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'''Cecilia Keaveney''' (born 27 November 1968) is a former Irish [[Fianna Fáil]] politician.<ref name=oireachtas_db>{{cite web|url=http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=1&HouseNum=23&MemberID=561&ConstID=204|title=Ms. Cecilia Keaveney|work=Oireachtas Members Database|accessdate=28 January 2010}}</ref> She was a [[Teachta Dála]] (TD) and |
'''Cecilia Keaveney''' (born 27 November 1968) is a former Irish [[Fianna Fáil]] politician.<ref name=oireachtas_db>{{cite web|url=http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=1&HouseNum=23&MemberID=561&ConstID=204|title=Ms. Cecilia Keaveney|work=Oireachtas Members Database|accessdate=28 January 2010}}</ref> She was a [[Teachta Dála]] (TD) and a [[Seanad Éireann|Senator]] from 1996 to 2011. |
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==Early life== |
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Keaveney was first elected to [[Dáil Éireann]] for Donegal North-East in a [[Donegal North-East by-election, 1996|by-election]] on 2 April 1996 following the death of Independent Fianna Fáil TD [[Neil Blaney]]. She was re-elected at the [[Irish general election, 1997|1997 general election]] and [[Irish general election, 2002|2002 general election]] but lost her seat at the [[Irish general election, 2007|2007 general election]].<ref name=elecs_irl>{{cite web|url=http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?id=4221|title=Cecilia Keaveney|work=ElectionsIreland.org|accessdate=28 January 2010}}</ref> |
Keaveney was first elected to [[Dáil Éireann]] for Donegal North-East in a [[Donegal North-East by-election, 1996|by-election]] on 2 April 1996 following the death of Independent Fianna Fáil TD [[Neil Blaney]]. She was re-elected at the [[Irish general election, 1997|1997 general election]] and [[Irish general election, 2002|2002 general election]] but lost her seat at the [[Irish general election, 2007|2007 general election]].<ref name=elecs_irl>{{cite web|url=http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?id=4221|title=Cecilia Keaveney|work=ElectionsIreland.org|accessdate=28 January 2010}}</ref> |
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Keaveney was formerly Chair of the Joint [[Oireachtas]] Committee on Arts, Sports, Tourism, Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. |
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Keaveney lost her seat in a tough 2007 election battle where all three outgoing TDs were [[Fianna Fáil]] members. Under the [[Single transferable vote]] proportional representation electoral system used in Ireland, it was virtually impossible for all three to be elected. This unusual situation arose when in July 2006 outgoing Fianna Fáil TD [[Jim McDaid]] reversed his earlier announcement that he would not seek a nomination to contest the election.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2006/0727/fiannafail.html|title=McDaid to seek nomination for next election|work=[[RTÉ News]]|date=27 July 2006}}</ref> In the intervening period [[Independent Fianna Fáil]] and its sole TD [[Niall Blaney]] had been absorbed into Fianna Fáil. As a result, [[Joe McHugh]] of [[Fine Gael]] won a seat at her expense. |
Keaveney lost her seat in a tough 2007 election battle where all three outgoing TDs were [[Fianna Fáil]] members. Under the [[Single transferable vote]] proportional representation electoral system used in Ireland, it was virtually impossible for all three to be elected. This unusual situation arose when in July 2006 outgoing Fianna Fáil TD [[Jim McDaid]] reversed his earlier announcement that he would not seek a nomination to contest the election.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2006/0727/fiannafail.html|title=McDaid to seek nomination for next election|work=[[RTÉ News]]|date=27 July 2006}}</ref> In the intervening period [[Independent Fianna Fáil]] and its sole TD [[Niall Blaney]] had been absorbed into Fianna Fáil. As a result, [[Joe McHugh]] of [[Fine Gael]] won a seat at her expense. |
Revision as of 17:30, 23 February 2018
Cecilia Keaveney | |
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Senator | |
In office July 2007 – April 2011 | |
Constituency | Cultural and Educational Panel |
Teachta Dála | |
In office April 1996 – May 2007 | |
Constituency | Donegal North-East |
Personal details | |
Born | Derry, Northern Ireland | 27 November 1968
Nationality | Irish |
Political party | Fianna Fáil |
Alma mater | University of Ulster |
Cecilia Keaveney (born 27 November 1968) is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician.[1] She was a Teachta Dála (TD) and a Senator from 1996 to 2011.
Early life
Cecilia was born in Derry, Northern Ireland. She was educated at Carndonagh Community School in the Inishowen peninsula, County Donegal, in Ireland and then at the University of Ulster at Jordanstown, Northern Ireland. She is a former music teacher.
Her father Paddy Keaveney was an Independent Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for Donegal North-East from 1976 to 1977. She was co-opted to Donegal County Council in 1995 following his death.
Political career
Keaveney was first elected to Dáil Éireann for Donegal North-East in a by-election on 2 April 1996 following the death of Independent Fianna Fáil TD Neil Blaney. She was re-elected at the 1997 general election and 2002 general election but lost her seat at the 2007 general election.[2]
Keaveney was formerly Chair of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Sports, Tourism, Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs.
Keaveney lost her seat in a tough 2007 election battle where all three outgoing TDs were Fianna Fáil members. Under the Single transferable vote proportional representation electoral system used in Ireland, it was virtually impossible for all three to be elected. This unusual situation arose when in July 2006 outgoing Fianna Fáil TD Jim McDaid reversed his earlier announcement that he would not seek a nomination to contest the election.[3] In the intervening period Independent Fianna Fáil and its sole TD Niall Blaney had been absorbed into Fianna Fáil. As a result, Joe McHugh of Fine Gael won a seat at her expense.
Keaveney stood successfully for election to Seanad Éireann on the Cultural and Educational Panel at the 2007 election.[2]
She did not contest the 2011 Seanad election.
See also
References
- ^ "Ms. Cecilia Keaveney". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
- ^ a b "Cecilia Keaveney". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
- ^ "McDaid to seek nomination for next election". RTÉ News. 27 July 2006.
- 1968 births
- Living people
- Fianna Fáil TDs
- Female Teachtaí Dála
- Female members of Seanad Éireann
- Members of the 27th Dáil
- Members of the 28th Dáil
- Members of the 29th Dáil
- Members of the 23rd Seanad
- Local councillors in County Donegal
- Irish schoolteachers
- Alumni of Ulster University
- People from Derry (city)
- Politicians from County Donegal
- 21st-century women politicians
- 20th-century women politicians
- Fianna Fáil senators