Senator Jimmy Harte - Biography
Constituency:
Donegal North East
Euro Electoral Region:
Ireland North West
Electoral Status:
Jimmy is currently a sitting Senator
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Address:
3 Sylvan Park, Letterkenny
Tel:
Constituency Office : 074.911005
Seanad Office: 01.6183615
Email:
jimmy.harte@oir.ie
Website:
http://jimmyharte.wordpress.com/
Political Career:
- Member of Letterkenny Town Council since 1994
- Elected to Donegal County Council, 1999
- Re-Elected to both Town Council and County Council, 1999
- Deputy Mayor of Letterkenny, 2010
- Contested General Election, 2011
- Elected to Seanad Eireann, April 2011
Occupation:
- Owner of Harte Insurances, an Insurance Brokers established in 1982 with offices in Letterkenny and Raphoe
Memberships:
- Former Deputy Mayor of Letterkenny
- Director of the Simon Community North-West
- Member of the HSE Forum for the West
- Chairman of Letterkenny Electoral Area 2009/10
- Former member of Donegal County Council SPC on Housing
- Former member of Joint Policing Committee of Letterkenny Town Council
- Former Director of the Errigal Arts Festival in Donegal
- Former Chairperson and Secretary of Finn Harps FC
Family Background:
- Married to Mary (nee Galligan) and they have four of a family - Michael, Amy, Lochlainn and Saidbh
Birth Details:
- 1958
Education:
- St. Eunan’s College, Letterkenny
- B.A. in Psychology at University College Dublin, 1980
