- Jim Gibbons, Jnr
Jim Gibbons, Jnr (born 26 April 1954) is a former Irish
Progressive Democrat politician who served in theOireachtas as a member of the 21st Seanad Éireann.The son of former
Fianna Fáil TD and Cabinet minister Jim Gibbons, Snr, Gibbons stood in the 1997 general election to the28th Dáil as theProgressive Democrats candidate in Carlow-Kilkenny, constituency previously represented both by his father Jim (from 1957–1982) and by his brotherMartin Gibbons (from 1987–1989).Gibbons came in eight place in the five-seater constituency, behind two other unsuccessful candidates: sitting
Fianna Fáil TDM. J. Nolan and the Green Party's Mary White. [http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1997&cons=32]After his defeat in the 1997 general election, Jim Gibbons was nominated to the
21st Seanad by theTaoiseach ,Bertie Ahern .Gibbons was also unsuccessful in the 1999 local elections, failing to be elected either to
Carlow County Council or toCarlow town council .References
* [http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?id=3084 Jim Gibbons Jnr's electoral history] (ElectionsIreland.org)
*oireachtas-databaseee also
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Families in the Oireachtas
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