John Meighan
Irish politician (1891–1978)
John Meighan | |
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Senator | |
In office 22 July 1954 – 22 May 1957 | |
Constituency | Nominated by the Taoiseach |
In office 18 August 1944 – 22 July 1954 | |
Constituency | Labour Panel |
Teachta Dála | |
In office June 1943 – May 1944 | |
Constituency | Roscommon |
Personal details | |
Born | 1891 (1891) County Roscommon, Ireland |
Died | 4 March 1978(1978-03-04) (aged 86–87) |
Political party | Clann na Talmhan |
John Joseph Meighan (1891 – 4 March 1978) was an Irish Clann na Talmhan politician.
A farmer by profession, he was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Clann na Talmhan Teachta Dála (TD) for the Roscommon constituency at the 1943 general election.[1] He lost his seat at the 1944 general election, but was elected to the 5th Seanad at the 1944 Seanad election by the Labour Panel.[1] He was re-elected to the Seanad in 1948 and 1951. In 1954 he was nominated to the Seanad by the Taoiseach John A. Costello.[2] He was defeated at the 1957 Seanad election.
References
- ^ a b "John Meighan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
- ^ "John Meighan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
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Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for the Roscommon constituency
This table is transcluded from Roscommon (Dáil constituency). (edit | history)
Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | ||||
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4th | 1923 | George Noble Plunkett (Rep) | Henry Finlay (CnaG) | Gerald Boland (Rep) | Andrew Lavin (CnaG) | ||||
1925 by-election | Martin Conlon (CnaG) | ||||||||
5th | 1927 (Jun) | Patrick O'Dowd (FF) | Gerald Boland (FF) | Michael Brennan (Ind) | |||||
6th | 1927 (Sep) | ||||||||
7th | 1932 | Daniel O'Rourke (FF) | Frank MacDermot (NCP) | ||||||
8th | 1933 | Patrick O'Dowd (FF) | Michael Brennan (CnaG) | ||||||
9th | 1937 | Michael Brennan (FG) | Daniel O'Rourke (FF) | 3 seats 1937–1948 | |||||
10th | 1938 | ||||||||
11th | 1943 | John Meighan (CnaT) | John Beirne (CnaT) | ||||||
12th | 1944 | Daniel O'Rourke (FF) | |||||||
13th | 1948 | Jack McQuillan (CnaP) | |||||||
14th | 1951 | John Finan (CnaT) | Jack McQuillan (Ind) | ||||||
15th | 1954 | James Burke (FG) | |||||||
16th | 1957 | ||||||||
17th | 1961 | Patrick J. Reynolds (FG) | Brian Lenihan Snr (FF) | Jack McQuillan (NPD) | |||||
1964 by-election | Joan Burke (FG) | ||||||||
18th | 1965 | Hugh Gibbons (FF) | |||||||
19th | 1969 | Constituency abolished. See Roscommon–Leitrim |
Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | |||
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22nd | 1981 | Terry Leyden (FF) | Seán Doherty (FF) | John Connor (FG) | |||
23rd | 1982 (Feb) | Liam Naughten (FG) | |||||
24th | 1982 (Nov) | ||||||
25th | 1987 | ||||||
26th | 1989 | Tom Foxe (Ind) | John Connor (FG) | ||||
27th | 1992 | Constituency abolished. See Longford–Roscommon |