Thomas Gould (politician)

Thomas Gould (born July 1968) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork North-Central constituency since the 2020 general election.[2]

Thomas Gould

TD
Gould in 2019
Teachta Dála
Assumed office
February 2020
ConstituencyCork North-Central
Personal details
BornJuly 1968 (age 52)[1]
Cork, Ireland
NationalityIrish
Political partySinn Féin
Children2

Political career

He was a member of Cork City Council, originally for the Cork City North Central Ward in 2009 and for the Cork City North West local electoral area from 2019. Gould was a candidate in the 2016 General Election in Cork North-Central, but was not elected. He was a candidate in the 2019 Cork North-Central by-election, but was not elected. Gould was elected at the 2020 General Election in Cork North Central.[3][4][5] He received almost 27% of the first preference votes cast in the constituency.[6] He was selected after Jonathan O'Brien had announced that he would not seek re-election.[7] Mick Nugent was co-opted to Gould's seat on Cork City Council following his election to Dáil Eireann.[8]

In 2018, Gould claimed that the spending by Cork City Council for Prince Charles and Camilla was "overkill".[9]

Early and personal life

Gould is from the Cork suburb of Knocknaheeny, and lives in Gurranabraher with his wife and two daughters. He was a logistics manager.[10] He is involved with St. Vincent's GAA.[11] In addition to this, he was serving on the Board of Directors of the Firkin Crane as of 2020.[12]

References
  1. Tim Ryan (2020). Nealon's Guide to the 33rd Dáil and 26th Seanad and the 2019 Local and European Elections. Grand Canal Publishing.
  2. "Thomas Gould". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  3. Electoral History - Thomas Gould, Elections Ireland, www.electionsireland.org
  4. Sat; Nov, 30; 2019 - 18:10 (2019-11-30). "Byelections 2019: Fianna Fáil's Padraig O'Sullivan elected to Dáil in Cork North-Central". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 2020-10-19.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. Sun; Feb, 09; 2020 - 17:48 (2020-02-09). "Pat Buckley and Thomas Gould elected in Cork as Sinn Féin surge continues". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 2020-10-19.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. Sun; Feb, 09; 2020 - 21:23 (2020-02-09). "Momentous day for Sinn Féin in Cork North-Central". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 2020-10-19.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. "Gould confirmed as Sinn Féin candidate in Cork North Central". Echo Live. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
  8. "Mick Nugent likely to replace SF's Thomas Gould". Echo Live. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
  9. Kelleher, Olivia. "€5,936 to polish door handles? Cork council defends royal visit spending". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
  10. O'Halloran, Marie. "Election 2020: Thomas Gould (Sinn Féin)". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
  11. "Thomas Gould: It's not too often a Vincent's man comes to Nemo and comes away with a resounding victory". Echo Live. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
  12. "Board Of Directors". Firkin Crane. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
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