When the five-seat Cork South-Central constituency was created in 1980, Fine Gael's support was sufficient for two seats. Peter Barry was the party's senior TD;[6] Corr had a rivalry with Hugh Coveney for the second Fine Gael seat.[6][7] Coveney narrowly beat Corr at the 1981 general election,[6][8] but Corr won by a larger margin in February 1982.[1][6][8] Becoming disillusioned with Dáil politics,[9][10] Corr stood aside in November 1982,[1][6][10] with Coveney regaining the seat.[6] Corr was to stand as a third Fine Gael candidate at the 1987 general election, but stood aside to avoid splitting the Fine Gael vote,[10] though Coveney lost his seat in any event. Corr was unsuccessful at the 1989 and 1992 general elections.[8][5]
Corr taught geography, and wrote a school textbook in 1972.[13] He spent six years working in Africa.[4] He was a trade union activist,[6] and considered on the left wing of Fine Gael in the early 1980s.[14] He was appointed to the Board of Bord Gáis in 1997.[3] He has been chairman of the advisory board of European Cities Against Drugs since 2002.[15]
References
^ abc"James Corr". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2009.
