Pat Gallagher (Labour politician)
Pat Gallagher | |
|---|---|
| Senator | |
| In office 17 September 1997 – 12 October 1999 | |
| Constituency | Industrial and Commercial Panel |
| Teachta Dála | |
| In office November 1992 – June 1997 | |
| Constituency | Laois–Offaly |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 March 1963 County Offaly, Ireland |
| Political party | Labour Party |
Pat Gallagher (born 29 March 1963) is the chief executive of Westmeath County Council and a former Labour Party politician. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for Laois–Offaly from 1992 to 1997.[1]
Previously a workshop manager, Gallagher contested the 1989 general election. He was elected a county councillor for Offaly County Council in 1991 and urban district councillor in 1994 for Tullamore. He was elected to Dáil Éireann for Laois–Offaly during the swing to Labour at the 1992 general election.
Like many Labour TDs elected in 1992, he lost his seat at the 1997 general election. Gallagher was then elected to the 21st Seanad, on the Industrial and Commercial Panel, and served as whip of the Labour senators from 13 August 1997 to 12 October 1999. He resigned from the Seanad in October 1999.[1]
He was re-elected to both the County Council and the Urban District Council posts at the 1999 local elections, topping the poll. He resigned both his seats in 2000.[2] He has not sought political office since.
He was county manager for Galway County Council from 2004 to 2007, and was county manager for Offaly County Council from 2007 to 2013. In early 2014, Gallagher was appointed as chief executive of Westmeath County Council.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Pat Gallagher". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
- ^ "Pat Gallagher". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
- ^ "Chief Executive and Directors". Westmeath County Council. Retrieved 6 June 2023.