Martin Gibbons

Martin Patrick Gibbons (born 1 March 1953) is an Irish former politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Carlow–Kilkenny constituency from 1987 to 1989.^[1]

Martin Gibbons
Teachta Dála
In office February 1987 – June 1989
Constituency	Carlow–Kilkenny
Personal details
Born	(1953-03-01) 1 March 1953 (age 72) Kilkenny, Ireland
Political party	Progressive Democrats
Other political affiliations	Fianna Fáil (until 1986)
Parent	Jim Gibbons Snr (father)
Relatives	Jim Gibbons Jnr (brother) Seán Gibbons (granduncle)

In 1985, Gibbons was elected to Kilkenny County Council as a Fianna Fáil candidate. He lost his council seat in 1991. Gibbons was one of 14 Progressive Democrats TDs elected to the 25th Dáil following the 1987 general election, the first election after the party was founded. He was elected for Carlow–Kilkenny, the constituency previously represented by his father Jim Gibbons Snr, a long-serving Fianna Fáil TD and cabinet minister.^[2]

He was defeated at the 1989 general election, and did not stand in a general election again.^[2] His brother Jim Gibbons Jnr unsuccessfully contested the seat at the 1997 general election.^[2]

See also

• Families in the Oireachtas