Andrew Montague (Irish politician)

Andrew Montague (born 29 February 1968) is a former Irish Labour Party politician who served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from 2011 to 2012 and a Dublin City Councillor from 2004 to 2019.

Andrew Montague
Lord Mayor of Dublin
In office
5 June 2011  6 June 2012
Preceded byGerry Breen
Succeeded byNaoise Ó Muirí
Dublin City Councillor
In office
24 June 2004  26 June 2019
ConstituencyBallymun
Personal details
Born (1968-02-29) 29 February 1968
Santry, Dublin, Ireland
NationalityIrish
Political partyLabour Party
Alma materUniversity College Dublin
Websiteandrewmontague.com

Born in Santry, Dublin, he attended Larkhill B.N.S, and St Aidan's C.B.S. before going to University College Dublin.

He was first elected to Dublin City Council at the 2004 local elections as a member for the Ballymun-Whitehall local electoral area. He was re-elected in June 2009 for the redrawn local electoral area of Artane-Whitehall.[1]

He proposed the Dublin Bike Scheme in 2004 which was launched in 2009 and credited as one of the most successful public bike schemes in Europe.[2][3]

He was elected Lord Mayor of Dublin in June 2011 with 29 votes from the Labour Party and Fine Gael, beating the independent Councillor Ciarán Perry by 10 votes and Sinn Féin Councillor Larry O'Toole by five votes.[4]

He was elected as a councillor for the Ballymun local electoral area in the 2014 local elections. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Dublin North-West constituency at the 2020 general election.

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Civic offices
Preceded by
Gerry Breen
Lord Mayor of Dublin
2011–2012
Succeeded by
Naoise Ó Muirí


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