The CLR Political Quiz …. Number 71 July 18, 2014
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1. When and where was PR first used in an Irish Election?
2. Which Wicklow TD has an All Ireland Club Medal ?
3. Which Two TDs were part of the ‘Gaza Freedom Flotilla’ in late 2010 ?
4. Has a People Before Profit Alliance candidate ever stood in a Dail By Election?
5. Which party established the “Forum for Opportunity” ?
6. What Ministerial office did Ray Burke hold when resigned in disgrace in 1997?
7. In 2007 who was voted the Magill TD of the Year ?
8. Which former Limerick Hurling manager stood in the 2002 General Election?
9. How many current TDs were first elected to the Dail in By-Elections?
10. Who is this?
The Cedar Lounge Revolution 
1) 1919- Sligo district council?
8) Tom Ryan
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Yes Brian, Sligo for no.1 in 1919 and then Belfast municipal Jan 1920.
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1.) 1923 General election?
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10. Big Phil?
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No.4 Pretty sure they haven’t – but they will in DSW
No. 6 Burke was in Foreign Affairs and selling passports
No. 9 – we have the following
Ruth Coppinger Dublin West 2014
Gabrielle McFadden Longford–Westmeath 2014
Helen McEntee Meath East 2013
Pearse Doherty
Maureen O’Sullivan
Catherine Murphy
things start to get a little fuzzy now
Jan O’Sullivan
Seamus Healy
Kathleen Lynch
Simon Coveney
Eric Byrne
I think Michael Ring got in when PeeWee went to Europe
That’s 12 but I’m sure I’m missing some.
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Didn’t Enda first win his seat in a bye election, after the death of his father, I think, in 1975?
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Spot on – that’s one I missed
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Tom Hayes (Tipp South)
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