 909 | 959 | 963 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Billy Kyne* | 8.32 | 640 | 649 | 665 | 691 | 702 | 751 | 794 | 813 | 927 | 969 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Patrick Kenneally* | 8.28 | 637 | 641 | 643 | 648 | 712 | 722 | 785 | 865 | 887 | 978 |
| | Labour | Fiachra O Ceillchair* | 8.27 | 636 | 645 | 661 | 681 | 690 | 724 | 755 | 841 | 893 | 929 |
| | Labour | Lar Hart* | 6.77 | 521 | 526 | 550 | 560 | 562 | 587 | 601 | 623 | 693 | 710 |
| | Fine Gael | Daniel Leahy* | 5.90 | 454 | 462 | 464 | 468 | 502 | 542 | 555 | 579 | 591 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Cronin | 5.85 | 450 | 452 | 459 | 461 | 560 | 569 | 604 | 670 | 682 | 824 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Nuala Ryan | 5.65 | 435 | 440 | 446 | 467 | 487 | 511 | 594 | 642 | 728 | 754 |
| | Independent | Michael O'Riordan | 4.95 | 381 | 388 | 396 | 409 | 418 | 455 | 487 | 504 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seamus O'Donnell | 4.71 | 362 | 362 | 364 | 370 | 387 | 401 | 415 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Austin Flynn* | 3.73 | 287 | 293 | 300 | 335 | 345 | 363 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Damien Geoghegan | 3.60 | 277 | 298 | 312 | 336 | 340 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paud O'Keeffe | 4.03 | 310 | 311 | 315 | 319 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Damien Dillon | 2.94 | 226 | 231 | 236 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Dan Dineen | 1.81 | 139 | 143 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,456 Valid: 7,693 (61.76%) Spoilt: 92 Quota: 962 Turnout: 7,785 (62.50%) ||||||||||||||

### Kilmacthomas

Kilmacthomas - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Cunningham* | 24.27 | 727 | |
| | Labour | Ger Barron | 21.77 | 652 | 752 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Pat Leahy* | 21.60 | 647 | 741 |
| | Fine Gael | Oliver Coffey* | 16.46 | 493 | 693 |
| | Fine Gael | Eddie Rockett | 15.89 | 476 | |
| Electorate: 5,456 Valid: 2,995 (54.89%) Spoilt: 35 Quota: 749 Turnout: 3,030 (55.54%) ||||||

### Lismore

Lismore - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Ollie Wilkinson* | 38.57 | 1,859 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Nora Flynn* | 16.76 | 808 | 1,048 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Willie McDonnell* | 13.17 | 635 | 726 | 882 | 908 |
| | Fianna Fáil | James Tobin | 12.24 | 590 | 827 | 907 | 936 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Dick Tobin | 9.79 | 472 | 689 | 846 | 874 |
| | Labour | Bernard Leddy | 9.46 | 456 | 565 | | |
| Electorate: 8,058 Valid: 4,820 (59.82%) Spoilt: 61 Quota: 965 Turnout: 4,881 (60.57%) ||||||||

### Suir

Suir - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Kieran O'Ryan* | 24.29 | 818 | 827 | 876 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Mary Greene* | 21.56 | 726 | 729 | 732 | 799 | 937 | | |
| | Labour | Victor Bowers | 15.24 | 513 | 540 | 595 | 631 | 669 | 690 | 693 |
| | Fine Gael | Paudie Coffey | 14.26 | 480 | 486 | 518 | 564 | 621 | 688 | 700 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Oliver O'Hara | 8.38 | 282 | 285 | 348 | 423 | | | |
| | Independent | Bobby Moore | 7.93 | 267 | 271 | 280 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael O'Brien | 6.59 | 222 | 224 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Jackie Whelan | 1.75 | 59 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 5,534 Valid: 3,367 (60.84%) Spoilt: 52 Quota: 842 Turnout: 3,419 (61.78%) |||||||

### Tramore

Tramore - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | Fine Gael | John Carey* | 13.57 | 812 | 814 | 818 | 825 | 918 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Dan Cowman* | 12.04 | 720 | 732 | 803 | 883 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Pat Daly | 11.33 | 678 | 680 | 706 | 714 | 730 | 734 | 761 | 822 | 829 | 838 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Geoff Power* | 10.03 | 600 | 602 | 612 | 625 | 632 | 637 | 697 | 738 | 743 | 748 |
| | Fine Gael | Lola O'Sullivan | 7.94 | 475 | 505 | 545 | 572 | 686 | 716 | 765 | 912 | | |
| | Labour | Paddy O'Callaghan* | 7.62 | 456 | 469 | 490 | 542 | 566 | 571 | 621 | 716 | 728 | 734 |
| | Independent | Betty Twomey | 6.85 | 410 | 439 | 456 | 499 | 537 | 541 | 651 | 760 | 793 | 801 |
| | Progressive Democrats | Michael Flynn | 6.47 | 387 | 410 | 444 | 473 | 509 | 520 | 571 | | | |
| | Green | Michael Power | 6.20 | 371 | 376 | 384 | 417 | 436 | 440 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Maurice Cummins | 5.68 | 340 | 344 | 365 | 374 | | | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Eddie Walsh | 5.35 | 320 | 324 | 336 | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Ben Gavin | 4.26 | 255 | 276 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Ted O'Keeffe | 2.64 | 158 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,013 Valid: 5,982 (49.80%) Spoilt: 71 Quota: 855 Turnout: 6,053 (50.39%) ||||||||||||||