Seán Canney

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Seán Canney
TD
Minister of State for the
Office of Public Works and Flood Relief
Assumed office
19 May 2016
Taoiseach Enda Kenny
Preceded by Simon Harris
Teachta Dála
Assumed office
February 2016
Constituency Galway East
Galway County Councillor
In office
June 2004 – February 2016
Constituency Tuam
Personal details
Born Belclare, Galway, Ireland
Nationality Irish
Political party Independent
Spouse(s) Geraldine McHugh
Children 3
Website www.seancanney.com

Seán Canney is an Irish politician representing the Independent Alliance as a Teachta Dála (TD) for Galway East since 2016.

A native of Belclare, Tuam, Canney was campaign manager for his brother-in-law, Paddy McHugh, in the 2002 general election in which McHugh successfully gained a seat in the Galway East constituency.

As an Independent, Canney was elected to Galway County Council in 2004 on his first attempt. He was re-elected in each of the subsequent local elections in 2009 and 2014. In both the 2009 and 2014 elections he topped the poll in the Tuam electoral area - receiving 3,273 first preference votes (1.39 quota) in 2009[1] and 3,171 first preference votes (1.70 quota) in 2014.[2]

He was an unsuccessful candidate in the 2011 general election in the Galway East constituency, receiving 5,567[3] first preference votes (0.47 quota).

He served as Mayor of County Galway for the term 2007-08, and served on a number of boards and committees. He joined the Independent Alliance in advance of the 2016 general election and was elected as a Teachta Dála (TD) for Galway East. Then he voted Enda Kenny as Taoiseach.[4]

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