Imelda Munster Explained

Honorific-Suffix:TD
Office:Teachta Dála
Term Start:February 2016
Constituency:Louth
Birth Date:24 February 1968
Birth Place:Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland
Party:Sinn Féin
Children:2
Alma Mater:Dublin Institute of Technology

Imelda Munster (born 24 February 1968) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Louth constituency since the 2016 general election.[1]

She was elected to Louth County Council representing the Drogheda East local electoral area following the 2004 local elections and was re-elected in 2009 to both Drogheda Borough Council and Louth County Council.[2]

She successfully contested the Louth constituency at 2016 general election, receiving 8,829 first preference votes (13.1%)[3] [4] and was re-elected at the 2020 general election receiving 17,203 first preference votes (24.34%).[5]

On 1 December 2023, Munster announced she would not be contesting the next Irish general election.[6]

Personal life

Munster lives with her husband Niall and two daughters in Melifont Park, Drogheda.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Imelda Munster. Oireachtas Members Database. 12 July 2019. 12 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190712183809/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Imelda-Munster.D.2016-10-03/. live.
  2. Web site: Imelda Munster. Elections Ireland. 12 July 2019. 11 July 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200711110401/https://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=5373. live.
  3. Web site: 28 February 2016. Election 2016: Imelda Munster. RTÉ News. 28 February 2016. 1 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160301010159/http://www.rte.ie/news/election-2016/candidates/754401-imelda-munster/. live.
  4. Web site: 32nd Dáil - Louth First Preference Votes. 23 January 2020. Elections Ireland. 15 November 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191115195533/https://electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=2016&cons=167. live.
  5. Web site: 33rd Dáil - Louth First Preference Votes. 2020-07-09. Elections Ireland. 9 July 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200709132250/https://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=2020&cons=167. live.
  6. Web site: Sinn Féin TD Imelda Munster not to seek re-election at next General Election. Irish Independent . 1 December 2023 . en.