Billy Timmins
| Billy Timmins | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Leader of Renua Ireland | |
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In office 13 March 2015 – 14 May 2016 |
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| Leader | Lucinda Creighton |
| Preceded by | New office |
| Succeeded by | TBD |
| Teachta Dála | |
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In office June 1997 – February 2016 |
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| Constituency | Wicklow |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1 October 1959 Baltinglass, Wicklow, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Independent (2013–15, since May 2016) |
| Other political affiliations |
Renua Ireland (2015–16), Fine Gael (until July 2013) |
| Alma mater | University College Galway |
| Religion | Church of Ireland |
Billy Timmins (born 1 October 1959) is an Irish politician. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Wicklow constituency from 1997 until the 2016 general election. He was the deputy leader of Renua Ireland from the foundation of the party in March 2015 until May 2016. He previously sat as an independent TD, having lost the Fine Gael parliamentary party whip in July 2013.
Timmins was born in Baltinglass, County Wicklow. He was educated at Patrician College, Ballyfin, County Laois; at University College Galway where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Legal Science; and at the Military College, Curragh. Timmins served as an army officer, serving in Galway, Donegal and Kilkenny and with the United Nations in Lebanon and Cyprus.
Timmins was first elected to Dáil Éireann for the Wicklow constituency at the 1997 general election, succeeding his father Godfrey Timmins who had retired. On his election to the Dáil, he became party spokesperson on Defence, Peacekeeping and Humanitarian Relief. He was elected to Wicklow County Council for the Baltinglass area in 1999 and served until 2004. In 2000 he became party spokesperson on Housing.
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