Charles McDonald (Irish politician)
Irish former politician (born 1935)
Charles McDonald | |
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| Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann | |
| In office 8 October 1981 – 13 May 1982 | |
| Preceded by | Séamus Dolan |
| Succeeded by | Tras Honan |
| Senator | |
| In office 27 October 1977 – 17 February 1993 | |
| In office 14 December 1961 – 1 June 1973 | |
| Constituency | Agricultural Panel |
| Teachta Dála | |
| In office February 1973 – June 1977 | |
| Constituency | Laois–Offaly |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office January 1973 – June 1979 | |
| Constituency | Oireachtas Delegation |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1935-06-11) 11 June 1935 (age 89) County Laois, Ireland |
| Political party | Fine Gael |
Charles McDonald (born 11 June 1935) is an Irish former Fine Gael politician.[1] He was a Senator from 1961 to 1973 and from 1977 to 1992, a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1973 to 1977, and a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1973 to 1979.
Biography
From County Laois, he was a farmer before entering politics,[1] he was elected in 1961 to the 10th Seanad on the Agricultural Panel, and held his Seanad seat until the 1973 general election, when he was elected to the 20th Dáil for the Laois–Offaly constituency (which he had contested unsuccessfully in 1969). He lost his seat in Dáil Éireann at 1977 general election, and although he stood in the next four general elections, he never returned to the Dáil.[2]
However, after his 1977 defeat, he was elected to the 14th Seanad (again on the Agricultural Panel), and remained in the Seanad until his defeat at the 1993 election, serving as Cathaoirleach of the 15th Seanad (1981–82) and as Leas-Chathaoirleach in the 16th and 18th Seanad.[1] He stood again at the 1997 election to the 21st Seanad, this time on the Administrative Panel, but was not elected.[2]
McDonald was appointed as a Member of the European Parliament in 1973, one of Ireland's first delegation of MEPs, who at that time MEPs were appointed as a delegation by national parliaments. He was re-appointed to the second and third delegations, but at the first direct election in 1979, he did not win a seat when he stood in the Leinster constituency. He did not contest the 1984 European election, and was unsuccessful again at the 1989 European election.
References
- ^ a b c "Charles McDonald". Oireachtas Members Database. 5 November 1992. Archived from the original on 8 November 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2008.
- ^ a b "Charles McDonald". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 11 September 2007. Retrieved 5 February 2008.
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| Preceded by | Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann 1981–1982 | Succeeded by |
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Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for the Laois–Offaly constituency
This table is transcluded from Laois–Offaly (Dáil constituency). (edit | history)
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | |||||
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| 2nd | 1921 | Joseph Lynch (SF) | Patrick McCartan (SF) | Francis Bulfin (SF) | Kevin O'Higgins (SF) | 4 seats 1921–1923 | |||||
| 3rd | 1922 | William Davin (Lab) | Patrick McCartan (PT-SF) | Francis Bulfin (PT-SF) | Kevin O'Higgins (PT-SF) | ||||||
| 4th | 1923 | Laurence Brady (Rep) | Francis Bulfin (CnaG) | Patrick Egan (CnaG) | Seán McGuinness (Rep) | ||||||
| 1926 by-election | James Dwyer (CnaG) | ||||||||||
| 5th | 1927 (Jun) | Patrick Boland (FF) | Thomas Tynan (FF) | John Gill (Lab) | |||||||
| 6th | 1927 (Sep) | Patrick Gorry (FF) | William Aird (CnaG) | ||||||||
| 7th | 1932 | Thomas F. O'Higgins (CnaG) | Eugene O'Brien (CnaG) | ||||||||
| 8th | 1933 | Eamon Donnelly (FF) | Jack Finlay (NCP) | ||||||||
| 9th | 1937 | Patrick Gorry (FF) | Thomas F. O'Higgins (FG) | Jack Finlay (FG) | |||||||
| 10th | 1938 | Daniel Hogan (FF) | |||||||||
| 11th | 1943 | Oliver J. Flanagan (IMR) | |||||||||
| 12th | 1944 | ||||||||||
| 13th | 1948 | Tom O'Higgins, Jnr (FG) | Oliver J. Flanagan (Ind) | ||||||||
| 14th | 1951 | Peadar Maher (FF) | |||||||||
| 15th | 1954 | Nicholas Egan (FF) | Oliver J. Flanagan (FG) | ||||||||
| 1956 by-election | Kieran Egan (FF) | ||||||||||
| 16th | 1957 | ||||||||||
| 17th | 1961 | Patrick Lalor (FF) | |||||||||
| 18th | 1965 | Henry Byrne (Lab) | |||||||||
| 19th | 1969 | Ger Connolly (FF) | Bernard Cowen (FF) | Tom Enright (FG) | |||||||
| 20th | 1973 | Charles McDonald (FG) | |||||||||
| 21st | 1977 | Bernard Cowen (FF) | |||||||||
| 22nd | 1981 | Liam Hyland (FF) | |||||||||
| 23rd | 1982 (Feb) | ||||||||||
| 24th | 1982 (Nov) | ||||||||||
| 1984 by-election | Brian Cowen (FF) | ||||||||||
| 25th | 1987 | Charles Flanagan (FG) | |||||||||
| 26th | 1989 | ||||||||||
| 27th | 1992 | Pat Gallagher (Lab) | |||||||||
| 28th | 1997 | John Moloney (FF) | Seán Fleming (FF) | Tom Enright (FG) | |||||||
| 29th | 2002 | Olwyn Enright (FG) | Tom Parlon (PDs) | ||||||||
| 30th | 2007 | Charles Flanagan (FG) | |||||||||
| 31st | 2011 | Brian Stanley (SF) | Barry Cowen (FF) | Marcella Corcoran Kennedy (FG) | |||||||
| 32nd | 2016 | Constituency abolished. See Laois and Offaly. | |||||||||
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33rd | 2020 | Brian Stanley (SF) | Carol Nolan (Ind) | Barry Cowen (FF) | Seán Fleming (FF) | Charles Flanagan (FG) | |||||
| 2024 | (Vacant) | ||||||||||
