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Robert Dowds

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Robert Dowds
Teachta Dála
In office
February 2011 – February 2016
ConstituencyDublin Mid-West
Personal details
Born (1953-05-11) 11 May 1953 (age 71)
Dublin, Ireland
Political partyLabour Party
Spouse
Katherine Dowds
(m. 1986)
Children2
EducationThe King's Hospital
Alma mater

Robert Dowds (born 11 May 1953) is an Irish former Labour Party politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Mid-West constituency from 2011 to 2016.[1][2]

He was a member of South Dublin County Council for the Clondalkin electoral area from 1999 to 2011. He was re-elected at the 2004 local elections, serving as Mayor of South Dublin County Council from 2004 to 2005, and re-elected again at the 2009 local elections.[2]

He did not contest the 2016 general election.[3]

He attempted to get re-elected to South Dublin County Council in 2019, but was unsuccessful by a margin of 39 votes.[2]

A member of the Church of Ireland,[4] he went on scholarship to The King's Hospital private school in Dublin,[5] and was also educated at Trinity College Dublin and St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra.

References

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  1. ^ "Robert Dowds". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
  2. ^ a b c "Robert Dowds". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
  3. ^ "Robert Dowds decides not to contest general election". Irish Times. 21 September 2015.
  4. ^ "Church of Ireland members elected to 31st Dáil". Church of Ireland Gazette. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 13 March 2011.
  5. ^ Fee-paying schools have the edge in battle for seats at the Cabinet table Irish Independent, 27 December 2012.