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Ciarán Cannon
Senator
Incumbent
Assumed office  August 3, 2007
Constituency	Nominated by the Taoiseach
Leader of the Progressive Democrats
Incumbent
Assumed office  17 April 2008
Preceded by	Mary Harney
County Councillor for Loughrea
In office June 2004 – August 2007
Succeeded by	Michael Maher
Nationality	Irish
Political party	Progressive Democrats

Ciarán Cannon is an Irish politician and leader of the Progressive Democrats. He is a member of the 23rd Seanad Éireann for the Progressive Democrats among the Taoiseach's nominees. He was elected to Galway County Council in 2004 to represent the Loughrea electoral area with 1,307 first preferences. He was an unsuccessful candidate in the 2007 general election for the Galway East constituency. He received 3,321 first preferences in the 2007 poll.

Cannon was elected Leader of the Progressive Democrats on 17 April 2008.^[1]

Cannon is the first Leader of the Progressive Democrats to come from Seanad Éireann. At his first press conference as Party Leader Cannon stated that he believed "there was passion, commitment, talent and knowledge within the PDs' ranks to stage a big comeback".^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Life Before Politics and Charity Work

Chairman of The Irish Pilgrimage Trust, Clarenbridge, 2002-Present,

Secretary of The Irish Pilgrimage Trust, Clarenbridge, 2000-2002,

Honoured as one of the Galway People of the Year in March, 2002,

Worked with both Dublin and Galway County Councils, gaining valuable experience of the operation of local government in Ireland.

[edit] External Links

• Ciarán Cannon's page on the Progressive Democrats website
• Ciarán Cannon's electoral history (ElectionsIreland.org)

[edit] References

Party political offices
Preceded by Mary Harney	Leader of the Progressive Democrats 2008–present	Incumbent

v • d • e Leaders of the Progressive Democrats Desmond O'Malley (1985–1993) · Mary Harney (1993–2006) · Michael McDowell (2006–2007) · Mary Harney (2007–2008) · Ciarán Cannon (2008–)

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