Thomas Gould (politician)
Thomas Gould | |
|---|---|
 Gould in 2019 | |
| Teachta Dála | |
| Assumed office February 2020 | |
| Constituency | Cork North-Central |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 1968 (age 55)[1] Cork, Ireland |
| Political party | Sinn Féin |
| Children | 2 |
Thomas Gould (born July 1968) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork North-Central constituency since the 2020 general election.[2]
Political career
He was a member of Cork City Council, originally for the Cork City North Central Ward in 2009 and for the Cork City North West local electoral area from 2019. Gould was a candidate in the 2016 General Election in Cork North-Central, but was not elected. He was a candidate in the 2019 Cork North-Central by-election, but was not elected. Gould was elected at the 2020 General Election in Cork North Central.[3][4][5] He received almost 27% of the first preference votes cast in the constituency.[6] He was selected after Jonathan O'Brien had announced that he would not seek re-election.[7] Mick Nugent was co-opted to Gould's seat on Cork City Council following his election to Dáil Eireann.[8]
In 2018, Gould claimed that the spending by Cork City Council for Prince Charles and Camilla was "overkill".[9]
Early and personal life
Gould is from the Cork suburb of Knocknaheeny, and lives in Gurranabraher with his wife and two daughters. He was a logistics manager.[10] He is involved with St. Vincent's GAA.[11] In addition to this, he was serving on the Board of Directors of the Firkin Crane as of 2020.[12]
References
- ^ Tim Ryan (2020). Nealon's Guide to the 33rd Dáil and 26th Seanad and the 2019 Local and European Elections. Grand Canal Publishing.
- ^ "Thomas Gould". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
- ^ Electoral History - Thomas Gould, Elections Ireland, www.electionsireland.org
- ^ Sat; Nov, 30; 2019 - 18:10 (2019-11-30). "Byelections 2019: Fianna Fáil's Padraig O'Sullivan elected to Dáil in Cork North-Central". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
{{cite web}}:|first2=has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Sun; Feb, 09; 2020 - 17:48 (2020-02-09). "Pat Buckley and Thomas Gould elected in Cork as Sinn Féin surge continues". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
{{cite web}}:|first2=has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Sun; Feb, 09; 2020 - 21:23 (2020-02-09). "Momentous day for Sinn Féin in Cork North-Central". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
{{cite web}}:|first2=has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Gould confirmed as Sinn Féin candidate in Cork North Central". Echo Live. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
- ^ "Mick Nugent likely to replace SF's Thomas Gould". Echo Live. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
- ^ Kelleher, Olivia. "€5,936 to polish door handles? Cork council defends royal visit spending". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
- ^ O'Halloran, Marie. "Election 2020: Thomas Gould (Sinn Féin)". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
- ^ "Thomas Gould: It's not too often a Vincent's man comes to Nemo and comes away with a resounding victory". Echo Live. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
- ^ "Board Of Directors". Firkin Crane. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
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