John Connor (Irish politician) explained

Office:Teachta Dála
Term Start:November 1992
Term End:June 1997
Constituency:Longford–Roscommon
Term Start1:June 1989
Term End1:November 1992
Term Start2:June 1981
Term End2:February 1982
Constituency2:Roscommon
Office3:Senator
Term Start3:17 September 1997
Term End3:12 September 2002
Term Start4:25 April 1987
Term End4:15 June 1989
Constituency4:Agricultural Panel
Term Start5:23 February 1983
Term End5:25 April 1987
Constituency5:Nominated by the Taoiseach
Birth Date:14 February 1944
Birth Place:County Roscommon, Ireland
Death Place:County Roscommon, Ireland
Party:Fine Gael

John Connor (14 February 1944 – 27 January 2024) was an Irish Fine Gael politician. He was elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1981 general election as a Fine Gael Teachta Dála (TD) for the Roscommon constituency.[1]

Connor lost his seat at the February 1982 general election, and was not elected at the November 1982 general election. He was nominated by the Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald to the 17th Seanad in February 1983. He was elected to the Agricultural Panel of the 18th Seanad in 1987. At the 1989 general election he re-gained his Dáil seat for the Roscommon constituency, and was re-elected for the new Longford–Roscommon constituency at the 1992 general election.

Connor again lost his Dáil seat at the 1997 general election but was again elected to the Agricultural Panel of the 21st Seanad. At the 2002 general election he failed to get elected to the Dáil and he also lost his Seanad seat.[2]

In 1999, he was elected to Roscommon County Council, and was re-elected at the 2004 local elections. He did not contest the 2009 local elections.[2]

Connor died in a road traffic collision in Frenchpark on 27 January 2024, at the age of 79.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: John Connor. Oireachtas Members Database. 29 April 2009. 7 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181107145212/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/John-Connor.D.1981-06-30. live.
  2. Web site: John Connor. ElectionsIreland.org. 29 April 2009. 30 November 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101130170616/http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=780. live.
  3. News: 28 January 2024. Former Fine Gael TD (70s) named as victim in Roscommon crash. The Irish Times. 28 January 2024.
  4. News: Former Fine Gael TD John Connor dies in Roscommon crash. 28 January 2024 . RTÉ News. 28 January 2024.