Fianna Fáil leadership election, 1994

19 December 1994 (1994-12-19)



Candidate	Bertie Ahern
Party	Fianna Fáil

Leader before election

Albert Reynolds

Elected Leader

Bertie Ahern

The 1994 Fianna Fáil leadership election began in November 1994, when Albert Reynolds resigned as party leader and Taoiseach. Reynolds had been party leader since February 1992 and had served as Taoiseach since then. His successor was elected by the members of the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party on 19 December 1994. Bertie Ahern was the only candidate to stand and was thus elected leader.

Candidates

Standing

Bertie Ahern, Minister for Finance

Declined to stand

Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, Minister for Justice

Fianna Fáil

History

Leadership

Leaders	Éamon de Valera (1926–59) Seán Lemass (1959–66) Jack Lynch (1966–79) Charles Haughey (1979–92) Albert Reynolds (1992–94) Bertie Ahern (1994–2008) Brian Cowen (2008–11) Micheál Martin (2011–present)

Deputy leaders	Joe Brennan (1973–77) George Colley (1977–82) Ray MacSharry (1982–83) Brian Lenihan, Snr (1983–90) John P. Wilson (1990–92) Bertie Ahern (1992–94) Mary O'Rourke (1994–2002) Brian Cowen (2002–08) Mary Coughlan (2008–11) Mary Hanafin (2011) Brian Lenihan, Jnr (2011) Éamon Ó Cuív (2011–12)

Seanad leaders	Eoin Ryan, Snr (1977–82) Mick Lanigan (1982–90) Seán Fallon (1990–92) G. V. Wright (1992–97) Donie Cassidy (1997–2002; 2007–11) Mary O'Rourke (2002–07) Darragh O'Brien (2011–2016) Catherine Ardagh (2016-present)

Secretary-Generals	Séamus Brennan (1973–79) Frank Wall (1981–91) Pat Farrell (1991–97) Seán Dorgan

Leadership elections

1959 (Lemass) 1966 (Lynch) 1979 (Haughey) 1992 (Reynolds) 1994 (Ahern) 2008 (Cowen) 2011 (Martin)

Party structures

Cumainn Leader of Fianna Fáil Ardfheis Fianna Fáil Front Bench Ógra Fianna Fáil

Presidential candidates

Presidential candidates (winners in bold)	Seán T. O'Kelly (1945) Éamon de Valera (1959, 1966) Erskine H. Childers (1973) Brian Lenihan, Snr (1990) Mary McAleese (1997)

Unopposed presidential candidates with Fianna Fáil support	Douglas Hyde (1938) Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh (1974) Patrick Hillery (1976)

Elected representatives

Dáil Éireann	Aylward Brassil Breathnach Browne Butler Byrne Cahill Calleary Casey Cassells J. Chambers L. Chambers Collins Cowen Curran Dooley Fleming Gallagher Haughey Kelleher Lahart Lawless Martin McConalogue McGrath McGuinness A. Moynihan M. Moynihan Murphy Murphy-O'Mahony O'Brien O'Callaghan Ó Cuív O'Dea O'Keeffe O'Loughlin O'Rourke Rabbitte Scanlon Smith Smyth Troy

Seanad Éireann	Ardagh Clifford-Lee M. Daly P. Daly Davitt Gallagher Horkan Leyden Murane-O'Connor Ó Domhnaill O'Donovan O'Sullivan Swanick Wilson

Alliances

European	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe

International	Liberal International (observer)

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