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Irish former Fine Gael politician

Brendan Griffin
Teachta Dála
In office
February 1973 – June 1989
ConstituencyTipperary South
Personal details
Born (1935-08-28) 28 August 1935 (age 89)
County Tipperary, Ireland
Political partyFine Gael

Brendan Griffin (born 28 August 1935) is an Irish former Fine Gael politician. A national schoolteacher by profession, he was an unsuccessful candidate in the Tipperary South constituency at the 1969 general election. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fine Gael Teachta Dála (TD) for Tipperary South at the 1973 general election, replacing party colleague Patrick Hogan who had died the previous October.

He was re-elected at each subsequent general election until he lost his seat at the 1989 general election to Fine Gael running-mate Theresa Ahearn, despite gaining more first preference votes than her. He later served as a member of South Tipperary County Council from 1991 to 2004.

References

  1. "Brendan Griffin". Oireachtas Members Database. 25 May 1989. Retrieved 3 April 2009.
  2. "Brendan Griffin". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 3 April 2009.
Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for the Tipperary South constituency
This table is transcluded from Tipperary South (Dáil constituency). (edit | history)
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
13th 1948 Michael Davern
(FF)
Richard Mulcahy
(FG)
Dan Breen
(FF)
John Timoney
(CnaP)
14th 1951 Patrick Crowe
(FG)
15th 1954
16th 1957 Frank Loughman
(FF)
17th 1961 Patrick Hogan
(FG)
Seán Treacy
(Lab)
18th 1965 Don Davern
(FF)
Jackie Fahey
(FF)
19th 1969 Noel Davern
(FF)
20th 1973 Brendan Griffin
(FG)
21st 1977 3 seats
1977–1981
22nd 1981 Carrie Acheson
(FF)
Seán McCarthy
(FF)
23rd 1982 (Feb) Seán Byrne
(FF)
24th 1982 (Nov)
25th 1987 Noel Davern
(FF)
Seán Treacy
(Ind)
26th 1989 Theresa Ahearn
(FG)
Michael Ferris
(Lab)
27th 1992
28th 1997 3 seats
from 1997
2000 by-election Séamus Healy
(Ind)
2001 by-election Tom Hayes
(FG)
29th 2002
30th 2007 Mattie McGrath
(FF)
Martin Mansergh
(FF)
31st 2011 Mattie McGrath
(Ind)
Séamus Healy
(WUA)
32nd 2016 Constituency abolished. See Tipperary
  1. Treacy served as Ceann Comhairle in the 20th Dáil from 1973 to 1977, and was returned automatically at the 1977 election. He lost the Labour party whip in February 1985.
  2. Treacy served as Ceann Comhairle in the 25th, 26th and 27th Dáil from 1987 to 1997, and was returned automatically at the 1989 and 1992 elections.


Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
34th 2024 Mattie McGrath
(Ind)
Michael Murphy
(FG)
Séamus Healy
(Ind)


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