Thomas O'Hara

Irish politician (1911–1984)

Thomas O'Hara
Teachta Dála
In office
June 1969 – February 1973
ConstituencyMayo East
In office
April 1965 – June 1969
In office
May 1951 – March 1957
ConstituencyMayo North
Personal details
Born(1911-07-20)20 July 1911
County Mayo, Ireland
Died5 April 1984(1984-04-05) (aged 72)
County Mayo, Ireland
Political party
  • Fine Gael
  • Clann na Talmhan
  • Independent

Thomas O'Hara (20 July 1911 – 5 April 1984) was an Irish politician, merchant and auctioneer. He first stood for election to Dáil Éireann at the 1943 general election, as an Independent candidate for the Mayo North constituency, but was not elected. He also unsuccessfully contested the 1944 general election. He was elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1951 general election as a Clann na Talmhan Teachta Dála (TD) for Mayo North.[1] He was re-elected at the 1954 general election, but lost his seat at the 1957 general election.

He unsuccessfully contested the 1961 general election, but was elected as a Fine Gael TD at the 1965 general election.[2] He was re-elected at the 1969 general election for the new Mayo East constituency, but lost his seat at the 1973 general election.

References

  1. ^ "Thomas O'Hara". Oireachtas Members Database. 14 December 1972. Retrieved 7 April 2009.
  2. ^ "Thomas O'Hara". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 7 April 2009.
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Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for the Mayo North constituency
This table is transcluded from Mayo North (Dáil constituency). (edit | history)
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
4th 1923 P. J. Ruttledge
(Rep)
Henry Coyle
(CnaG)
John Crowley
(Rep)
Joseph McGrath
(CnaG)
1924 by-election John Madden
(Rep)
1925 by-election Michael Tierney
(CnaG)
5th 1927 (Jun) P. J. Ruttledge
(FF)
John Madden
(SF)
Michael Davis
(CnaG)
Mark Henry
(CnaG)
6th 1927 (Sep) Micheál Clery
(FF)
7th 1932 Patrick O'Hara
(CnaG)
8th 1933 James Morrisroe
(CnaG)
9th 1937 John Munnelly
(FF)
Patrick Browne
(FG)
3 seats
1937–1969
10th 1938
11th 1943 James Kilroy
(FF)
12th 1944
13th 1948
14th 1951 Thomas O'Hara
(CnaT)
1952 by-election Phelim Calleary
(FF)
15th 1954 Patrick Lindsay
(FG)
16th 1957 Seán Doherty
(FF)
17th 1961 Joseph Lenehan
(Ind)
Michael Browne
(FG)
18th 1965 Patrick Lindsay
(FG)
Thomas O'Hara
(FG)
19th 1969 Constituency abolished. See Mayo East and Mayo West
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Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for the Mayo East constituency
This table is transcluded from Mayo East (Dáil constituency). (edit | history)
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
19th 1969 Seán Flanagan
(FF)
Thomas O'Hara
(FG)
Martin Finn
(FG)
20th 1973 Seán Calleary
(FF)
21st 1977 P. J. Morley
(FF)
Paddy O'Toole
(FG)
22nd 1981
23rd 1982 (Feb)
24th 1982 (Nov)
25th 1987 Jim Higgins
(FG)
26th 1989
27th 1992 Tom Moffatt
(FF)
28th 1997 Constituency abolished. See Mayo


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