Alex White (politician)
| Alex White TD | |
|---|---|
| Teachta Dála | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office February 2011 |
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| Constituency | Dublin South |
| Senator | |
| In office July 2007 – February 2011 |
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| Constituency | Cultural and Educational Panel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 December 1958 Dublin, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Labour Party |
| Other political affiliations |
League for a Workers Republic |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Corcoran |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Dublin |
| Website | www.alexwhite.ie |
Alex White (born 3 December 1958) is an Irish Labour Party politician and barrister.[1] He was elected at the general election February 2011 as a Teachta Dála (TD) for Dublin South, having previously been member of Seanad Éireann, elected by the Cultural and Educational Panel in 2007.[2]
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[edit] Early life
White grew up in Marino, Dublin. He was educated at Chanel College Coolock, Trinity College, Dublin, and the King's Inns. He was called to the Bar in 1987.[1]
White was a student activist in Trinity College, Dublin, where he was president of the Students Union and also for a time a supporter of various Trotskyist groupings, including the League for a Workers Republic. White was later a national officer of the Union of Students in Ireland and of the SIPTU union while in RTÉ. Within RTÉ, he along with Mary McAleese, were attacked and criticised by a group led by Eoghan Harris and associated with the Workers' Party over what they perceived as their bias towards Republican groups in the North.[3] White, was a strong opponent of Section 31 of the Broadcasting Act, which prevented Sinn Féin members from being heard.
[edit] Political career
He was first elected to South Dublin County Council in 2004, for the Terenure/Rathfarnham electoral area. He was an unsuccessful candidate at the 2007 general election in the Dublin South constituency.[4]
White was nominated as a general election candidate in 2007 by the Labour Party leadership. He had voted for coalition with Fine Gael in a Labour Party congress (the line of Pat Rabbitte then leader of the party). His election to the Senate was due to a voting pact with Sinn Féin.[5]
He was the Labour Party candidate for the 2009 by-election in Dublin South.[6] He came second behind the former RTÉ economics editor George Lee.[4] White is the party's Seanad Group Leader and spokesperson on Children.[7]
White represented Labour in the Oireachtas delegation that met the Bundestag's Budgetary and European Affairs committees in Berlin in late January 2012.[8]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Alex White: Biography". alexwhite.ie. http://www.alexwhite.ie/meet.php?y=1&x=8. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
- ^ "Mr. Alex White". Oireachtas Members Database. http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=1&HouseNum=23&MemberID=2219&ConstID=204. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
- ^ Hanley, Brian; Millar, Scott (2009-03-26). The lost revolution: the story of the official IRA and the workers' party. Penguin Ireland. ISBN 9781844881208. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/ireland/article6814880.ece. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
- ^ a b "Alex White". ElectionsIreland.org. http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=877. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
- ^ "Labour and SF discuss voting pact to elect senators". The Irish Times. 7 Jul 2007. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2007/0709/1183751671183.html. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
- ^ "In short". The Irish Times. 22 October 2008. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/1022/1224625076763.html. Retrieved 23 October 2008.
- ^ "Party spokespersons". labour.ie. http://www.labour.ie/peopleandplaces/spokespersons.html. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
- ^ "Oireachtas delegation in Bundestag meeting". RTÉ News. 26 January 2012. http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0126/finance.html. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
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| Preceded by Eamon Ryan (Green Party) |
Labour Party Teachta Dála for Dublin South 2011–present |
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