Patrick Tierney (Irish politician)

Patrick Tierney (24 April 1904 – 29 September 1990) was an Irish Labour Party politician. A labourer before entering politics, he was elected to the 8th Seanad on the Labour Panel in 1954. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) for the Tipperary North constituency at the 1957 general election.[1] He was re-elected at the 1961 and 1965 general elections.[2] He did not contest the 1969 general election.

References

"Patrick Tierney". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 17 October 2008.
"Patrick Tierney". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 17 October 2008.

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Labour Panel	Richard Anthony (Ind) John Butler (Lab) Victor Carton (FG) Patrick Crowley (Lab) Frederick Hawkins (Ind) Seán Hayes (FF) Liam Kelly (Ind) Dominick Murphy (Lab) Frank Purcell (Ind) Seán Ruane (Ind) Patrick Tierney (Lab)
National University of Ireland	Henry Barniville (FG) Roger McHugh (Ind) George O'Brien (Ind)
University of Dublin	William Fearon (Ind) Owen Sheehy-Skeffington (Ind) William Bedell Stanford (Ind)
Nominated by the Taoiseach	Patrick Bergin (Lab) Arthur Cox (Ind) James G. Douglas (Ind) Henry Eustace Guinness (Ind) Michael Hayes (FG) James Hickey (Lab) John Meighan (CnaT) Frank J. Hugh O'Donnell (Ind) Patrick O'Gorman (FG) James Reidy (FG) James Tunney (Lab)
Elected or nominated later	1954 John Douglas (Ind) 1956 Seamus Bohan (Ind) James O'Keeffe (FG) Joe Sheridan (Ind) William Woods (Ind)
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