Derek Nolan

Derek Nolan
Teachta Dála
In office
February 2011 – February 2016
Constituency Galway West
Personal details
Born October 1982 (1982-10) (age 34)
Galway, Ireland
Nationality Irish
Political party Labour Party
Alma mater NUI Galway

Derek Nolan (born October 1982) was an Irish Labour Party politician.[1][2] He was elected as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway West constituency at the 2011 general election, He failed to hold his seat in the 2016 general election.[3]

Nolan attended Saint Michael's Boys' School, Mervue, and St. Mary's College, Galway. He won a seat on Galway City Council in June 2009, aged 26. He was a trainee solicitor when he contested the 2011 general election.[4] He was nominated to succeed Labour Party president Michael D. Higgins in the election to Dáil Éireann, in Galway West as a first time candidate.[5] He was a member of the Dáil Public Accounts Committee.

He lost his seat at the 2016 general election[3] and has decided that he now has to " get a job".[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Derek Nolan – Biography". Labour Party website. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
  2. ↑ "Mr. Derek Nolan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
  3. 1 2 "Derek Nolan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
  4. ↑ McDonald, Brian (8 February 2011). "Labour hopeful has big shoes to fill". Irish Independent.
  5. ↑ Siggins, Lorna (27 February 2011). "Labour leads in Galway West". The Irish Times.
  6. ↑ "Outgoing Galway West TD Derek Nolan: 'Now I have to look for a job'".
Oireachtas
Preceded by
Michael D. Higgins
(Labour Party)		 Labour Party Teachta Dála for Galway West
2011–2016 		Incumbent
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