2002 Fine Gael leadership election

2002 Fine Gael leadership election
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Candidate Enda Kenny Richard Bruton
Percentage Majority
 
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Candidate Gay Mitchell Phil Hogan
Leader before election

Michael Noonan

 Elected Leader

Enda Kenny

The 2002 Fine Gael leadership election began in May 2002, when Michael Noonan resigned as party leader due to the party's poor performance in the 2002 general election. Noonan had only been party leader for little over fifteen months. His successor was elected by the members of the Fine Gael parliamentary party on 5 June 2002. After one ballot the election was won by Enda Kenny. Kenny defeated Richard Bruton, Gay Mitchell and Phil Hogan.[1][2]

  1. ^ The line of leaders since FitzGerald Archived 2010-11-15 at the Wayback Machine.The Irish Times. 14 June 2010.
  2. ^ "The Fine Gael leadership contest". Archived from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2017.