Letterkenny Residents Party
Letterkenny Residents Party was a minor Irish political party that was founded to contest local elections in Letterkenny, County Donegal.[1] It fielded one candidate in two local elections.
Letterkenny Residents Party | |
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Founded | 2008 |
Dissolved | 2014 (last year of registration) |
Headquarters | Letterkenny, County Donegal |
In the Iris Oifigiúil of October 2008, the registrar of political parties indicated an intention to "approve the application for registration" for the party "to contest a Local Election only".[2] Following his resignation from the Green Party in late 2008, one local councillor reportedly called for voters to back the party in upcoming 2009 local elections.[3] The party's only candidate in that election, Tom Crossan, received 417 first preference votes and was elected to Letterkenny Town Council.[4] In late June 2009, Crossan and a number of independent councillors reportedly entered a "power-sharing pact" with the council's Sinn Féin and Fine Gael representatives.[5]
In the 2014 local elections, Crossan received 428 votes and was not elected to Donegal County Council.[6] As of September 2014, the Letterkenny Residents Party was included on the register of political parties.[7] It was not included in the February 2015 register.[8]
References
- "Pirate music lovers voice political aims". thetimes.co.uk. 16 August 2009. Archived from the original on 7 December 2022.
Some of the more obscure parties on the register for local elections include the Letterkenny Residents Party and the Workers and Unemployed Action Group (South Tipperary).
- "Register of Political Parties" (PDF). Iris Oifigiuil. 14 October 2008.
- "In Short - A round-up of other regional news in brief". Irish Times. 19 December 2008. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
The only Green Party councillor in Donegal has resigned from the party [..] Letterkenny town councillor Neil Clarke [..] is calling on voters to support the new Letterkenny Residents Party at next year's local elections
- Local Elections 2009 - Results, Transfer of Votes and Statistics - Volume 2 - Borough and Town Councils (PDF) (Report). Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. p. 88. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2011.
- "Fine Gael in regional 'power-sharing' deals with Sinn Féin". tribune.ie. 21 June 2009. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
Fine Gael's Jimmy Kavanagh and Sinn Féin's Gerry McMonagle have come to an agreement with independent councilors [..] and Tom Crossan from the Letterkenny Residents Party to have a voting majority on the nine-seat [Letterkenny town] council
- "Tom Crossan". electionsireland.org. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
- "Register of Political Parties 16 September 2014" (PDF). data.oireachtas.ie. 16 September 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- "Register of Political Parties 9 February 2015" (PDF). data.oireachtas.ie. 9 February 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2023.