Andrew Montague (born 29 February 1968) is a former Irish Labour Party politician who served as

Lord Mayor of Dublin The Lord Mayor of Dublin ( ga, Ardmhéara Bhaile Átha Cliath) is the honorary title of the chairperson ( ga, Cathaoirleach, links=no ) of Dublin City Council which is the local government body for the city of Dublin, the capital of Ireland. The ...

from 2011 to 2012 and a

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lor from 2004 to 2019. Born in

Santry Santry () is a suburb on the northside of Dublin, Ireland, bordering Coolock, Glasnevin, Kilmore and Ballymun. It straddles the boundary of Dublin City Council and Fingal County Council jurisdictions. The character of the area has changed ...

, Dublin, he attended Larkhill B.N.S, and St Aidan's C.B.S. before going to

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where he studied Veterinary Science. He was first elected to

at the 2004 local elections as a member for the Ballymun-Whitehall local electoral area. He was re-elected in June 2009 for the redrawn local electoral area of Artane-Whitehall. He proposed the Dublin Bike Scheme in 2004 which was launched in 2009 and credited as one of the most successful public bike schemes in Europe. He was elected

in June 2011 with 29 votes from the Labour Party and

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, beating the independent Ciarán Perry by 10 votes and

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's Larry O'Toole by five votes. He was elected as a councillor for the Ballymun local electoral area in the 2014 local elections. He lost his seat at the 2019 local elections. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Dublin North-West constituency at the 2020 general election.

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Labour Party (Ireland) politicians Lord Mayors of Dublin Place of birth missing (living people) 1968 births Living people People from Santry People educated at St Aidan's C.B.S. Alumni of University College Dublin {{Ireland-mayor-stub