Editing Parachute candidate (section)

==Ireland==
* [[Avril Doyle]] stood for [[Fine Gael]] at the [[2004 European Parliament election in Ireland|2004 European elections]] in the [[East (European Parliament constituency)|Ireland East constituency]], despite being from [[Dublin]], and was considered a parachute candidate.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-10119496.html|title=Running 'mates' ready for prize fight|date=April 26, 2004|website=Irish Examiner}}</ref>
* [[George Lee (journalist)|George Lee]] was a successful parachute candidate for Fine Gael at the 2009 [[Dublin South (Dáil constituency)|Dublin South]] [[2009 Dublin South by-election|by-election]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/fg-may-opt-for-high-profile-byelection-candidate-1.914390|title=FG may opt for high-profile byelection candidate|first=Michael|last=O'Regan|newspaper=The Irish Times |date=Nov 25, 2008 }}</ref>
* Lorraine Mulligan was described as a parachute candidate when she stood for [[Labour Party (Ireland)|Labour]] at the [[2014 Dublin West by-election]], despite living in [[Dublin Central (Dáil constituency)|Dublin Central]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/herald/news/labour-candidate-hoping-enthusiasm-wins-her-votes-30286482.html|title=Labour candidate hoping enthusiasm wins her votes|website=The Irish Independent|date=19 May 2014}}</ref>
* [[Catherine Noone]] stood for Fine Gael in [[Dublin West (Dáil constituency)|Dublin West]] at the [[2016 Irish general election|2016 general election]]; she later attempted to be "parachuted" in [[Dublin South-West (Dáil constituency)|Dublin South-West]] before standing in [[Dublin Bay North (Dáil constituency)|Dublin Bay North]] at the [[2020 Irish general election|2020 general election]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thephoenix.ie/article/catherine-noones-dail-ambition/|title=CATHERINE NOONE'S DÁIL AMBITION|date=1 March 2018|website=The Phoenix Magazine}}</ref>
* [[Sheila Nunan]] stood for the Labour Party at the [[2019 European Parliament election in Ireland|2019 European elections]] in the [[South (European Parliament constituency)|Ireland South constituency]], despite living in Dublin. Her team replied that she lived near the border with [[County Wicklow]] and her parents are from [[County Kerry]], both counties in the South constituency.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/fgs-doyle-selected-to-run-in-european-elections-908497.html|title=FG's Doyle selected to run in European elections|date=4 March 2019|work = Irish Examiner }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/nunan-defends-constituency-links-after-extds-online-posts-37887988.html|title=Nunan defends constituency links after ex-TD's online posts|website=The Irish Independent| date = 7 May 2019 }}</ref> [[Michael McNamara (politician)|Michael McNamara]] claimed that "a parachute candidate could look like desperation. We [the Labour Party] need to be relevant and have relevant ideas for people in rural Ireland."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/labour-lines-up-outgoing-into-boss-to-stand-in-european-elections-1.3750501|title=Labour lines up outgoing INTO boss to stand in European elections|first=Fiach|last=Kelly|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=8 January 2019}}</ref>
* Journalist [[Susan O'Keeffe]] was described as a parachute candidate by local candidate Veronica Cawley when she stood for Labour in [[Sligo–North Leitrim (Dáil constituency)|Sligo–North Leitrim]] at the [[2011 Irish general election|2011 general election]]; O'Keeffe is a native of Dublin but lived in [[Sligo]] at the time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indymedia.ie/article/97489?comment_order=asc&userlanguage=ga&save_prefs=true|title=Labour row over candidate choice in Sligo-N Leitrim |website=Indymedia Ireland |author=Star Ship |date=August 23, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/Olive/APA/freesearch/get/image.ashx?kind=preview&href=SCH/2014/05/27&page=6|title=Election 2014|work=The Sligo Champion|via=Irish Newspaper Archives|quote=She referred to Labour's Susan O'Keeffe having been "a parachute candidate" in the last general election.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eolasmagazine.ie/political-platform-senator-susan-okeeffe/|title=Political Platform: Senator Susan O'Keeffe|date=May 9, 2014 |website=eolas Magazine }}</ref>