Gerry O'Sullivan

1993–1994MarineTeachta DálaIn office
June 1989 – 5 August 1994ConstituencyCork North-Central Personal detailsBorn(1936-04-10)10 April 1936
Cork, IrelandDied5 August 1994(1994-08-05) (aged 58)
Cork, IrelandPolitical partyLabour Party

Gerry O'Sullivan (10 April 1936 – 5 August 1994) was an Irish Labour Party politician from Cork.^[1] He was a long-serving member of Cork City Council, and was Lord Mayor of Cork from 1986 to 1987.

O'Sullivan was elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1989 general election as a Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) for Cork North-Central having topped the poll.^[2] He was re-elected at the 1992 general election, receiving 10,008 first preference votes, again topping the poll.^[1]

In January 1993, after the formation of a Fianna Fáil–Labour coalition government, he was appointed as Minister of State at the Department of the Marine (with special responsibility for Port Development Safety at sea and Inland Fisheries).^[3]

He died in office in August 1994 following a short illness.^{[citation needed]}

The by-election for his seat was held on 10 November 1994, and was won by Kathleen Lynch of Democratic Left.

In 1996 the Port of Cork commissioned a new 30m, 176 ton tug and pilot vessel which was christened the M.T. Gerry O'Sullivan in his honour. The boat is usually moored in either Cobh or Ringaskiddy.^[4]

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Civic offices
Preceded by Dan Wallace	Lord Mayor of Cork 1986–1987	Succeeded by Thomas Brosnan
Political offices
Preceded by Pat "the Cope" Gallagher	Minister of State at the Department of the Marine 1993–1994	Succeeded by Eamon Gilmore