Gerry O'Sullivan

{{Short description|Irish Labour Party politician (1936–1994)}}

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| office = Minister of State

| suboffice = Marine

| subterm = 1993–1994

| office1 = Teachta Dála

| term_start1 = June 1989

| term_end1 = 5 August 1994

| constituency1 = Cork North-Central

| birth_date = {{birth date|1936|4|10|df=y}}

| birth_place = Cork, Ireland

| death_date = {{death date and age|1994|8|5|1936|4|10|df=y}}

| death_place = Cork, Ireland

| nationality = Irish

| party = Labour Party

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Gerry O'Sullivan (10 April 1936 – 5 August 1994) was an Irish Labour Party politician from Cork.{{cite web|url=http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=3588|title=Gerry O'Sullivan|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=1 May 2009|archive-date=30 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130171042/http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=3588|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Gerry-O'Sullivan.D.1989-06-29/|title=Gerry O'Sullivan|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=1 May 2009|archive-date=26 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326202821/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Gerry-O'Sullivan.D.1989-06-29|url-status=live}} He was re-elected at the 1992 general election, receiving 10,008 first preference votes, again topping the poll.

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).{{Cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1993-02-10/2/|title=Appointment of Members of Government and Ministers of State – Dáil Éireann (27th Dáil)|date=10 February 1993|access-date=18 January 2020|website=Houses of the Oireachtas}}

He died in office in August 1994 following a short illness.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}

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.{{Cite web |url=https://www.portofcork.ie/index.cfm/page/towage?twfId=1927&download=true |title=Towage Requirements|access-date=9 December 2020|work=Port of Cork |archive-date=22 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922210957/https://www.portofcork.ie/index.cfm/page/towage?twfId=1927&download=true |url-status=live }}