Joe Behan was born on 30 July 1959 and is an Irish politician.
12 Facts About Joe Behan
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Joe Behan served as a Teachta Dala for the Wicklow constituency from 2007 to 2011.
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Joe Behan was elected as a TD at the 2007 general election.
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Joe Behan was Cathaoirleach of Wicklow County Council from 2006 to 2007, but in accordance with the abolition of the dual mandate under the Local Government Act 2001 he was deemed to have resigned his council seats when elected to the Dail in 2007.
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Joe Behan unsuccessfully sought the Fianna Fail nomination to contest the 1997 general election in the Wicklow constituency.
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Joe Behan did not win a nomination until December 2006, when he was one of three candidates selected by the party for the 2007 general election.
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Joe Behan was elected to Dail Eireann at the 2007 general election.
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Joe Behan was elected to Wicklow County Council on the first count, getting 1,776 first preference votes, 384 more than the quota.
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Joe Behan was an independent candidate for the Wicklow constituency at the 2016 general election but was not elected.
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Joe Behan was re-elected to Wicklow County Council in the 2019 local elections on the first count, having topped the poll in Bray East with 1,880 first preference votes.
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Joe Behan stood as an independent in Wicklow for the 2020 general election.
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Joe Behan received 2,988 first preference votes and was eliminated on the 13th count.