It was a continuation of the Business Party of the 1930s, supported by the chamber of commerce, and also attracted three outgoing Fine Gael councillors among nine candidates in the 1945 elections to the 21-member Cork Corporation (now Cork City Council).
Two of those three were successful, as were three others, including Liam de Róiste.
[1] As Dáil Éireann parties became more prominent in local politics from the 1950s, the Civic Party went into a slow decline, although Valentine Jago, a Methodist businessman, served as Lord Mayor of Cork for the 1957–1958 civic year.
[3] 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.