Charles Fagan | |
Office: | Teachta Dála |
Term Start: | February 1948 |
Term End: | October 1961 |
Term Start1: | January 1933 |
Term End1: | July 1937 |
Constituency1: | Longford–Westmeath |
Term Start2: | July 1937 |
Term End2: | February 1948 |
Constituency2: | Meath–Westmeath |
Birth Date: | 1 October 1881 |
Birth Place: | County Westmeath, Ireland |
Death Place: | County Westmeath, Ireland |
Charles Fagan (1 October 1881 – 8 May 1974) was an Irish politician. A farmer before entering politics, he was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a National Centre Party Teachta Dála (TD) for the Longford–Westmeath constituency at the 1933 general election.[1] He became a Fine Gael TD on 8 September 1933 when Cumann na nGaedheal and the National Centre Party, along with the Army Comrades Association merged to form the new party of Fine Gael. He was elected as a Fine Gael TD for the Meath–Westmeath constituency at the 1937 general election. He was re-elected at the 1938, 1943 and 1944 general elections.[2]
He left Fine Gael in 1947.[3] He was elected as an Independent TD for Longford–Westmeath at the 1948 and 1951 general elections. He re-joined Fine Gael in 1954 and was elected as a Fine Gael TD for Longford–Westmeath at the 1954 general election, and was re-elected at the 1957 general election. He did not contest the 1961 general election.