Eugene Timmons Explained

Office:Teachta Dála
Term Start:June 1969
Term End:June 1977
Term Start1:October 1961
Term End1:April 1965
Constituency1:Dublin North-East
Office2:Lord Mayor of Dublin
Term Start2:1965
Term End2:1967
Predecessor2:John McCann
Successor2:Thomas Stafford
Birth Place:Dublin, Ireland
Death Place:Dublin, Ireland
Party:Fianna Fáil
Education:St Joseph's, Fairview

Eugene Timmons (died 13 May 1999) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He attended St. Joseph's Secondary C.B.S. in Fairview. An office worker, Timmons was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North-East constituency at the 1961 general election,[1] having previously stood at the 1948, 1951 and 1954 general elections, but not the 1957 general election.[2] Timmons lost his Dáil seat at the 1965 general election but regained it at the 1969 general election, until losing it at the 1977 general election.

Timmons served two terms as Lord Mayor of Dublin from 1965 to 1967.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Eugene Timmons. Oireachtas Members Database. 14 October 2008. 8 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181108184826/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Eugene-Timmons.D.1961-10-11. live.
  2. Web site: Eugene Timmons. ElectionsIreland.org. 14 October 2008. 4 September 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070904122102/http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?id=2244. live.
  3. Web site: Lord Mayors of Dublin 1665–2020 . Dublin City Council. June 2020. 18 November 2023.