Meath County Council (Kells)
1955 Local Election

Seats: 7Quota: 682


 
Distribution
Colbert's 71
O'Reilly's
surplus of 35
Distribution
Collier's 132
Distribution
Morris's 157
Distribution
Kiernan's 248
Distribution
Gilsenan's 262
Distribution
Carolan's 316
Distribution
Reilly's 418
Monaghan's
surplus of 76
SeatPartyCandidateShareCount 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9Count 10
1
Edward O'Reilly (FF)
13.2%
717
2
Hugh McEnroe (FF)
10.2%
558559
(1)
560
(1)
585
(25)
588
(3)
665
(77)
669
(4)
687
(18)
3
John Monaghan (FF)
10.5%
573579
(6)
583
(4)
586
(3)
612
(26)
644
(32)
646
(2)
666
(20)
782
(116)
4
James Sweeney (FG)
9.7%
527534
(7)
534
(0)
536
(2)
556
(20)
571
(15)
614
(43)
665
(51)
694
(29)
5
Patrick McKenna (FF)
7.1%
387392
(5)
393
(1)
395
(2)
397
(2)
445
(48)
449
(4)
485
(36)
578
(93)
634
(56)
6
Gerald Williamson (FG)
10.1%
548548
(0)
548
(0)
584
(36)
589
(5)
596
(7)
609
(13)
625
(16)
633
(8)
633
(0)
7
Arthur Harman (FG)
5.9%
320321
(1)
324
(3)
329
(5)
333
(4)
334
(1)
494
(160)
509
(15)
567
(58)
573
(6)
John Bell (FF)
7.9%
429433
(4)
434
(1)
439
(5)
447
(8)
489
(42)
490
(1)
510
(20)
528
(18)
542
(14)
Patrick Reilly (FF)
6.8%
368368
(0)
392
(24)
392
(0)
397
(5)
399
(2)
413
(14)
418
(5)
James Carolan (LAB)
3.8%
207227
(20)
227
(0)
255
(28)
305
(50)
310
(5)
316
(6)
William Gilsenan (FG)
4.6%
249252
(3)
253
(1)
260
(7)
261
(1)
262
(1)
James Kiernan (FF)
4.1%
224233
(9)
233
(0)
237
(4)
248
(11)
Patrick Morris (LAB)
2.7%
147152
(5)
152
(0)
157
(5)
William Collier (LAB)
2.3%
126132
(6)
132
(0)
Timothy Colbert (LAB)
1.3%
71
Electorate: 7951Turnout: 5550Valid: 5451