- Johnny Geoghegan
Johnny Geoghegan (5 November 1913 – 5 January 1975) was an Irish
Fianna Fáil PartyTeachta Dála (TD) for more than twenty years.Geoghegan was elected to
Dáil Éireann on his first attempt, at the 1954 general election, taking his seat in the15th Dáil as TD for the Galway West constituency.He was re-elected at the next five general elections, taking ministerial office only once, in the
19th Dáil . In the ministerial reshuffle following the dismissal of two Cabinet ministers in theArms Crisis ,Taoiseach Jack Lynch appointed Geoghegan on 9 May 1970 as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Social Welfare, under Minister Joseph Brennan. He served untilFianna Fáil lost power in the 1973 general election.After his death on 5 January 1975, the by-election for his Galway West seat in the
20th Dáil was held on 4 March and won forFianna Fáil by his daughterMáire Geoghegan-Quinn . Four years later, she became the first woman to hold an Irish cabinet post since the foundation of the state in 1922.ee also
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