Jack Wall (politician) explained

Office:Teachta Dála
Term Start:June 1997
Term End:February 2016
Constituency:Kildare South
Office1:Senator
Term Start1:17 February 1993
Term End1:6 June 1997
Constituency1:Nominated by the Taoiseach
Birth Date:1 July 1945
Birth Place:Castledermot, County Kildare, Ireland
Nationality:Irish
Party:Labour Party
Spouse:Anne Byrne
Children:4, including Mark

Jack Wall (born 1 July 1945) is an Irish former Labour Party politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kildare South constituency from 1997 to 2016 and a Senator from 1993 to 1997, after being nominated by the Taoiseach.[1]

Wall was born in Castledermot, County Kildare in 1945. He was educated at Castledermot national school and Castledermot vocational school. He worked as an electrician before entering into local politics in 1991 when he was elected to Athy Town Council and Kildare County Council.

In 1993, Wall was nominated to Seanad Éireann. He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Labour Party TD for Kildare South at the 1997 general election, and was re-elected at each subsequent general election until his retirement in 2016.[2] He previously served as Labour Party Spokesperson for Agriculture, Defence and Arts, Sport and Tourism, and also for Community and Rural Affairs.

He was the chairperson of the Parliamentary Labour Party from 2007 to 2016.

On 10 July 2015, he announced that he would not be contesting the 2016 general election.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jack Wall. Oireachtas Members Database. 5 November 2009. 7 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181107145510/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Jack-Wall.S.1993-02-17. live.
  2. Web site: Jack Wall. ElectionsIreland.org. 5 November 2009. 22 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171222151522/https://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=4037. live.
  3. News: Kildare South to open up as Labour stalwart Jack Wall retires from Dáil. Irish Independent. 11 July 2015. 27 September 2021. 21 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181121190908/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/kildare-south-to-open-up-as-labour-stalwart-jack-wall-retires-from-dil-31368674.html. live.