Jimmy Harte
Jimmy Harte | |
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| Senator | |
| In office 25 May 2011 – 23 September 2015 | |
| Constituency | Industrial and Commercial Panel |
| Donegal County Councillor | |
| In office June 1999 – April 2011 | |
| Constituency | Letterkenny |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 February 1958 Lifford, County Donegal, Ireland |
| Political party | Labour Party |
| Other political affiliations | Fine Gael (1994–2006) |
| Spouse | Mary Galligan |
| Children | 4 |
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| Alma mater | University College Dublin |
| Website | jimmyharte |
James Harte (born 27 February 1958) is an Irish former Labour Party politician and was a member of Seanad Éireann from April 2011 to September 2015.
Formerly an elected representative of Fine Gael, he left after failing to win the party's nomination for the 2007 general election, and ran unsuccessfully as an independent instead. He joined the Labour Party in 2010, running unsuccessfully for that party at the 2011 general election but was subsequently elected to the Seanad.