Pearse Wyse
1978–1979
June 1981 – November 1992
June 1977 – June 1981
June 1969 – June 1977
April 1965 – June 1969
(1923-03-02)2 March 1923
Cork, Ireland
Cork, Ireland
(1986–1999)
affiliations
(1947–1986)
Pearse Wyse (2 March 1923 – 28 April 2009) was an Irish politician, a long-serving member of Fianna Fáil who was later an early member of the Progressive Democrats.
He was born in Cork in 1923, son of John Wyse (or Wise), pawnbroker's clerk, and his wife Julia (née Cronin), a native of Macroom.[1] Wyse was educated at Greenmount national school in Cork, and at Cork College of Commerce, where he trained as a bookbinder and paper cutter. He was employed at the Eagle Printing Works, where by the early 1960s he became works manager, and was a longstanding member of the Irish Bookbinders' and Allied Trades Union.[1]
He first held political office in 1960 when he was elected to Cork City Council.[2] Five years later he was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) and running mate of Jack Lynch at the 1965 general election for the Cork Borough constituency. Following boundary changes, he served as TD for Cork City South-East (1969–1977), Cork City (1977–1981) and Cork South-Central (1981–1992). He retired from national politics at the 1992 general election.[3]
Wyse was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance in 1977 on the nomination of Jack Lynch, becoming Minister of State at the Department of Finance in 1978 when the structure of positions were changed.[4] Wyse supported George Colley in the 1979 Fianna Fáil leadership election which was won by Charles Haughey, and he was dropped from the junior ministerial ranks.
Wyse opposed Haughey in every leadership challenge from when he assumed the role, becoming a member of the so-called Gang of 22. He was an associate of Desmond O'Malley and by 1985 he was completely disaffected from the party leadership. In early 1986, he joined the Progressive Democrats, founded by O'Malley. He held his seat as a Progressive Democrats TD at the 1987 and 1989 general elections.[2]
Wyse's seat was retained by Pat Cox at the 1992 general election. He remained a member of Cork City Council until he retired in 1999, having held his seat for almost forty years. He also served as Lord Mayor of Cork in 1967 and 1974.[5]
Wyse died on 28 April 2009 in Cork, aged 81.[6]
References
- ^ a b Maume, Patrick. "Wyse, (Jeremiah) Pearse". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ a b "Pearse Wyse". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 30 August 2007. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- ^ "Pearse Wyse". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 8 November 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- ^ "Adjournment of Dáil: Motion (Resumed) – Dáil Éireann (21st Dáil) – Vol. 302 No. 9". Houses of the Oireachtas. 14 December 1977. Archived from the original on 8 January 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
- ^ "Previous Mayors of Cork". Cork City Council. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
- ^ "Founder member of PDs dies". RTÉ News. 28 April 2009. Archived from the original on 1 May 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
Civic offices | ||
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Preceded by Seán McCarthy | Lord Mayor of Cork 1967–1968 | Succeeded by John Bermingham |
Preceded by | Lord Mayor of Cork 1974–1975 | Succeeded by |
Political offices | ||
Preceded by Michael Begley | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance 1977–1978 | Succeeded by Office of Minister of State at the Department of Finance |
Preceded by Office of Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance | Minister of State at the Department of Finance 1978–1979 | Succeeded by Tom McEllistrim |
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Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | |||||
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2nd | 1921 | Liam de Róiste (SF) | Mary MacSwiney (SF) | Donal O'Callaghan (SF) | J. J. Walsh (SF) | 4 seats 1921–1923 | |||||
3rd | 1922 | Liam de Róiste (PT-SF) | Mary MacSwiney (AT-SF) | Robert Day (Lab) | J. J. Walsh (PT-SF) | ||||||
4th | 1923 | Richard Beamish (Ind) | Mary MacSwiney (Rep) | Andrew O'Shaughnessy (Ind) | J. J. Walsh (CnaG) | Alfred O'Rahilly (CnaG) | |||||
1924 by-election | Michael Egan (CnaG) | ||||||||||
5th | 1927 (Jun) | John Horgan (NL) | Seán French (FF) | Richard Anthony (Lab) | Barry Egan (CnaG) | ||||||
6th | 1927 (Sep) | W. T. Cosgrave (CnaG) | Hugo Flinn (FF) | ||||||||
7th | 1932 | Thomas Dowdall (FF) | Richard Anthony (Ind) | William Desmond (CnaG) | |||||||
8th | 1933 | ||||||||||
9th | 1937 | W. T. Cosgrave (FG) | 4 seats 1937–1948 | ||||||||
10th | 1938 | James Hickey (Lab) | |||||||||
11th | 1943 | Frank Daly (FF) | Richard Anthony (Ind) | Séamus Fitzgerald (FF) | |||||||
12th | 1944 | William Dwyer (Ind) | Walter Furlong (FF) | ||||||||
1946 by-election | Patrick McGrath (FF) | ||||||||||
13th | 1948 | Michael Sheehan (Ind) | James Hickey (NLP) | Jack Lynch (FF) | Thomas F. O'Higgins (FG) | ||||||
14th | 1951 | Seán McCarthy (FF) | James Hickey (Lab) | ||||||||
1954 by-election | Stephen Barrett (FG) | ||||||||||
15th | 1954 | Anthony Barry (FG) | Seán Casey (Lab) | ||||||||
1956 by-election | John Galvin (FF) | ||||||||||
16th | 1957 | Gus Healy (FF) | |||||||||
17th | 1961 | Anthony Barry (FG) | |||||||||
1964 by-election | Sheila Galvin (FF) | ||||||||||
18th | 1965 | Gus Healy (FF) | Pearse Wyse (FF) | ||||||||
1967 by-election | Seán French (FF) | ||||||||||
19th | 1969 | Constituency abolished. See Cork City North-West and Cork City South-East |