Paul Connaughton Jnr
Irish former Fine Gael politician (b. 1982)
Paul Connaughton | |
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| Teachta Dála | |
| In office February 2011 – February 2016 | |
| Constituency | Galway East |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1982-01-06) 6 January 1982 (age 42) Mountbellew, County Galway, Ireland |
| Political party | Fine Gael |
| Spouse | Edel Burke (m. 2013) |
| Children | 1 |
| Parent |
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| Alma mater | NUI Galway |
Paul Connaughton Jnr (born 6 January 1982) is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway East constituency from 2011 to 2016.[1][2]
Connaughton was a member of the Public Accounts Committee. He is from Mountbellew, County Galway, he was a member of Galway County Council for the Ballinasloe local electoral area from 2009 to 2011. His father Paul Connaughton Snr was a TD for Galway East from 1981 to 2011. He attended NUI Galway.[3]
Connaughton lost his seat at the 2016 general election.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "Paul Connaughton". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
- ^ a b "Paul Connaughton". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
- ^ "Former NUI Galway Students, including Taoiseach, take senior roles in Cabinet". Spring 2011. Archived from the original on 9 May 2012.
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Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for the Galway East constituency
This table is transcluded from Galway East (Dáil constituency). (edit | history)
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9th | 1937 | Frank Fahy (FF) | Mark Killilea Snr (FF) | Patrick Beegan (FF) | Seán Broderick (FG) | ||||
| 10th | 1938 | ||||||||
| 11th | 1943 | Michael Donnellan (CnaT) | |||||||
| 12th | 1944 | ||||||||
| 13th | 1948 | Constituency abolished. See Galway North and Galway South | |||||||
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17th | 1961 | Michael F. Kitt (FF) | Anthony Millar (FF) | Michael Carty (FF) | Michael Donnellan (CnaT) | Brigid Hogan-O'Higgins (FG) | |||||
| 1964 by-election | John Donnellan (FG) | ||||||||||
| 18th | 1965 | ||||||||||
| 19th | 1969 | Constituency abolished. See Galway North-East and Clare–South Galway | |||||||||
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21st | 1977 | Johnny Callanan (FF) | Thomas Hussey (FF) | Mark Killilea Jnr (FF) | John Donnellan (FG) | ||||||
| 22nd | 1981 | Michael P. Kitt (FF) | Paul Connaughton Snr (FG) | 3 seats 1981–1997 | |||||||
| 23rd | 1982 (Feb) | ||||||||||
| 1982 by-election | Noel Treacy (FF) | ||||||||||
| 24th | 1982 (Nov) | ||||||||||
| 25th | 1987 | ||||||||||
| 26th | 1989 | ||||||||||
| 27th | 1992 | ||||||||||
| 28th | 1997 | Ulick Burke (FG) | |||||||||
| 29th | 2002 | Joe Callanan (FF) | Paddy McHugh (Ind) | ||||||||
| 30th | 2007 | Michael P. Kitt (FF) | Ulick Burke (FG) | ||||||||
| 31st | 2011 | Colm Keaveney (Lab) | Ciarán Cannon (FG) | Paul Connaughton Jnr (FG) | |||||||
| 32nd | 2016 | Seán Canney (Ind) | Anne Rabbitte (FF) | 3 seats since 2016 | |||||||
| 33rd | 2020 | ||||||||||
