Johnny Geoghegan | |
Office: | Parliamentary Secretary |
Suboffice: | Social Welfare |
Subterm: | 1969–1973 |
Office1: | Teachta Dála |
Term Start1: | May 1954 |
Term End1: | 5 January 1975 |
Constituency1: | Galway West |
Party: | Fianna Fáil |
Birth Date: | 5 November 1913 |
Birth Place: | County Galway, Ireland |
Death Place: | County Galway, Ireland |
Children: | Máire Geoghegan-Quinn |
John Geoghegan (; 5 November 1913 – 5 January 1975) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for more than twenty years.[1]
Geoghegan was elected to Dáil Éireann on his first attempt, at the 1954 general election, taking his seat in the 15th Dáil as TD for the Galway West constituency.[2]
He was re-elected at the next five general elections. In July 1969, he was appointed by Taoiseach Jack Lynch as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Social Welfare.[3] He served until Fianna Fáil lost office at the 1973 general election.[1]
After his death on 5 January 1975, the by-election for his Galway West seat in the 20th Dáil was held on 4 March and won for Fianna Fáil by his daughter Máire Geoghegan-Quinn.[4]