Anthony Lawlor
Anthony Lawlor | |
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| Senator | |
| In office 27 April 2018 – 27 March 2020 | |
| Constituency | Agricultural Panel |
| Teachta Dála | |
| In office February 2011–February 2016 | |
| Constituency | Kildare North |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 June 1959 Johnstown,County Kildare,Ireland[1] |
| Political party | Fine Gael |
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Anthony Lawlor(born 13 June 1959) is an Irish formerFine Gaelpolitician who served as aSenatorfor theAgricultural Panelfrom 2018 to 2020.[2]He served as aTeachta Dála(TD) for theKildare Northconstituency from 2011 to 2016.
Early life[edit]
A son of Tony andPatsy Lawlor,he was educated atMultyfarnhamAgricultural College,University College DublinandNational University of Ireland, Maynooth.[1]
He was co-opted toKildare County Councilin 1998, following the death of his mother Patsy. He was elected in1999as an Independent Councillor for theNaaslocal electoral area. He did not stand for election in2004.[3]In2009,he was re-elected as a Councillor, this time as a member of Fine Gael.
Politics[edit]
Lawlor was elected as a Fine GaelTDfor theKildare Northconstituency at the2011 general election.[4]
On 11 December 2012, Lawlor introduced a bill in theOireachtasintended to outlaw theclockingof vehicleodometers,[5]which is not currently illegal in Ireland.
He lost his seat at the2016 general election.[4]He subsequently failed to get elected toSeanad Éireannin April 2016.
He was elected to25th Seanadon theAgricultural Panelin a by-election on 27 April 2018.[6]The vacancy was caused by the resignation of SenatorTrevor Ó Clochartaigh.He was an unsuccessful candidate for Kildare North at the2020 general election.He did not contest the2020 Seanad election.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ab"About me".AnthonyLawlor.ie.Archivedfrom the original on 11 June 2015.Retrieved8 October2011.
- ^"Anthony Lawlor".Oireachtas Members Database.Archivedfrom the original on 7 November 2018.Retrieved8 October2011.
- ^Collins, Stephen(2011).Nealon's Guide to the 31st Dáil and 24th Seanad.Dublin: Gill & Macmillan. p. 127.ISBN9780717150595.
- ^ab"Anthony Lawlor".ElectionsIreland.org.Archivedfrom the original on 16 October 2011.Retrieved8 October2011.
- ^"My Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2012]".AnthonyLawlor.ie.Archivedfrom the original on 3 January 2013.Retrieved20 December2012.
- ^"Unionist farmer elected to the Seanad".RTÉ News.27 April 2018.Archivedfrom the original on 20 January 2019.Retrieved24 September2021.
- 1959 births
- Living people
- Alumni of University College Dublin
- Alumni of Maynooth University
- Fine Gael TDs
- Independent politicians in Ireland
- Members of Kildare County Council
- Members of the 31st Dáil
- Politicians from County Kildare
- Members of the 25th Seanad
- Fine Gael senators
- 20th-century Irish farmers
- Agricultural Panel senators