Robert Dowds
Robert Dowds | |
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Teachta Dála | |
In office February 2011 – February 2016 | |
Constituency | Dublin Mid-West |
Personal details | |
Born | (1953-05-11) 11 May 1953 (age 71) Dublin, Ireland |
Political party | Labour Party |
Spouse | Katherine Dowds (m. 1986) |
Children | 2 |
Education | The King's Hospital |
Alma mater |
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Robert Dowds (born 11 May 1953) is an Irish former Labour Party politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Mid-West constituency from 2011 to 2016.[1][2]
He was a member of South Dublin County Council for the Clondalkin electoral area from 1999 to 2011. He was re-elected at the 2004 local elections, serving as Mayor of South Dublin County Council from 2004 to 2005, and re-elected again at the 2009 local elections.[2]
He did not contest the 2016 general election.[3]
He attempted to get re-elected to South Dublin County Council in 2019, but was unsuccessful by a margin of 39 votes.[2]
A member of the Church of Ireland,[4] he went on scholarship to The King's Hospital private school in Dublin,[5] and was also educated at Trinity College Dublin and St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra.
References
- ^ "Robert Dowds". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
- ^ a b c "Robert Dowds". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
- ^ "Robert Dowds decides not to contest general election". Irish Times. 21 September 2015.
- ^ "Church of Ireland members elected to 31st Dáil". Church of Ireland Gazette. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 13 March 2011.
- ^ Fee-paying schools have the edge in battle for seats at the Cabinet table Irish Independent, 27 December 2012.
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Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | ||||
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29th | 2002 | Paul Gogarty (GP) | 3 seats 2002–2007 | Mary Harney (PDs) | John Curran (FF) | ||||
30th | 2007 | Joanna Tuffy (Lab) | |||||||
31st | 2011 | Robert Dowds (Lab) | Frances Fitzgerald (FG) | Derek Keating (FG) | |||||
32nd | 2016 | Gino Kenny (AAA–PBP) | Eoin Ó Broin (SF) | John Curran (FF) | |||||
2019 by-election | Mark Ward (SF) | ||||||||
33rd | 2020 | Gino Kenny (S–PBP) | Emer Higgins (FG) |