Letterkenny Residents Party

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Letterkenny Residents Party
Founded2008
Dissolved2014 (last year of registration)
Headquarters Letterkenny, County Donegal

Letterkenny Residents Party was a minor Irish political party that was founded to contest local elections in Letterkenny, County Donegal. [1] It fielded one candidate in two local elections.

In October 2008, the registrar of political parties indicated an intention to "approve the application for registration" for the party "to contest a Local Election only". [2] Following his resignation from the Green Party in late 2008, one local councillor reportedly called for voters to back the party in upcoming 2009 local elections. [3] The party's only candidate in that election, Tom Crossan, received 417 first preference votes and was elected to Letterkenny Town Council. [4] In late June 2009, Crossan and a number of independent councillors reportedly entered a "power-sharing pact" with the council's Sinn Féin and Fine Gael representatives. [5]

Letterkenny Town Council was abolished in 2014. At the 2014 Donegal County Council election, Crossan received 428 votes in the local electoral area of Letterkenny and was not elected. [6] In December 2014, the acting registrar of political parties proposed to cancel the party's registration. [7] The party was not included in the February 2015 register. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Pirate music lovers voice political aims". thetimes.co.uk. 16 August 2009. Archived from the original on 7 December 2022. Some of the more obscure parties on the register for local elections include the Letterkenny Residents Party and the Workers and Unemployed Action Group (South Tipperary).
  2. ↑ "Register of Political Parties" (PDF). Iris Oifigiúil . 2008 (83): 1234. 14 October 2008. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "In Short - A round-up of other regional news in brief". The Irish Times. 19 December 2008. Archived from the original on 11 November 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023. The only Green Party councillor in Donegal has resigned from the party [...] Letterkenny town councillor Neil Clarke [...] is calling on voters to support the new Letterkenny Residents Party at next year's local elections
  4. ↑ Local Elections 2009 - Results, Transfer of Votes and Statistics - Volume 2 - Borough and Town Councils (PDF) (Report). Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. p. 88. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2011.
  5. ↑ "Fine Gael in regional 'power-sharing' deals with Sinn Féin". tribune.ie. 21 June 2009. Archived from the original on 9 May 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023. Fine Gael's Jimmy Kavanagh and Sinn Féin's Gerry McMonagle have come to an agreement with independent councilors [...] and Tom Crossan from the Letterkenny Residents Party to have a voting majority on the nine-seat [Letterkenny town] council
  6. ↑ "Tom Crossan". electionsireland.org. Archived from the original on 9 May 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  7. ↑ "Register of Political Parties" (PDF). Iris Oifigiúil. 2014 (103): 3016. 26 December 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 April 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  8. ↑ "Register of Political Parties" (PDF). Oireachtas. 9 February 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
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