Andrew Montague (Irish politician)
Andrew Montague (born 29 February 1968) is an Irish former Labour Party politician who served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from 2011 to 2012 and a Dublin City Councillor from 2004 to 2019. Born in Santry, Dublin, he attended Larkhill B.N.S, and St Aidan's C.B.S. before going to University College Dublin where he studied Veterinary Science. He was first elected to Dublin City Council at the 2004 local elections as a member for the Ballymun-Whitehall local electoral area. He was re-elected in June 2009 for the redrawn local electoral area of Artane-Whitehall. He proposed the Dublin Bike Scheme in 2004 which was launched in 2009 and credited as one of the most successful public bike schemes in Europe. He was elected Lord Mayor of Dublin in June 2011 with 29 votes from the Labour Party and Fine Gael, beating the independent Ciarán Perry by 10 votes and Sinn Féin's Larry O'Toole by five votes. He was elected as a councillor for the Ballymun local electoral area in the 2014 local elections. He lost his seat at the 2019 local elections. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Dublin North-West constituency at the 2020 general election. References

 

Labour Party (Ireland) local councillors
Lord Mayors of Dublin
Place of birth missing (living people)
1968 births
Living people
People from Santry
People educated at St Aidan's C.B.S. Alumni of University College Dublin
Labour Party (Ireland) candidates in Dáil elections