Denis Larkin

Denis Larkin

Denis Larkin (1908 – 2 July 1987) was an Irish Labour Party politician and trade union official, and son of Dublin's most noted trade union leader, the Liverpool-born Jim Larkin, who died in 1948 (?). He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North East constituency at the 1954 general election and was re-elected at the 1957 general election.[1] He lost his seat at the 1961 general election but was re-elected at the 1965 general election.[2] He did not contest the 1969 general election. He served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from 1955–56.

References

  1. ^ "Mr. Denis Larkin". Oireachtas Members Database. http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0&HouseNum=15&MemberID=610&ConstID=88. Retrieved 12 October 2008. 
  2. ^ "Denis Larkin". ElectionsIreland.org. http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=2402. Retrieved 12 October 2008. 
Civic offices
Preceded by
Alfred Byrne
Lord Mayor of Dublin
1955–1956
Succeeded by
Robert Briscoe
Political offices
Preceded by
James Larkin, Jr
General Secretary of the Workers' Union of Ireland
1969–1977
Succeeded by
Paddy Cardiff
Preceded by
Stephen McGonagle
President of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions
1974
Succeeded by
Andy Barr