| Jimmy Harte | |
|---|---|
| Senator | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office April 2011 |
|
| Constituency | Industrial and Commercial Panel |
| Donegal County Councillor | |
| In office June 1999 – April 2011 |
|
| Constituency | Letterkenny |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1958 (age 54) |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Labour Party |
| Other political affiliations |
Fine Gael (1999–2006) |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Galligan |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | University College Dublin |
Jimmy Harte (born 1958) is an Irish Labour Party politician.[1]
The son of former Fine Gael TD Paddy Harte, he was elected as a Fine Gael candidate to Letterkenny town council in 1994 and subsequently to Donegal County Council in 1999. In 2006 he resigned from Fine Gael after failing to secure a nomination from the party to contest the Donegal North–East constituency for the 2007 general election. He subsequently stood as an independent candidate at that election but was not elected.[2] He joined the Labour Party in 2010 and was that party's candidate for the 2011 general election for Donegal North East, where he was unsuccessful in winning a seat.[2]
He has a B.A. in Psychology from University College Dublin.
He was elected to Seanad Éireann on the Industrial and Commercial Panel in April 2011.