A by-election was held in the Dáil Éireann Tipperary South constituency in Ireland on 22 June 2000. It followed the death of Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) Michael Ferris on 20 March 2000.
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| Turnout | 30,576 (58.0%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.png) Tipperary South shown within Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The election was won by Independent South Tipperary County Councillor Séamus Healy, elected as part of Workers and Unemployed Action. The other candidates being Senator Tom Hayes standing For Fine Gael who would go on to win the 2001 Tipperary South by-election the following year, Barry O'Brien for Fianna Fáil and Ellen Ferris for the Labour Party who was Michael Ferris's widow, Mary Heaney for Christian Solidarity and Raymond McInerney for Natural Law.
Result
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Independent | Séamus Healy | 30.8 | 9,419 | 11,169 | 13,982 | |
| Fine Gael | Tom Hayes | 26.8 | 8,184 | 10,718 | 13,449 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Barry O'Brien | 22.8 | 6,959 | 8,056 | ||
| Labour | Ellen Ferris | 16.8 | 5,133 | |||
| Christian Solidarity | Mary Heaney | 2.6 | 784 | |||
| Natural Law | Raymond McInerney | 0.3 | 97 | |||
| Electorate: 52,740 Valid: 30,576 Quota: 15,289 Turnout: 58.0% | ||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "29th Dáil General Election, May, 2002" (PDF). Government of Ireland. Retrieved 27 September 2021.