John Kelly (Roscommon politician)

John Kelly
Senator
Incumbent
Assumed office
April 2011
Constituency Administrative Panel
Personal details
Born 1961 (1961) (age 51)
Ballintober, County Roscommon
Nationality Irish
Political party Labour Party (since 2010)
Other political
affiliations		 Independent

John Kelly (born 1961) is an Irish Labour Party politician.[1] He was elected to the 24th Seanad in April 2011 on the Administrative Panel.[2]

He was previously a member of Roscommon County Council, having been elected in 2004 as an independent candidate for the Ballaghaderreen local electoral area. He stood as an independent for the Roscommon–South Leitrim constituency at the 2007 general election but was not elected.[3] He was re-elected as an independent to Roscommon County Council in 2009, this time for the Castlerea electoral area.

He joined the Labour Party in February 2010 and was the party candidate for Roscommon–South Leitrim at the 2011 general election but was not elected.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Mr. John Kelly". Oireachtas Members Database. http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=1&HouseNum=24&MemberID=2348&ConstID=208. Retrieved 21 October 2011. 
  2. ^ "Fine Gael win 18 seats in Seanad". RTÉ News. 29 April 2011. http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0429/seanad.html. Retrieved 30 April 2011. 
  3. ^ a b "John Kelly". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=7775. Retrieved 30 April 2011. 

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