Jim Fitzsimons
Irish former Fianna Fáil politician (b. 1936)
Oct.–Dec. 1982
June 1977 – February 1987
1 July 1984 – 24 May 2004
Navan, County Meath, Ireland
James Fitzsimons (born 16 December 1936) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician.[1]
A publican from Navan, County Meath, he was educated at St Patrick's Classical School in Navan. Fitzsimons was elected to the 21st Dáil as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Meath constituency on his first attempt at the 1977 general election,[2] and re-elected until retiring at the 1987 general election to concentrate on his European Parliament seat. He was succeeded in the Dáil by Noel Dempsey.
He was appointed as Minister of State at the Department of Industry and Energy on 28 October 1982 by the short-lived 1982 Haughey Government in a reshuffle. The Dáil was dissolved on 4 November after the government lost a vote of confidence.
He was elected as an MEP at the 1984 European Parliament election and retained his seat for 20 years, until retiring at the 2004 European Parliament election.
References
External links
- Personal profile of Jim Fitzsimons in the European Parliament's database of members
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Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for the Meath constituency
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| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4th | 1923 | Patrick Mulvany (FP) | David Hall (Lab) | Eamonn Duggan (CnaG) | |||
| 5th | 1927 (Jun) | Matthew O'Reilly (FF) | |||||
| 6th | 1927 (Sep) | Arthur Matthews (CnaG) | |||||
| 7th | 1932 | James Kelly (FF) | |||||
| 8th | 1933 | Robert Davitt (CnaG) | Matthew O'Reilly (FF) | ||||
| 9th | 1937 | Constituency abolished. See Meath–Westmeath | |||||
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13th | 1948 | Matthew O'Reilly (FF) | Michael Hilliard (FF) | 3 seats until 1977 | Patrick Giles (FG) | 3 seats until 1977 | |||||
| 14th | 1951 | ||||||||||
| 15th | 1954 | James Tully (Lab) | |||||||||
| 16th | 1957 | James Griffin (FF) | |||||||||
| 1959 by-election | Henry Johnston (FF) | ||||||||||
| 17th | 1961 | James Tully (Lab) | Denis Farrelly (FG) | ||||||||
| 18th | 1965 | ||||||||||
| 19th | 1969 | John Bruton (FG) | |||||||||
| 20th | 1973 | Brendan Crinion (FF) | |||||||||
| 21st | 1977 | Jim Fitzsimons (FF) | 4 seats 1977–1981 | ||||||||
| 22nd | 1981 | John V. Farrelly (FG) | |||||||||
| 23rd | 1982 (Feb) | Michael Lynch (FF) | Colm Hilliard (FF) | ||||||||
| 24th | 1982 (Nov) | Frank McLoughlin (Lab) | |||||||||
| 25th | 1987 | Michael Lynch (FF) | Noel Dempsey (FF) | ||||||||
| 26th | 1989 | Mary Wallace (FF) | |||||||||
| 27th | 1992 | Brian Fitzgerald (Lab) | |||||||||
| 28th | 1997 | Johnny Brady (FF) | John V. Farrelly (FG) | ||||||||
| 29th | 2002 | Damien English (FG) | |||||||||
| 2005 by-election | Shane McEntee (FG) | ||||||||||
| 30th | 2007 | Constituency abolished. See Meath East and Meath West | |||||||||
