2019_Wexford_by-election

2019 Wexford by-election

2019 Wexford by-election

By-election to the 32nd Dáil

A by-election was held in the Dáil Éireann Wexford constituency in Ireland on Friday, 29 November 2019, to fill the vacancy left by the election of Independents 4 Change TD Mick Wallace to the European Parliament.

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It was held on the same day as three other by-elections in Cork North-Central, Dublin Fingal and Dublin Mid-West.[1] The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2011 stipulates that a by-election in Ireland must be held within six months of a vacancy occurring.[2] The by-election writ was moved in the Dáil on 7 November 2019.[3][4]

At the 2016 general election, the electorate of Wexford was 109,861, and the constituency elected one Labour Party TD, one Fianna Fáil TD, one I4C TD and two Fine Gael TDs.[5]

The election was won by Wexford County Councillor Malcolm Byrne of Fianna Fáil.[6] Andrew Bolger was co-opted to Byrne's seat on Wexford County Council following his election to the Dáil.

Three of the candidates were sitting Wexford County Councillors; Malcolm Byrne, Jim Codd and George Lawlor. Johnny Mythen was a former Wexford County Councillor while Melissa O'Neill was a former Kilkenny County Councillor.

This was the first occasion the Irish Freedom Party contested any national election as a registered political party and, alongside Cork North-Central, the first time Aontú contested by-elections.

Byrne subsequently lost his seat at the February 2020 general election. His defeat after only 71 days made him the TD with the second-shortest term of service.[7] Byrne was subsequently elected to the Seanad in April 2020, with Mythen and Murphy being elected to the Dáil in the 2020 general election.[8]

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      "Electoral (Amendment) Act 2011". Irish Statute Book. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
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      "Dáil Éireann debate - Thursday, 7 November 2019: Wexford By-election: Issue of Writ". Houses of the Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 9 November 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
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      "Wexford – General Election: 26 February 2016". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 15 April 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
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      "Wexford – By Election: 29 November 2019". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
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      "Labour hits rock bottom and the second-shortest serving TD ever: 6 election records made this year". thejournal.ie. Archived from the original on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
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      "33rd DÁIL GENERAL ELECTION 8 February 2020 Election Results" (PDF). Houses of the Oireachtas. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 May 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
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