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Imelda Munster
Teachta Dála
Assumed office
February 2016
ConstituencyLouth
Personal details
Born (1968-02-24) 24 February 1968 (age 56)
Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland
Political partySinn Féin
SpouseNiall Munster (m. 1990)
Children2
Alma materDublin Institute of Technology

Imelda Munster (born 24 February 1968) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Louth constituency since the 2016 general election.[1]

She was elected to Louth County Council representing the Drogheda East local electoral area in 2004 and was re-elected in 2009 to both Drogheda Borough Council and Louth County Council.[2]

She successfully contested the Louth constituency at 2016 general election, receiving 8,829 first preference votes (13.1%)[3][4] and was re-elected in the 2020 general election receiving 17,203 first preference votes (24.34%).[5]

Personal life

Munster lives with her husband Niall and two daughters in Melifont Park, Drogheda.

References

  1. ^ "Imelda Munster". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Imelda Munster". Elections Ireland. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Election 2016: Imelda Munster". RTÉ News. 28 February 2016.
  4. ^ "32nd Dáil - Louth First Preference Votes". Elections Ireland. Retrieved 23 January 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "33rd Dáil - Louth First Preference Votes". Elections Ireland. Retrieved 9 July 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)