Office: | Teachta Dála |
Term Start: | June 1981 |
Term End: | November 1982 |
Constituency: | Cork North-Central |
Term Start1: | June 1977 |
Term End1: | June 1981 |
Constituency1: | Cork City |
Term Start2: | June 1969 |
Term End2: | June 1977 |
Constituency2: | Cork City North-West |
Term Start3: | November 1967 |
Term End3: | June 1969 |
Constituency3: | Cork Borough |
Birth Date: | 8 November 1931 |
Birth Place: | County Cork, Ireland |
Death Place: | County Cork, Ireland |
Party: | Fianna Fáil |
Father: | Seán French |
Seán French (8 November 1931 – 25 December 2011) was a Fianna Fáil politician from Cork in Ireland.[1] He was a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1967 to 1982.[2]
French was elected to Dáil Éireann on his first attempt, at a by-election in 1967 for the Cork Borough constituency which was caused by the death of the Labour Party TD Seán Casey. He was re-elected at the next five general elections, but lost his seat at the November 1982 general election and did not stand again.[3]
He also stood as a candidate for the European Parliament, at the first direct election in 1979 in the Munster constituency, but was not elected.[3]
Seán French was Lord Mayor of Cork for the term from 1976 to 1977.[4] His father, also called Seán French, also served as a TD and Lord Mayor of Cork.[5]