Patrick Kerrigan

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Patrick Kerrigan (21 February 1928 – 4 July 1979) was an Irish Labour Party Senator and then Teachta Dála (TD) who died in office.

A trade union official, Kerrigan was an unsuccessful candidate in the Cork City North West constituency at the 1969 general election. He lost again at the 1973 general election, when a Fine Gael-Labour coalition government took office. Kerrigan was then nominated by the Taoiseach, Liam Cosgrave, to the 13th Seanad, where he served until 1977.

At the 1977 general election, Kerrigan stood in the new five-seat Cork City, where Fianna Fáil leader Jack Lynch topped the poll with over 39% of the vote, leading his party to a landslide 20-seat majority in the 144-seat Dáil Éireann.

Kerrigan took his seat in the 21st Dáil, but died two years later on 4th July 1979, aged 51. The by-election for his Dáil seat was held on on 7 November and won by Fine Gael's Liam Burke, a former TD who had lost his seat to O'Sullivan at the 1977 election.

Patrick Kerrigan was also Lord Mayor of Cork for the 1973 to 1974 term.

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This page incorporates information from the Patrick Kerrigan entry in the Oireachtas Members Database

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Patrick Kerrigan's electoral history (ElectionsIreland.org)
List of Lord Mayors of Cork

Political offices
Preceded by Sean O'Leary	Lord Mayor of Cork 1973	Succeeded by Pearse Wyse

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Cathaoirleach James Dooge (FG) • Leader of the Seanad Michael J. O'Higgins (FG)

Administrative Panel	Seán Brosnan (FF) • Philip Burton (FG) • Jack Garrett (FF) • Seán Keegan (FF) • Thomas Kilbride (FG) • Bernard McGlinchey (FF) • Andy O'Brien (FG)

Agricultural Panel	Bob Aylward (FF) • Jack Barrett (??) • Pierce Butler (FG) • Bernard Cowen (FF) • Jack Fitzgerald (??) • John Mannion, Jnr (FG) • Joe McCartin (FG) • Patrick McGowan (FF) • Cornelius O'Callaghan (??) • William Ryan (FF) • Liam Whyte (??)

Cultural & Educational Panel	Kit Ahern (FF) • Billy Fox (FG) • Timothy McAuliffe (Lab) • Mary Walsh (FG) • Michael Yeats (FF)

Industrial & Commercial Panel	John J. Brennan (??) • Patrick Browne (FF) • James Dooge (FG) • Denis Farrelly (FG) • Alexis FitzGerald, Snr (FG) • Brian Lenihan, Snr (FF) • Michael Moynihan (Lab) • George Russell (Ind) • Eoin Ryan, Snr (FF)

Labour Panel	John Boland (FG) • Seán Brosnahan (??) • Séamus Dolan (FF) • Des Hanafin (FF) • John Harte (Lab) • Fintan Kennedy (Lab) • Mark Killilea, Jnr (FF) • Michael Lyons (FG) • Bernard Markey (FG) • William O'Brien (FG) • Evelyn Owens (Lab)

National University of Ireland	John Horgan (Lab) • Augustine Martin (Ind) • Patrick Quinlan (Ind)

University of Dublin	Noel Browne (SLP) • Mary Robinson (Ind) • Trevor West (Ind)

Nominated by the Taoiseach	John Blennerhassett (FG) • Austin Deasy (FG) • Benjamin Guinness (??) • Brendan Halligan (Lab) • Michael D. Higgins (Lab) • Patrick Kerrigan (Lab) • Patrick W. McGrath (??) • Michael Mullen (Lab) • Michael J. O'Higgins (FG) • Paddy O'Toole (FG) • James Sanfey (FG)

Elected or nominated later	1975 Pat Codd (FG) • Roderick Connolly (Lab) • Jack Daly (FG) • Michael Ferris (Lab) • Mícheál Prendergast (??) • 1976 Vincent McHugh (??) • Ruairi Quinn (Lab) • 1977 Liam Burke (FG) • Martin Finn (FG) • Frank King (??)

FF: Fianna Fáil • FG: Fine Gael • Lab: Labour Party • SLP: Socialist Labour Party • Ind: Independent • ??: Unknown party