Office: | Leas-Cheann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann |
1Blankname: | Ceann Comhairle |
Term Start: | 6 July 1977 |
Term End: | 30 June 1981 |
Predecessor: | Denis Jones |
Successor: | Jim Tunney |
Office1: | Teachta Dála |
Term Start1: | February 1982 |
Term End1: | November 1982 |
Term Start2: | June 1969 |
Term End2: | June 1981 |
Term Start3: | March 1957 |
Term End3: | October 1961 |
Constituency3: | Wexford |
Office4: | Senator |
Term Start4: | 14 December 1961 |
Term End4: | 5 November 1969 |
Constituency4: | Labour Panel |
Birth Date: | 3 May 1916 |
Birth Place: | County Wexford, Ireland |
Nationality: | Irish |
Party: | Fianna Fáil |
Relatives: | John Browne (nephew) |
Seán Browne (3 May 1916 – 27 March 1996) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Wexford constituency - first elected in 1957.[1]
Browne was a prominent member of the GAA. He served as chair of Wexford County Board for 21 years.[2]
Seán Browne was the uncle of John Browne, a TD representing the Wexford constituency from 1982 to 2016.[1]
Browne was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil TD for the Wexford constituency at the 1957 general election.[3] He was defeated at the 1961 election, and was unsuccessful again at the 1965 general election. However, after his 1961 defeat he was elected to the 10th Seanad on the Labour Panel, which returned him in 1965 to the 11th Seanad.[4]
Browne regained his Dáil seat at the 1969 general election. He was re-elected to the Dáil in 1973 and 1977, but was defeated at the 1981 general election. He was re-elected at the February 1982 election, but when the 23rd Dáil was dissolved later that year, he did not contest the November 1982 election and was succeeded by his nephew John Browne.[3]
He also served as Leas-Cheann Comhairle of the Dáil from 1977 to 1981.[2] [4]