Andrew Montague | |
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Dublin City Councillor | |
In office 24 June 2004 –26 June 2019 | |
Constituency | Ballymun |
Lord Mayor of Dublin | |
In office 5 June 2011 –6 June 2012 | |
Preceded by | Gerry Breen |
Succeeded by | Naoise ÓMuirí |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] Santry,Dublin,Ireland | 29 February 1968
Political party | Labour Party |
Alma mater | University College Dublin |
Website | andrewmontague |
Andrew Montague (born 29 February 1968) is an Irish former Labour Party politician who served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from 2011 to 2012 and a Dublin City Councillor from 2004 to 2019.
Born in Santry,Dublin,he attended Larkhill B.N.S,and St Aidan's C.B.S. before going to University College Dublin where he studied Veterinary Science.
He was first elected to Dublin City Council at the 2004 local elections as a member for the Ballymun-Whitehall local electoral area. He was re-elected in June 2009 for the redrawn local electoral area of Artane-Whitehall. [2]
He proposed the Dublin Bike Scheme in 2004 which was launched in 2009 and credited as one of the most successful public bike schemes in Europe. [3]
He was elected Lord Mayor of Dublin in June 2011 with 29 votes from the Labour Party and Fine Gael,beating the independent Ciarán Perry by 10 votes and Sinn Féin's Larry O'Toole by five votes. [4] [5]
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