Brendan Griffin (Tipperary politician)

Brendan Griffin
Brendan Griffin
Teachta Dála
	In office; February 1973 – June 1989
Constituency	Tipperary South
Personal details
Born	28 August 1935 (age 89); County Tipperary, Ireland
Political party	Fine 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.^[1]

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.^[2] He later served as a member of South Tipperary County Council from 1991 to 2004.

References

^ "Brendan Griffin". Oireachtas Members Database. 25 May 1989. Retrieved 3 April 2009.
^ "Brendan Griffin". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 3 April 2009.

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[oireachtas_db-1] "Brendan Griffin". Oireachtas Members Database. 25 May 1989. Retrieved 3 April 2009.

[elecs_irl-2] "Brendan Griffin". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 3 April 2009.

[3] 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.

[4] 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.

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