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Encyclopedia > Moosajee Bhamjee

Dr Moosajee Bhamjee (born December 4, 1947) is a former Irish Labour Party politician. He was Ireland's first Muslim Teachta Dála. December 4 is the 338th day (339th on leap years) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Logo of the Irish Labour Party The Irish Labour Party (Irish: Páirti an Lucht Oibre) is the third largest political party in the Republic of Ireland. ... A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم) is a believer in or follower of Islam. ... A Teachta Dála (Irish for Dáil Deputy, pronounced chock-ta dawla) is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower chamber of the Irish Oireachtas or National Parliament. ...


Moosajee Bhamjee was born in South Africa in 1947. His father emigrated from India in 1906 and had set up a hardware shop there. He died in 1964 so it was decided that one of the sons would take over the shop while another would go for further education. Moosajee travelled to Dublin in 1965 where he studied medicine at the College of Surgeons. His two other brothers also travelled to Dublin around the same time to study medicine. After he received his degree he Bhamjee returned to South Africa where he began working as a general practitioner. He returned to Ireland in 1975 and married a girl he first met when studying in Dublin. They moved to Galway and later to Cork where he trained as a psychiatrist. In 1984 Bhamjee started a permanent post at Our Lady's Hospital in Ennis less than 20 miles from his wife's home-place of Cooraclare. 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Dublin (Irish: Baile Átha Cliath1),is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland, located2 near the midpoint of Irelands east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin region3. ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Galway (Irish: Gaillimh) is a city in the province of Connacht in Ireland and capital of County Galway. ... Cork (Corcaigh in Irish) is the second city of the Republic of Ireland. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ennis (Irish: Inis) is the county town of Clare in the Republic of Ireland. ...


Bhamjee joined the Labour Party in 1991 and was the party's candidate in the 1992 general election. While nobody gave him a chance Bhamjee became a new TD for Clare, traditionally a Fianna Fáil stronghold. He was in fact the last candidate to become a member of the 27th Dáil. Bhamjee, due to his Indian heritage was immediately nicknamed "the Indian among the cowboys". While the Labour Party formed a coalition government with Fianna Fáil, Bhamjee remained on the backbenches, however, he was known as a hard-working politician. He still worked as consultant psychiatrist while a he was a TD and became well known for talking about women's breasts in debates in Dáil Éireann. He declined to stand again in the 1997 general election and retired from politics to continue his career in the health service. Logo of the Irish Labour Party The Irish Labour Party (Irish: Páirti an Lucht Oibre) is the third largest political party in the Republic of Ireland. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Irish general election of 1992 was held on Wednesday, November 25, 1992, almost three weeks after the dissolution of the Dáil on November 5. ... TD or td may stand for: Chad, ISO country code Tank destroyer Tardive dyskinesia, serious adverse effects usually caused by older antipsychotic drugs Teachta Dála, Member of lower house of Irish Parliament, Dáil Éireann <td> (table cell delimiter tag), see HTML Territorial Decoration, awarded for twelve years service... The Clare parliamentary constituency spans the entire area of the county, taking in Ennis, Shannon, Kilrush, Newmarket-on-Fergus and Ennistimon. ... Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party (IPA ; English translation: Soldiers of Destiny) is the largest political party in Ireland. ... This is a list of the members who were elected to the 27th Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Republic of Ireland. ... Psychiatry is a branch of medicine that studies and treats mental illness. ... Dáil Éireann[1] is the lower house of the Oireachtas (parliament) of the Republic of Ireland. ... The Irish general election of 1997 was held on Friday, June 6, 1997. ...


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The Examiner - News From Ireland - 11, May, 1999 (371 words)
Dr Bhamjee was responding to the Council’s proposed policy of generally not permitting non indigenous persons building homes in the open countryside in areas under high development pressure and vulnerable landscapes.
Responding to the proposal, Dr Bhamjee said if the policy was in place when he first moved to Clare he could not build a house in the rural area in which he lives today.
Dr Bhamjee who made history in 1992 when he became the first South African born Indian to be elected to Dáil E´ireann said the proposal is similar to a policy that was in place when he lived in South Africa, which banned Indians from buying property in certain areas.
iemielbhamjee (2350 words)
Bhamjee, a charismatic character, stunned the political establishment in November, 1992 when he became the first coloured person to win a seat at Dail Eireann.
Bhamjee's hardware store--which still stands today--that Dr Bhamjee in a family of 10 jostled for space and learned to fend for himself under the watchful eye of his mother and father.
However, Dr Bhamjee has recently re-entered the limelight, campaigning against the "non-local" provision in the recently adopted Clare County Development Plan, has voiced his concern over the increased usage of drugs by Clare's youth and has called for the provision of counselling services for women in the Mid-West who travel to Britain to have abortions.
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