Catherine Murphy (politician)
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Catherine Murphy TD |
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Leader of the Social Democrats with Róisín Shortall and Stephen Donnelly (2015-16) |
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Assumed office 15 July 2015 |
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| Preceded by | New office |
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Assumed office February 2011 |
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In office March 2005 – May 2007 |
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| Constituency | Kildare North |
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1 September 1953 Palmerstown, County Dublin, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Social Democrats |
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Workers' Party (1983–92) Democratic Left (1992–99) Labour Party (1999–2003) Independent (2003–15) |
| Spouse(s) | Derek Murphy |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | Official website |
Catherine Murphy (born 1 September 1953) is an Irish politician, who is co-founder and joint-leader of the Social Democrats party. Having served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kildare North constituency from 2005 to 2007, she was re-elected to Dáil Éireann at the 2011 general election as an independent. Since co-founding the Social Democrats, she has stood successfully for them at the 2016 general election.
Murphy was raised in Palmerstown in Dublin but moved to Leixlip in County Kildare in 1978. She is married to Derek Murphy and has two children.
Originally she became involved in campaigns against high local service charges in Leixlip, she joined the Workers' Party of Ireland in 1983. She first held political office in 1988 when she was elected to Leixlip Town Commission, representing the Workers' Party. She stood unsuccessfully as a Workers' Party candidate for the Leinster constituency at the 1989 European Parliament election and for the Kildare constituency at the 1989 general election.
In 1991 she was elected to Kildare County Council as a Workers' Party councillor for Celbridge. When the Workers' Party split in 1992, she followed Proinsias De Rossa into the new Democratic Left, and stood unsuccessfully as a Democratic Left candidate in Kildare at the 1992 and 1997 general elections.
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