Tom Raftery Explained

Office:Senator
Term Start:1 November 1989
Term End:17 February 1993
Constituency:Agricultural Panel
Office1:Member of the European Parliament
Term Start1:June 1984
Term End1:June 1989
Constituency1:Munster
Birth Name:Thomas Raftery
Birth Date:15 August 1933
Birth Place:Galway, Ireland
Party:Fine Gael

Tom Raftery (born 15 August 1933) is an Irish former Fine Gael politician and university professor. He was elected to the European Parliament at the 1984 European election for the Munster constituency. He lost his seat at the 1989 European election but was elected to the Seanad at the 1989 Seanad election for the Administrative Panel.[1] He failed to retain his Seanad seat at the 1992 election. He stood unsuccessfully in the Munster constituency at the 1994 European election.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tom Raftery. Oireachtas Members Database. 10 April 2009. 7 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181107145246/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Tom-Raftery.S.1989-01-10. live.
  2. Web site: Tom Raftery. ElectionsIreland.org. 10 April 2009. 21 February 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110221232246/http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?id=3845. live.