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1974 irish presidential election wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 nomination process 2 agreed candidate 3 result 4 references toggle the table of contents 1974 irish presidential election 2 languages العربية русский edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia 1974 irish presidential election 1973 18 december 1974 unopposed 1976 nominee cearbhall ó dálaigh party fianna fáil president before election erskine h childers deceased fianna fáil elected president cearbhall ó dálaigh independent the 1974 irish presidential election resulted from the sudden death in office of president erskine h childers cearbhall ó dálaigh was elected unopposed as the fifth president of ireland nomination process edit childers died on 17 november 1974 on 21 november the minister for local government issued a ministerial order setting 3 december as the date for close of nominations and 18 december as the date of the election 1 under article 12 of the constitution of ireland a candidate for president could be nominated by at least twenty of the 204 serving members of the houses of the oireachtas or at least four of 31 councils of the administrative counties including county boroughs agreed candidate edit initially all parties privately agreed to nominate the late president s widow rita childers 2 before she was informed of the plan however a mix up led to the collapse of the arrangement 3 a partially deaf fine gael teachta dála identified in some reports as tom o donnell 4 confirmed the secret arrangement upon mishearing a journalist s question asking about the decision of a local council s nomination of childers as president having assumed that the cross party decision was made public 3 fianna fáil leader jack lynch thinking the party was set up subsequently withdrew from the agreement and nominated cearbhall ó dálaigh instead 3 the parties agreed to the new arrangement due to a number of external factors including a sluggish economy and the troubles 3 ó dálaigh had served as attorney general from 1951 to 1953 as a judge of the supreme court from 1953 to 1973 as chief justice from 1961 to 1973 and had been serving as a judge of the european court of justice from 1973 at the time of his nomination all parties agreed to ó dálaigh s nomination as no other candidate was nominated it was not necessary to proceed to a ballot for his election result edit 1974 irish presidential election 5 candidate nominated by cearbhall ó dálaigh fianna fáil fine gael and labour party ó dálaigh was inaugurated as president on thursday 19 december 1974 references edit december 18th poll if presidency contested the irish times 22 november 1974 regan mary 10 may 2010 rita childers dies peacefully aged 95 irish examiner archived from the original on 4 july 2018 retrieved 17 may 2018 1 2 3 4 the best president we never had irish independent 15 may 2010 archived from the original on 4 july 2018 retrieved 17 may 2018 presidential campaigns are not getting dirtier they are just more public the tuam herald 26 october 2011 archived from the original on 1 september 2018 retrieved 17 may 2018 presidential elections 1938 2011 pdf department of the environment community and local government p 30 archived pdf from the original on 20 december 2017 retrieved 1 september 2018 v t e elections and referendums in the republic of ireland dáil elections 1918 1921 1922 1923 1927 jun 1927 sep 1932 1933 1937 1938 1943 1944 1948 1951 1954 1957 1961 1965 1969 1973 1977 1981 1982 feb 1982 nov 1987 1989 1992 1997 2002 2007 2011 2016 2020 2024 next by elections seanad elections 1925 presidential elections 1938 1945 1952 1959 1966 1973 1974 1976 1983 1990 1997 2004 2011 2018 2025 european elections 1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 local elections 1920 1925 1928 1934 1942 1945 1950 1955 1960 1967 1974 1979 1985 1991 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 referendums 1937 1959 1968 1972 may 1972 dec 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1992 jun 1992 nov 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2001 2002 mar 2002 oct 2004 2008 2009 2011 2012 may 2012 nov 2013 2015 2018 may 2018 oct 2019 2024 see also elections in the kingdom of ireland elections in ireland as part of the uk retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1974_irish_presidential_election oldid 1362013600 categories 1974 elections in 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