Keith Swanick
Keith Swanick | |
|---|---|
| Senator | |
| Assumed office April 2016 | |
| Constituency | Cultural and Educational Panel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Castlerea, Roscommon, Ireland |
| Political party | Fianna Fáil |
Keith Swanick is a Fianna Fáil Senator.[1] He was elected for the Cultural and Educational Panel at the 2016 Irish Seanad Election.
Originally from Castlerea in County Roscommon, Swanick and his wife run a GP Practice in Belmullet on the Erris Peninsula. He is also the Secretary of the National Association of Irish General Practitioners.[2]
He was chosen as a candidate for Fianna Fáil in a Seanad by-election after the retirement of Jimmy Harte which was won by Labour's Mairia Cahill.[3] He initially considered contesting the 2016 general election in the Roscommon-Galway constituency but declined.[4]
References
- ^ "Quarter of senate seats filled". RTÉ News. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
- ^ http://nagp.ie/news-media/dr-keith-swanick-nagp-secretary-presentation-to-the-senate-23rd-of-january
- ^ https://www.fiannafail.ie/fianna-fail-selects-community-gp-for-seanad-bye-election/
- ^ http://www.shannonside.ie/news/castlerea-native-dr-keith-swanick-to-contest-seanad-by-election-for-fianna-fail/
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