| Nationality: | Irish |
| Office: | Teachta Dála |
| Term Start: | May 2007 |
| Term End: | February 2011 |
| Constituency: | Kildare North |
| Birth Date: | 12 October 1942 |
| Birth Place: | Cootehill, County Cavan, Ireland |
| Death Place: | Allenwood, County Kildare, Ireland |
| Party: | Fianna Fáil |
| Spouse: | Maureen Roche |
| Children: | 1 |
| Profession: | Garda, auctioneer |
Michael Fitzpatrick (12 October 1942 – 14 October 2011) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was elected as Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kildare North constituency at the 2007 general election,[1] and served until 2011.[2]
He was a member of Kildare County Council for the Clane electoral area from 1999 to 2007. He was a member of the Irish: [[Garda Síochána]]|italic=no from 1961 to 1972. He was the constituency manager in Kildare for former Minister for Finance and European Commissioner Charlie McCreevy from 1992 to 2007. He also was a Kildare mayor.
In 2010, he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease. In an interview with The Irish Times on 12 March 2010, he said he intended to keep working as a TD.[3]
Fitzpatrick said he had "compared notes" with Brian Lenihan. "We are both on a journey. We talk and chat to one another about our illnesses". He gave a presentation on his condition to the Irish Motor Neurone Research Foundation.[4]
He lost his seat at the February 2011 general election and died that October.[5] [6] Fianna Fáil cancelled its Wolfe Tone commemoration at Bodenstown, County Kildare as a mark of respect.[7] [8] His funeral was in the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Allenwood, County Kildare.[9] [10]