Fine Gael leadership election, 2002

Fine Gael leadership election

5 June 2002 (2002-06-05)



Candidate	Enda Kenny	Richard Bruton
Party	Fine Gael	Fine Gael


Candidate	Gay Mitchell	Phil Hogan
Party	Fine Gael	Fine Gael

Leader before election

Michael Noonan

Elected Leader

Enda Kenny

The 2002 Fine Gael leadership election began in May 2002, when Michael Noonan resigned as party leader due to the party's poor performance in the 2002 general election. Noonan had only been party leader for little over fifteen months. His successor was elected by the members of the Fine Gael parliamentary party on 5 June 2002. After one ballot the election was won by Enda Kenny. Kenny defeated Richard Bruton, Gay Mitchell and Phil Hogan.^[1]

Candidates

Standing

Declined to stand

Denis Naughten

References

↑ The line of leaders since FitzGerald.The Irish Times. 14 June 2010.

Fine Gael

History

History of Fine Gael Blueshirts Cumann na nGaedheal Moriarty Tribunal National Centre Party Progressive Democrats Pro-Treaty Sinn Féin Reform Alliance Renua Ireland Tallaght Strategy

Leadership

Leaders	Eoin O'Duffy (1933–34) W. T. Cosgrave (1934–44) Richard Mulcahy (1944–59) James Dillon (1959–65) Liam Cosgrave (1965–77) Garret FitzGerald (1977–87) Alan Dukes (1987–90) John Bruton (1990–2001) Michael Noonan (2001–02) Enda Kenny (2002–present)

Deputy leaders	Peter Barry (1977–87) John Bruton (1987–90) Peter Barry (1991–93) Nora Owen (1993–2001) Jim Mitchell (2001–02) Richard Bruton (2002–10) James Reilly (2010–2016) Frances Fitzgerald (2016–present)

Seanad leaders	Michael J. O'Higgins (1973–77) Patrick Cooney (1977–81) Gemma Hussey (1981–82) James Dooge (1982–87) Maurice Manning, (1987–2002) Brian Hayes (2002–07) Michael Finucane (2007) (acting) Frances Fitzgerald (2007–11) Maurice Cummins (2011–present)

Chairpersons	Kieran Crotty (1977–87) Donal Creed (1987–89) Tom Enright (1989–93) Michael Lowry (1993–94) Jim Higgins (1994–95) Phil Hogan (1995–2001) Pádraic McCormack (2001–02; 2010–11) Tom Hayes (2002–10) Charles Flanagan (2011–14) Dan Neville (2014–present)

Leadership elections

1987 (Dukes) 1990 (Bruton) 2001 (Noonan) 2002 (Kenny)

Party structures

Leader of Fine Gael Ardfheis Fine Gael Front Bench Young Fine Gael

Presidential candidates

Presidential candidates	Seán Mac Eoin (1945, 1959) Tom O'Higgins (1966, 1973) Austin Currie (1990) Mary Banotti (1997) Gay Mitchell (2011)

Unopposed presidential candidates with Fine Gael support	Douglas Hyde (1938) Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh (1974)

Elected representatives

Dáil Éireann	Maria Bailey Seán Barrett Pat Breen Colm Brophy Richard Bruton Peter Burke Catherine Byrne Ciarán Cannon Joe Carey Marcella Corcoran Kennedy Simon Coveney Michael Creed Jim Daly Michael W. D'Arcy John Deasy Pat Deering Regina Doherty Paschal Donohoe Andrew Doyle Bernard Durkan Damien English Alan Farrell Frances Fitzgerald Peter Fitzpatrick Charles Flanagan Brendan Griffin Simon Harris Martin Heydon Heather Humphreys Paul Kehoe Enda Kenny Seán Kyne Josepha Madigan Helen McEntee Joe McHugh Tony McLoughlin Mary Mitchell O'Connor Dara Murphy Eoghan Murphy Hildegarde Naughton Tom Neville Michael Noonan Kate O'Connell Patrick O'Donovan Fergus O'Dowd John Paul Phelan Michael Ring Noel Rock David Stanton Leo Varadkar

Seanad Éireann	Colm Burke Paddy Burke Jerry Buttimer Maria Byrne Paul Coghlan Martin Conway Maura Hopkins Tim Lombard Gabrielle McFadden Catherine Noone Kieran O'Donnell Joe O'Reilly Neale Richmond

European Parliament	Deirdre Clune Brian Hayes Seán Kelly Mairead McGuinness

Alliances

European	European People's Party

International	Centrist Democrat International

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