constituency nationality party office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name alma_mater
wexford irish fianna fáil teachta dála 11 may 1944 may 2002 tony dempsey
 may 2007 tony dempsey university maynooth college dublin , st. patrick 's college ,
tony dempsey

tony dempsey -lrb- born 11 may 1944 -rrb- is an irish fianna fáil politician .
he was a teachta dála -lrb- td -rrb- for the wexford constituency from 2002 to 2007 .
dempsey is a native of davidstown , county wexford , and was educated at enniscorthy christian brothers school , university college dublin and st. patrick 's college , maynooth .
prior to entering politics , he worked as a secondary schoolteacher and was a principal teacher of a large secondary school in enniscorthy at the time of his election .
dempsey was best known for his involvement with gaelic games in county wexford .
he had been appointed chairman of wexford county board -lrb- the governing body of the gaelic athletic association in the county -rrb- in 1976 at the age of 35 , becoming one of the youngest ever persons to hold the position , and he had been involved with inter-county hurling and gaelic football teams in wexford either as a trainer , selector or manager .
he trained the wexford junior gaelic football team to a leinster championship in 2000 when they defeated dublin in the final .
at the time of his election , he was manager of the wexford senior hurling team .
dempsey was elected to dáil Éireann at the 2002 general election .
this was the first time that he had stood for election at any level .
he had been chosen as a candidate in the hope of increasing fianna fáil 's vote and obtaining three seats out of five in the constituency for the party .
however , the strategy was unsuccessful and while dempsey was elected , it was at the expense of a party colleague , hugh byrne .
dempsey did not contest the 2007 general election .
he was elected to wexford county council at the 2009 local elections and re-elected at 2014 local elections .
