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Mr. Henry Byrne

Mr. Henry Byrne

(06/03/1920 - 06/04/1976)

Party: Labour_Party (Labour_Party members of the 18th Dáil)
Details

Did not contest the 1969 election.



Mr. Sean Casey

Mr. Sean Casey

(09/05/1922 - 29/04/1967)

Profession: Trade Union Official
Party: Labour_Party (Labour_Party members of the 18th Dáil)


Mr. Frank Cluskey

Mr. Frank Cluskey

(08/04/1930 - 07/05/1989)

Profession: Butcher
Party: Labour_Party (Labour_Party members of the 18th Dáil)
Details

20th Dáil - Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Social Welfare [14 March 1973 to 25 May 1977]
24th Dáil-Minister for Trade
Commerce and Tourism (resigned 8 December 1983)
Defeated in the 1981 election.



Mr. Brendan Corish

Mr. Brendan Corish

(19/11/1918 - 17/02/1990)

Profession: Full-Time Public Representative
Party: Labour_Party (Labour_Party members of the 18th Dáil)
Details

Elected at by-election 4 December 1945
13th Dáil - Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Local Government and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence
15th Dáil - Minister for Social Welfare [2 June 1954 to 20 March 1957]
20th Dáil - Tánaiste
Minister for Health and Minister for Social Welfare [14 march 1973 to 25 May 1977]
Did not contest the 1982 Dáil election.



Mr. Stephen Coughlan

Mr. Stephen Coughlan

(26/12/1910 - 20/12/1994)

Profession: Turf Accountant and Publican
Party: Labour_Party (Labour_Party members of the 18th Dáil)
Details

Defeated in the 1977 election.



Mrs. Eileen Desmond

Mrs. Eileen Desmond

(29/12/1932 - 06/01/2005)

Profession: Former Civil Servant
Party: Labour_Party (Labour_Party members of the 18th Dáil)
Address

Old Head
Kinsale
Co. Cork

Details

Born 29 December 1932
Elected at Dáil by-election 10th March 1965
Defeated in the 1969 Dáil Election
21st Dáil - M.E.P. [1979 - 1981]
22nd Dáil - Minister for Health and Minister for Social Welfare [30 June 1981 to 9 March 1982]
Did not contest the 1987 Dáil election
Died 6 January 2005



Mr. Sean Dunne

Mr. Sean Dunne

(18/12/1918 - 25/06/1969)

Profession: Union Official
Party: Labour_Party (Labour_Party members of the 18th Dáil)
Details

Did not contest the 1957 election
Mr. Dunne died on the 25th June 1969 without signing the Roll.



Mr. James Everett

Mr. James Everett

(01/05/1894 - 18/12/1967)

Profession: Trade Union Secretary
Party: Labour_Party (Labour_Party members of the 18th Dáil)
Details

Took his seat on 21 February 1923
13th Dáil - Minister for Posts and Telegraphs [18 February 1948 to 13 June 1951]
15th Dáil - Minister for Justice [2 June 1954 to 20 March 1957]



Mr. Thomas Anthony Kyne

Mr. Thomas Anthony Kyne

(04/02/1905 - 08/08/1981)

Profession: Trade Union Official
Party: Labour_Party (Labour_Party members of the 18th Dáil)
Details

Defeated in the 1969 election.
Did not contest the 1977 election.



Mr. Denis Larkin

Mr. Denis Larkin

( - 02/07/1987)

Profession: Trade Union Official
Party: Labour_Party (Labour_Party members of the 18th Dáil)
Details

Defeated in the 1961 election
Did not contest the 1969 election.



Mr. Patrick McAuliffe

Mr. Patrick McAuliffe

(01/08/1914 - 13/10/1989)

Profession: Farmer
Party: Labour_Party (Labour_Party members of the 18th Dáil)
Details

Defeated in the 1969 election.



Mr. Michael Mullen

Mr. Michael Mullen

(01/02/1919 - 01/11/1982)

Profession: General Secretary ITGWU
Party: Labour_Party (Labour_Party members of the 18th Dáil)
Details

Born 1 February 1919
Did not contest the 1969 Dáil election
Did not contest the Seanad election of 1977
Died 1982



Mr. Michael Pat Murphy

Mr. Michael Pat Murphy

(12/03/1919 - 28/10/2000)

Profession: Publican
Party: Labour_Party (Labour_Party members of the 18th Dáil)
Details

20th Dáil - Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries [14 March 1973 to 25 May 1977]
Did not contest the 1981 election.



Mr. Patrick Norton

Mr. Patrick Norton

Profession: Businessman, Property Owner
Party: Labour_Party (Labour_Party members of the 18th Dáil)
Details

Born 1928
He was an Independent from November 1967
Fianna Fáil from 26th February 1969
He was defeated in 1969 Dáil election.



Dr. John F. O'Connell (Deceased)

Dr. John F. O'Connell (Deceased)

(20/01/1927 - 08/03/2013)

Profession: Medical Doctor
Party: Fianna_Fáil (Fianna_Fáil members of the 18th Dáil)
Details

22nd Dáil - Ceann Comhairle [30 June 1981 to 9 March 1982]
23rd Dáil - Ceann Comhairle [9 March 1982 - 14 December 1982]
25th Dáil - Defeated in the 1987 Dáil general election
26th Dáil - Minister for Health [11 February 1992 to 12 January 1993]
27th Dáil - Resigned on 24 February 1993.



Mr. Michael O'Leary

Mr. Michael O'Leary

(08/05/1936 - 11/05/2006)

Profession: Barrister-at-Law
Party: Labour_Party (Labour_Party members of the 18th Dáil)
Details

20th Dáil - Minister for Labour [14 March 1973 to 25 May 1977]
21st Dáil - He became an M.E.P. with a dual mandate [17 July 1979 - 30 June 1981]
22nd Dáil - Leader of the Labour Party
22nd Dáil - Tánaiste and Minister for Energy [30 June 1981 to 9 March 1982] [change of Department name to Industry and Energy with effect from 21 August 1981]
November 1982 he resigned as Leader of the Labour Party and Joined Fine Gael
24th Dáil - He did not contest the 1987 General Election
He became a District Judge [21 Feburary 1995 - 08 May 2006]
Died 11 May 2006



Mr. Séamus Pattison

Mr. Séamus Pattison

(19/04/1936 - )

Profession: Public Representative formerly Trade Union Official
Party: Labour_Party (Labour_Party members of the 18th Dáil)
Address

6 Upper New Street
Kilkenny
T: + 353 (0)1 618 3444
E: LeasCC@Oireachtas.ie
W: ceanncomhairle.oireachtas.ie/cv_deputy.asp

Details

24th Dáil - Minister of State in the Department of Social Welfare [15 December 1983 - 20 January 1987] (resigned)
27th Dáil - Chairman of the Select Committee on Social Affairs [13 May 1993 to 24 January 1995] [13 March 1995- ]
28th Dáil - Ceann Comhairle [26 June 1997 - 6 June 2002]
29th Dáil - Leas-Cheann Comhairle [18 June 2002 - 29 April 2007].
Did not contest the 2007 General Election.



Mr. Daniel Spring

Mr. Daniel Spring

(01/07/1910 - 01/01/1988)

Profession: Trade Union Official
Party: Labour_Party (Labour_Party members of the 18th Dáil)
Details

15th Dáil - Parliamentary Secertary to the Minister for Local Government [16 March 1956 to 20 March 1957]
Did not contest the 1981 election.



Mr. Patrick Tierney

Mr. Patrick Tierney

( - 29/09/1990)

Profession: Labourer
Party: Labour_Party (Labour_Party members of the 18th Dáil)
Details

Deemed to have vacated his seat in the Seanad on election to Dáil Éireann 5 March 1957
Did not contest his Dáil seat in the 1969 election
Died 29 September 1990



Mr. Seán Treacy

Mr. Seán Treacy

(23/09/1923 - )

Profession: Boot and Shoe Operative
Party: Labour_Party (Labour_Party members of the 18th Dáil)
Details

20th Dáil - Ceann Comhairle [14 March 1973 to 25 May 1977]
25th Dáil - Ceann Comhairle [10 March 1987 to 28 June 1989]
26th Dáil - Ceann Comhairle [29 June 1989 to 13 December 1992]
27th Dáil - Ceann Comhairle [14 December 1992 to 1997]



Mr. James Tully

Mr. James Tully

(18/09/1915 - 20/05/1992)

Profession: Trade Union Official
Party: Labour_Party (Labour_Party members of the 18th Dáil)
  • House: 22nd Dáil
  • Constituency: Meath
  • Period: 1981-1982
  • Party: Labour_Party
  • House: 21st Dáil
  • Constituency: Meath
  • Period: 1977-1981
  • Party: Labour_Party
  • House: 20th Dáil
  • Constituency: Meath
  • Period: 1973-1977
  • Party: Labour_Party
  • House: 19th Dáil
  • Constituency: Meath
  • Period: 1969-1973
  • Party: Labour_Party
  • House: 18th Dáil
  • Constituency: Meath
  • Period: 1965-1969
  • Party: Labour_Party
  • House: 17th Dáil
  • Constituency: Meath
  • Period: 1961-1965
  • Party: Labour_Party
  • House: 15th Dáil
  • Constituency: Meath
  • Period: 1954-1957
  • Party: Labour_Party
Details

Defeated in 1957 election
20th Dáil - Minister for Local Government [14 March 1973 to 25 May 1977]
22nd Dáil - Minister for Defence [30 June 1981 to 9 March 1982]
Did not contest 1982 election