Charlie McConalogue
| Charlie McConalogue TD | |
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| Shadow Minister for Education | |
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Assumed office 9 March 2011 | |
| Leader | Micheál Martin |
| Preceded by | Fergus O'Dowd |
| Teachta Dála | |
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Assumed office February 2016 | |
| Constituency | Donegal |
| Teachta Dála | |
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In office February 2011 – February 2016 | |
| Constituency | Donegal North–East |
| Donegal County Councillor | |
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In office June 2009 – February 2011 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
October 1977 (age 38) Carndonagh, Donegal, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Fianna Fáil |
| Alma mater | University College Dublin |
Charlie McConalogue (born October 1977) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who is a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Donegal constituency. First elected to the Donegal North–East constituency in the 2011 general election, he retained his seat in the 2016 general election.[1]
Background
McConalogue earned a degree in economics, politics, and history from University College Dublin (UCD), which he completed after a year as Education Officer in the UCD Students' Union. After graduation, he worked as a political organiser at the Fianna Fáil party headquarters in Dublin. Upon the death of his father, he returned home to Carndonagh, County Donegal, to manage the family farm.[2]
Public representative
McConalogue was elected to Donegal County Council at the 2009 local elections to represent the Inishowen electoral area.[3]
After Jim McDaid's retirement and Niall Blaney's decision to step down from politics for personal reasons, Fianna Fáil had no sitting TD in Donegal North–East to contest the 2011 general election. The party chose McConalogue as Fianna Fáil's sole candidate for the constituency.
In the election, he won 17.4% of the first-preference vote and was elected on the 9th count to fill the third and final seat, behind Sinn Féin's Pádraig Mac Lochlainn and Fine Gael's Joe McHugh.[4] He was the Fianna Fáil spokesperson on Children from April 2011 to July 2012. In July 2012, he was appointed as party spokesperson on Education and Skills.
In the 2016 general election, after a redrawing of constituency boundaries, McConalogue ran alongside Pat the Cope Gallagher as the two Fianna Fáil candidates in the new five-seater Donegal constituency. McConalogue topped the poll and was elected on the first count.[5]
References
- ↑ "Mr. Charlie McConalogue". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
- ↑ Fionnan Sheahan (9 February 2011). "Donegal North-East: Wipeout feared as FF reduced to one candidate". Irish Independent. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
- ↑ "Candidates 2011: Charlie McConalogue". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
- ↑ "Charlie McConalogue". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
- ↑ "Donegal count: Independent Thomas Pringle takes final seat". The Irish Times. 28 February 2016. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
| Oireachtas | ||
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| Preceded by Jim McDaid (Fianna Fáil) |
Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála for Donegal North–East 2011–present |
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