Maurice Cummins | |
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Leader of the Seanad | |
In office 3 May 2011 –27 April 2016 | |
Taoiseach | Enda Kenny |
Deputy | Ivana Bacik |
Preceded by | Donie Cassidy |
Succeeded by | Jerry Buttimer |
Leader of Fine Gael in the Seanad | |
In office 3 May 2011 –27 April 2016 | |
Leader | Enda Kenny |
Preceded by | Frances Fitzgerald |
Succeeded by | Jerry Buttimer |
Senator | |
In office 12 September 2002 –27 April 2016 | |
Constituency | Labour Panel |
Personal details | |
Born | Waterford,Ireland | 25 February 1953
Political party | Fine Gael |
Alma mater | University College Cork |
Maurice Cummins (born 25 February 1953) is a former Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Leader of the Seanad and Leader of Fine Gael in the Seanad from 2011 to 2016. He was a Senator for Labour Panel from 2002 to 2016. [1]
He was first elected as a Senator in 2002,for the Labour Panel,and was re-elected in 2007 and 2011. [2] He was a member of Waterford City Council formerly Waterford Corporation from 1979 to 2002,and was Mayor of Waterford in 1995–96. He was an unsuccessful Dáil candidate for the Waterford constituency at the 1992,1997 and 2002 general elections.[ citation needed ]
He was the Leader of the Seanad from May 2011 until April 2016 when he lost his seat.[ citation needed ]
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