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A candidate for Fine Gael. View party
ELECTED
Jerry Buttimer
Party
Constituency
Occupation
TD
Age
57
Biography

Jerry Buttimer is a Fine Gael Senator and Cathaoirleach of the Seanad. He was a TD for the Cork South-Central Constituency from 2011-2016. A former Cork City Councillor, he was also the Party Spokesperson on Transport and founder of Fine Gael LGBT. He worked as a secondary school teacher before entering politics full-time.

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