Charlie O'Connor

Charlie O'Connor
Teachta Dála
In office May 2002 – February 2011
Constituency	Dublin South West
Personal details
Born	9 April 1946 (1946-04-09) (age 65) Dublin, Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Political party	Fianna Fáil
Committees	AWEPA Governing Council

Charles "Charlie" O'Connor (born 9 April 1946) is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South West constituency from 2002 to 2011.^[1] Mr. O'Connor is also a member of the AWEPA Governing Council.^[2]

Charlie O'Connor was born in Dublin in 1946. He was educated at Synge Street CBS, Drimnagh Castle CBS, the Irish Management Institute and the Industrial Relations Institute. O'Connor first became involved in politics in 1991 when he was elected to Dublin County Council. That authority changed to South Dublin County Council in 1994, of which O'Connor was also a member until 2003. He served as Cathaoirleach (Chair) of South Dublin County Council from 1999–2000. He was unsuccessful on his first attempt at the 1992 general election to be elected to Dáil Éireann, but ten years later he was elected to the 29th Dáil at the 2002 general election.^[3] He was re-elected at the 2007 general election. He lost his seat at the 2011 general election receiving 5.8% of the vote.^[4]

References

1. ^ "Mr. Charlie O'Connor". Oireachtas Members Database. http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0&HouseNum=30&MemberID=1830&ConstID=93. Retrieved 9 October 2009. 
2. ^ http://awepa.org/index.php/en/about-us/organisational-structure/governing-council.html
3. ^ "Charlie O'Connor". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=4001. Retrieved 9 October 2009. 
4. ^ "Dublin South-West election results". RTÉ News. 26 February 2011. http://www.rte.ie/news/election2011/results/dublin-south-west.html. Retrieved 27 February 2011. 

Oireachtas
Preceded by Chris Flood (Fianna Fáil)	Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála for Dublin South West 2002–2011	Succeeded by Eamonn Maloney (Labour Party)

Persondata
Name	Oconnor, Charlie
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Date of birth	9 April 1946
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
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