Cathy Honan
Catherine Honan | |
|---|---|
| Senator | |
| In office February 1993 – July 1997 | |
| Constituency | Industrial and Commercial Panel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 September 1951 County Laois,Ireland |
| Political party | Progressive Democrats |
Catherine Honan(born 16 September 1951)[1]is a formerProgressive Democratspolitician fromCounty LaoisinIreland.She was aSenatorfrom 1993 to 1997.
An accountant before entering politics,[1]she stood unsuccessfully as a Progressive Democrats candidate forDáil Éireannin theLaois–Offalyconstituency at four successive general elections:1987,1989,1992and1997.After her 1992 defeat, she was elected to the20th Seanad Éireannby theIndustrial and Commercial Panel;this was facilitated by an electoral pact withDemocratic Left.[2]She did not contest the 1997 Seanad election.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ab"Cathy Honan".Oireachtas Members Database.Retrieved31 January2008.
- ^Chapter 10 The Subterranean Election of the SeanadMichael Gallagher and Liam Weeks UCC
- ^"Cathy Honan".ElectionsIreland.org.Retrieved21 May2008.
 | This article about a member ofSeanad Éireannis astub.You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. |
Categories:
- 1951 births
- Living people
- Progressive Democrats senators
- Members of Laois County Council
- Members of the 20th Seanad
- 20th-century women members of Seanad Éireann
- Politicians from County Laois
- Progressive Democrats candidates in Dáil elections
- Industrial and Commercial Panel senators
- Member of Seanad Éireann stubs