Michael Creed

Michael Creed TD
Teachta Dála
Incumbent
Assumed office May 2007
In office June 1989 – May 2002
Constituency	Cork North West
Personal details
Born	29 June 1963 (1963-06-29) (age 48) County Cork
Nationality	Irish
Political party	Fine Gael
Spouse(s)	Sinéad Creed
Alma mater	University College Cork
Website	michaelcreedfg.wordpress.com

Michael Creed (born 29 June 1963) is an Irish Fine Gael politician and has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork North West constituency since 2007.^[1]

Creed was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1989 general election and retained his seat until losing it at the 2002 general election to his Fine Gael running mate Gerard Murphy. He regained his seat at the 2007 general election at the expense of Gerard Murphy. At the 2011 general election he held his seat after topping the poll with 22.1% of the first preference vote.^[2] He is the son of the former TD and Minister of State Donal Creed.^[3]

He was educated at St Colman's College, Fermoy, De La Salle College, Macroom, University College Cork and College of Commerce, Rathmines.^[4] His qualifications are a Bachelor of Arts, Higher Diploma of Education and a Diploma in Legal Studies.

He was co-opted onto Cork County Council in 1987 and remained a member until 2007. He was elected chairman from 2005–2006. He was chairman of the Dáil Small Business and Services Committee from 1995–1997. He was party spokesperson on Education, Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht (1994), Health (1989–1993), Youth and Sport (1993–1994) and Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (2007–2010).

In June 2010, he supported Richard Bruton's leadership challenge to Enda Kenny. Following Kenny's victory in a motion of confidence, Creed was not re-appointed to the front bench. From October 2010 to March 2011, he was the party Deputy spokesperson on Foreign Affairs with special responsibility for European Affairs.

References

1. ^ "Mr. Michael Creed". Oireachtas Members Database. http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0&HouseNum=30&MemberID=259&ConstID=41. Retrieved 5 February 2009. 
2. ^ "Cork North West". RTÉ News website. RTÉ. http://www.rte.ie/news/election2011/results/cork-north-west.html. Retrieved 3 March 2011. 
3. ^ "Michael Creed". ElectionsIreland.org. http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?id=3772. Retrieved 1 January 2008. 
4. ^ "About - Michael Creed TD". Micheal Creed's website. http://michaelcreedfg.wordpress.com/. Retrieved 2 October 2011. 

External links

• Official website
• Michael Creed's page on the Fine Gael website

Oireachtas
Preceded by Donal Creed (Fine Gael)	Fine Gael Teachta Dála for Cork North West 1989–2002	Succeeded by Gerard Murphy (Fine Gael)
Preceded by Gerard Murphy (Fine Gael)	Fine Gael Teachta Dála for Cork North West 2007–present	Incumbent

Persondata
Name	Creed, Michael
Alternative names
Short description	Irish Fine Gael politician
Date of birth	29 June 1963
Place of birth	County Cork
Date of death
Place of death