Ireland
Boyle elected Green Party chairperson
Friday, 19 October 2007 21:24Senator Dan Boyle has been elected Green Party chairperson following a postal ballot.
A total of 777 votes were cast, representing 50% of the party's 1552 eligible members.
Votes were counted on a 'preferendum' basis with five points for every first vote, four for second, three for third, two for fourth and one for every fifth vote cast.
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There were five candidates for the post, which became vacant on the election of John Gormley as party leader.
The other candidates for the job were Dublin Mid-West TD Paul Gogarty; Dublin City Councillor Bronwen Maher; John Barry, the co-chair of the party's Northern Ireland Regional Council; and long-standing activist Phil Kearney.
