The Civic Party was a pro-business

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in Cork city in

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from 1945 to 1966. It was a continuation of the Business Party of the 1930s, supported by the

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, and also attracted three outgoing

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councillors among nine candidates in the 1945 elections to the 21-member

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(now Cork City Council). Two of those three were successful, as were three others, including Liam de Róiste. The party had links to the Knights of Columbanus. As

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parties became more prominent in local politics from the 1950s, the Civic Party went into a slow decline, although

Valentine Jago Richard Valentine Jago (1913 – 2 November 1983) was a politician and businessman in Cork city in Ireland. He was Secretary of the Cork Methodist Association in 1940, Lord Mayor of Cork from 1957 to 1958 when a member of the Cork Civic Party, an ...

, a

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businessman, served as Lord Mayor of Cork for the 1957–1958 civic year. The party secured three councillors from 11 candidates at the 1950 elections, two from seven in 1955, and one from eight in 1960. In 1963, the electoral law was changed to empower the Minister for Local Government to divide Cork city into multiple local electoral areas. This was done in 1965, with areas of five and six seats instead of one 21-seat area. This disadvantaged smaller parties, and in 1966 the Civic Party dissolved itself. Jago later joined

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{{Historic Irish parties, state=collapsed Defunct political parties in the Republic of Ireland Politics of Cork (city) History of Cork (city) 1945 establishments in Ireland 1966 disestablishments in Ireland Political parties established in 1945 Political parties disestablished in 1966 *