Seán Canney
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Seán Canney TD |
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| Minister of State for the Office of Public Works and Flood Relief | |
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Assumed office 19 May 2016 |
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| Taoiseach | Enda Kenny |
| Preceded by | Simon Harris |
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Assumed office February 2016 |
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| Constituency | Galway East |
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6 April 1960 Belclare, Galway, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse(s) | Geraldine McHugh |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Institute of Technology, Sligo |
| Website | www |
Seán Canney (born 6 April 1960) is an Irish Independent politician who has served as Minister of State for the Office of Public Works and Flood Relief since May 2016. He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) since 2016, currently for the Galway East constituency.
A native of Belclare, Tuam, Canney was campaign manager for his brother-in-law, Paddy McHugh, in the 2002 general election in which McHugh successfully gained a seat in the Galway East constituency.
As an Independent, Canney was elected to Galway County Council in 2004 on his first attempt. He was re-elected in each of the subsequent local elections in 2009 and 2014. In both the 2009 and 2014 elections he topped the poll in the Tuam electoral area - receiving 3,273 first preference votes (1.39 quota) in 2009 and 3,171 first preference votes (1.70 quota) in 2014.
He was an unsuccessful candidate in the 2011 general election in the Galway East constituency, receiving 5,567 first preference votes (0.47 quota).
He served as Mayor of County Galway for the term 2007-08, and served on a number of boards and committees. He joined the Independent Alliance in advance of the 2016 general election. In the general election of February 2016 he topped the poll in Galway East, securing 8,447 first preference votes.
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