Mary Hoade is a Fianna Fáil Councillor for the Tuam Local Electoral Area on

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. A native of

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she was first elected in the

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and was re-elected again in the following elections in 2004. Following boundary changes she moved electoral areas to Tuam and was successfully returned again in the

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. In

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she polled 1,886 first preferences and was elected to the fourth seat exceeding the quota. After these elections, she was selected as

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as part of a Fianna Fáil-

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pact. On 28 May 2015, she was selected as one of three candidates to contest the Galway West constituency, along with

Éamon Ó Cuív Éamon Ó Cuív (; born 23 June 1950) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway West constituency from 1992 to 2024. He previously served as deputy leader of Fianna Fáil from 2011 to 2012, a ...

and former

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lor, John Connolly. At the 2016 general election, Hoade won only 3.4% of the

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, and was not elected.

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Electoral HistoryFianna Fáil select three candidates for Galway West
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