Leader of the Labour Party (Ireland)

Leader of the Labour Party
Leader of the Labour Party
	Incumbent; Ivana Bacik; since 24 March 2022
Inaugural holder	James Connolly (de facto); Thomas Johnson (de jure)
Formation	1912 (de facto); 1917 (de jure)
Website	Ivana Bacik, TD

The Leader of the Labour Party is the most senior politician within the Labour Party in Ireland. Since 24 March 2022, the office has been held by Ivana Bacik,^[1] following the resignation of Alan Kelly as leader of the party.

In a review of procedures at the party's 2017 conference, the position of Deputy Leader was abolished after a year of lying vacant, and the nomination and seconding of new leadership candidates was extended to Senators and MEPs as well as TDs.^[2]

Leaders

Name	Constituency	Term of Office		Office(s)
Thomas Johnson	Dublin County	1914^[3]	1927	Leader of the Opposition
Thomas J. O'Connell	Mayo South	1927	1932
William Norton	Kildare	1932	2 March 1960	Tánaiste Minister for Social Welfare Minister for Industry and Commerce
Brendan Corish	Wexford	2 March 1960	26 June 1977	Tánaiste Minister for Health Minister for Social Welfare
Frank Cluskey	Dublin South-Central	1 July 1977	12 June 1981
Michael O'Leary	Dublin North-Central	17 June 1981	1 November 1982	Tánaiste Minister for Energy
Dick Spring	Kerry North	1 November 1982	13 November 1997	Tánaiste Minister for the Environment Minister for Energy Minister for Foreign Affairs
Ruairi Quinn	Dublin South-East	13 November 1997	25 October 2002
Pat Rabbitte	Dublin South-West	25 October 2002	6 September 2007
Eamon Gilmore	Dún Laoghaire	6 September 2007	4 July 2014	Tánaiste Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade
Joan Burton	Dublin West	4 July 2014	20 May 2016	Tánaiste Minister for Social Protection
Brendan Howlin	Wexford	20 May 2016	3 April 2020
Alan Kelly	Tipperary	3 April 2020	24 March 2022
Ivana Bacik	Dublin Bay South	24 March 2022	Incumbent

Deputy leaders

Name (Birth–Death)	Constituency	Term of Office		Office(s) held
Barry Desmond	Dún Laoghaire	22 February 1982	July 1989	Minister for Social Welfare Minister for Health
Ruairi Quinn	Dublin South-East	July 1989	13 November 1997	Minister for Enterprise and Employment Minister for Finance
Brendan Howlin	Wexford	13 November 1997	25 October 2002
Liz McManus	Wicklow	25 October 2002	4 October 2007
Joan Burton	Dublin West	4 October 2007	4 July 2014	Minister for Social Protection
Alan Kelly	Tipperary North	4 July 2014	20 May 2016	Minister of State for Public and Commuter Transport Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government
Position vacant		20 May 2016
Position abolished		April 2017

References

^ Bray, Jennifer (24 March 2022). "Ivana Bacik confirmed as Labour Party leader: 'Ireland needs a pay rise'". The Irish Times. Dublin. ISSN 0791-5144. Archived from the original on 24 March 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
^ Kelly, Fiach (2 March 2017). "Labour Party to reform way it chooses its leader". The Irish Times. Dublin. ISSN 0791-5144. Archived from the original on 2017-08-09. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
^ Gaughan, J. Anthony (October 2009). "Johnson, Thomas Ryder". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 1 October 2024.

[1] Bray, Jennifer (24 March 2022). "Ivana Bacik confirmed as Labour Party leader: 'Ireland needs a pay rise'". The Irish Times. Dublin. ISSN 0791-5144. Archived from the original on 24 March 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.

[2] Kelly, Fiach (2 March 2017). "Labour Party to reform way it chooses its leader". The Irish Times. Dublin. ISSN 0791-5144. Archived from the original on 2017-08-09. Retrieved 2018-01-17.

[dib-3] Gaughan, J. Anthony (October 2009). "Johnson, Thomas Ryder". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 1 October 2024.

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Leaders

Deputy leaders

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