13-534: Richard Anthony may refer to: Richard Anthony (politician) (1875–1962), Irish politician Richard Anthony (singer) (1938–2015), French singer Richard Anthony (director) , Indian film director; see Bloom (2021 film) Richard Anthony (2023 film) , a Kannada language film with Rakshit Shetty See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing Richard Anthony All pages with titles beginning with Richard Anthony Topics referred to by
26-590: A " dictatorship of the proletariat ". Earlier that same year, back in April, Anthony had proposed a motion at Cork City Corporation congratulating Franco on "concluding his war against communism and anarchy in Spain". He lost his seat at the 1938 general election but was re-elected at the 1943 and 1944 general elections as an independent. He re-joined the Labour Party in 1948. He again lost his Dáil seat at
39-512: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Richard Anthony (politician) Richard Sydney Anthony (20 October 1875 – 3 January 1962) was an Irish politician and trade unionist . In his teens he joined the printing staff of The Cork Examiner , where in time he became a linotype operator. A member of the Cork Typographical Association (president from
52-739: The 1948 general election but was elected to the 6th Seanad on the Labour Panel at the subsequent Seanad election in 1948. He stood at the 1951 general election but was not elected. He did not contest the 1951 Seanad election but was elected to the 8th Seanad in 1954, again on the Labour Panel. He did not contest the 1957 Seanad election and retired from politics. He served as Lord Mayor of Cork from 1942 to 1943. He married three times; he and his first wife (née Powell from Cork) had seven children. Independent politician (Ireland) Independent politicians contest elections without
65-851: The June 1927 general election . He was re-elected as a Labour Party TD at the September 1927 general election . In 1931, Anthony defied the Labour whip and supported the Constitution (Amendment No. 17) Bill , a measure proposed by the government of W. T. Cosgrave against the Irish Republican Army . The Executive Council sought to establish military courts that were empowered to impose sentences – including capital punishment, without appeal – in response to IRA violence. Alongside Daniel Morrissey , Anthony broke ranks with Labour, who thought
78-751: The Second World War . He rejoined Fine Gael in 1953 and became leader in 1959. In 2009, Mary Harney continued as Minister for Health as an independent member of the government after the dissolution of the Progressive Democrats , and served until 2011. After the 2016 general election , 3 independent TDs were appointed to a minority Fine Gael–Independent government on 6 May 2016: Denis Naughten as Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment , Shane Ross as Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport , and Katherine Zappone as Minister for Children and Youth Affairs . Ross
91-482: The government do not have a majority in the Dáil, they will usually be dependent on independent TDs in votes of confidence or to pass the budget . This can be by formal arrangement with the government. In the first inter-party government (1948–1951), James Dillon served as Minister for Agriculture . He was an independent TD, having left Fine Gael in 1942 because he disagreed with the policy of neutrality during
104-670: The 1920s), he became a leading figure in the Cork Workers' Council. In the 1920s he was a member of the national executive of the Labour Party and in 1924 a member of the executive council of the Irish Trades Union Congress . Anthony stood unsuccessfully for election at the 1923 general election . He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Labour Party TD for the Cork Borough constituency at
117-422: The constituency, and for local elections with the assent of 15 electors in the local electoral area . They may choose to have the designation non-party next to their name on the ballot paper. In Seanad elections and presidential elections , candidates are not nominated by parties directly, and party labels do not appear on the ballot. In the case of minority governments , where the party or parties forming
130-423: The measures too authoritarian, and voted for the bill, and both of them were expelled from the party. Anthony was elected as an independent TD at the 1932 general election . He was re-elected as an independent TD at the 1933 and 1937 general elections. Anthony was well known for his anti-communist views. In August 1939 he told the forty-fifth Irish Trades Union Congress that he would prefer fascism to
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#1732782403847156-530: The support of a political party. They have played a continuous role in the politics of the Republic of Ireland since its independence in 1922. If a candidate is not the candidate of a registered political party , they may be nominated for elections to Dáil Éireann with the assent of 30 electors in the constituency , for elections to the European Parliament with the assent of 60 electors in
169-551: Was a member of the Independent Alliance , and other members of the Independent Alliance were appointed as Ministers of State . Naughten resigned as minister on 11 October 2018. Ross and Zappone served until the appointment of a new government on 27 June 2020. At the 2024 local elections , independents won 178 of the 949 seats on city and county councils . Two independent MEPs represent Ireland in
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