Derek Nolan

Derek Nolan TD
Teachta Dála
Incumbent
Assumed office February 2011
Constituency	Galway West
Personal details
Born	October 1982 (1982-10) (age 29)
Nationality	Irish
Political party	Labour Party
Alma mater	NUI, Galway

Derek Nolan (born October 1982) is an Irish Labour Party politician.^[1][2] He was elected as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway West constituency at the 2011 general election.^[3]

Nolan won a seat on Galway City Council in June 2009 and was a trainee solicitor when he contested the 2011 general election.^[4] He was nominated to succeed Labour Party president Michael D. Higgins in the election to Dáil Éireann, topping the poll in Galway West as a first time candidate.^[5]

References

1. ^ "Derek Nolan – Biography". Labour Party website. http://www.labour.ie/dereknolan/biography.html. Retrieved 7 March 2011. 
2. ^ "Mr. Derek Nolan". Oireachtas Members Database. http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0&HouseNum=31&MemberID=2342&ConstID=108. Retrieved 23 March 2011. 
3. ^ "Derek Nolan". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?id=5250. Retrieved 23 March 2011. 
4. ^ "Labour hopeful has big shoes to fill". Irish Independent. 8 February 2011. http://www.independent.ie/national-news/labour-hopeful-has-big-shoes-to-fill-2529432.html. 
5. ^ "Labour leads in Galway West". The Irish Times. 27 February 2011. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0226/breaking50.html. 

External links

• Derek Nolan's page on the Labour Party website

Oireachtas
Preceded by Michael D. Higgins (Labour Party)	Labour Party Teachta Dála for Galway West 2011–present	Incumbent

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Name	Nolan, Derek
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Date of birth	October 1982
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