Seán Crowe

Irish politician (born 1957)

Seán Crowe
Crowe in 2023
Chair of the Committee on Health
Incumbent
Assumed office
15 September 2020
Preceded byMichael Harty
Teachta Dála
Incumbent
Assumed office
February 2011
In office
May 2002 – June 2007
ConstituencyDublin South-West
Personal details
Born (1957-03-07) 7 March 1957 (age 67)
Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland
Political partySinn Féin
Spouse
Pamela Kane
(m. 1991)

Seán Crowe (born 7 March 1957) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South-West constituency since the 2011 general election, and previously from 2002 to 2007. He was appointed Chair of the Committee on Health in September 2020.[1]

Crowe was born in Dublin in 1957. He is married to Pamela Kane, and they live in Tallaght. He worked as a community activist in the area, campaigning on such issues as the local hospital, transport, drugs and affordable housing.

During the 1990s, when the current Northern Ireland peace process was initiated, Crowe was the head of the Sinn Féin mission to the Forum for Peace and Reconciliation at Dublin Castle and was a member of Sinn Féin negotiating team.

Crowe has represented the party in the multi-party negotiations that led up to the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.

He has been involved in politics since 1989, when he stood unsuccessfully for Dublin South-West at the 1989 general election. He contested the constituency again in 1992 and 1997, significantly increasing his vote share on the latter occasion.[2] In 1999, he was elected as a South Dublin County Councillor, representing the Tallaght South local electoral area. On the same day he was an unsuccessful candidate for the Dublin constituency for the European Parliament.[3]

He was elected to Dáil Éireann at the 2002 general election.[2] He lost his seat at the 2007 general election. In September 2008, he returned to South Dublin County Council when he was co-opted to replace a party colleague and retained the seat at the 2009 local elections.[2] He regained his Dáil seat in Dublin South-West in 2011, and was re-elected at the 2016[2] and 2020 general elections.[4][5]

He is a former member of the Sinn Féin Ard Chomhairle (National Executive).

References

  1. ^ "Seán Crowe". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 11 April 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2009.
  2. ^ a b c d "Seán Crowe". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 12 March 2010. Retrieved 3 June 2009.
  3. ^ "European Election 1999: Dublin". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 13 August 2009. Retrieved 3 June 2009.
  4. ^ Holland, Kitty (10 February 2020) [9 February 2020]. "Dublin South West results: Zappone bows out as Duffy and Lahart take final seats. Minister Katherine Zappone 'very proud' of change she achieved in Government". The Irish Times. Dublin. Archived from the original on 18 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Election 2020: Dublin South-West". The Irish Times. Dublin. 10 February 2020. Archived from the original on 18 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.

External links

  • Seán Crowe's page on the Sinn Féin website
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This table is transcluded from Dublin South-West (Dáil constituency). (edit | history)
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
13th 1948 Seán MacBride
(CnaP)
Peadar Doyle
(FG)
Bernard Butler
(FF)
Michael O'Higgins
(FG)
Robert Briscoe
(FF)
14th 1951 Michael ffrench-O'Carroll
(Ind)
15th 1954 Michael O'Higgins
(FG)
1956 by-election Noel Lemass
(FF)
16th 1957 James Carroll
(Ind)
1959 by-election Richie Ryan
(FG)
17th 1961 James O'Keeffe
(FG)
18th 1965 John O'Connell
(Lab)
Joseph Dowling
(FF)
Ben Briscoe
(FF)
19th 1969 Seán Dunne
(Lab)
1970 by-election Seán Sherwin
(FF)
4 seats
1969–1977
20th 1973 Declan Costello
(FG)
1976 by-election Brendan Halligan
(Lab)
21st 1977 Constituency abolished. See Dublin Ballyfermot


Note that the boundaries of Dublin South-West from 1981 onwards share no common territory with the pre-1977 boundaries. See §History and boundaries

Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
22nd 1981 Seán Walsh
(FF)
Larry McMahon
(FG)
Mary Harney
(FF)
Mervyn Taylor
(Lab)
4 seats
1981–1992
23rd 1982 (Feb)
24th 1982 (Nov) Michael O'Leary
(FG)
25th 1987 Chris Flood
(FF)
Mary Harney
(PDs)
26th 1989 Pat Rabbitte
(WP)
27th 1992 Pat Rabbitte
(DL)
Éamonn Walsh
(Lab)
28th 1997 Conor Lenihan
(FF)
Brian Hayes
(FG)
29th 2002 Pat Rabbitte
(Lab)
Charlie O'Connor
(FF)
Seán Crowe
(SF)
4 seats
2002–2016
30th 2007 Brian Hayes
(FG)
31st 2011 Eamonn Maloney
(Lab)
Seán Crowe
(SF)
2014 by-election Paul Murphy
(AAA)
32nd 2016 Colm Brophy
(FG)
John Lahart
(FF)
Paul Murphy
(AAA–PBP)
Katherine Zappone
(Ind)
33rd 2020 Paul Murphy
(S–PBP)
Francis Noel Duffy
(GP)
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