Tom_Fleming_(Irish_politician)

Tom Fleming (Irish politician)

Tom Fleming (Irish politician)

Irish former politician (b. 1951)

Tom Fleming (born February 1951) is an Irish former independent politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kerry South constituency from 2011 to 2016.[1]

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Fleming is a former Fianna Fáil member of Kerry County Council, and was co-opted to the council before the 1985 local elections, as a Fianna Fáil Councillor for the Killarney local electoral area, following the death of his father.[2] He retained his seat at the 1999, 2004 and 2009 local elections.[2] He was an unsuccessful Fianna Fáil candidate for Kerry South at the 2002 and 2007 general elections.[2]

He and fellow councillor Michael Cahill left Fianna Fáil on 12 January 2011.[2][3] He contested the Kerry South constituency at the 2011 general election as an independent candidate, winning a seat.[2] He was part of the Dáil Technical group which gives independents and minor parties more speaking time in Dáil debates.[4]

Fleming was the fourth generation of his family to serve on Kerry County Council.[5]

He was a member of the Independent Alliance.[6] On 5 February 2016, he announced that he would not be contesting the 2016 general election.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    "Tom Fleming". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
  2. [2]
    "Tom Fleming". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
  3. [3]
    "'I have touched positively every home of every parish'". Irish Examiner. 9 February 2011. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013.
  4. [4]
    "TDs agree to form technical group". The Irish Times. 9 March 2011.
  5. [5]
    O'Shea, Owen (2011). Heirs to the kingdom : Kerry's political dynasties. Dublin: The O'Brien Press. ISBN 9781847172280.
  6. [6]
    "Feargal Quinn to announce he is to join Independent Alliance". The Irish Times. 29 June 2015.
  7. [7]
    "Tom Fleming pulls out of General Election race". Radio Kerry. 5 February 2016. Archived from the original on 6 February 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
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