Seán Brosnan

Seán Brosnan (21 December 1916 – 18 April 1979) was an Irish barrister and Fianna Fáil politician from County Cork. He served for 10 years in the Oireachtas, as a Teachta Dála (TD) and as a Senator. [cite web |url=http://oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?MemberFirstName=&MemberName=brosnan&restr=0&disp=src&housetype=&HouseNum=&ConstID= |title=Mr. Seán Brosnan |author= |work=Oireachtas Members Database |date= |accessdate=2008-01-06]

At the 1969 general election, Brosnan was elected to the 19th Dáil as a TD for Cork North East. It was his second attempt — he had been defeated in 1965 — and he lost his seat in the 1973 general election. He was then elected to the 13th Seanad Éireann on the Administrative Panel, but he regained his Dáil seat in a by-election in November 1974 after the death of his Fianna Fáil colleague Liam Ahern.cite web |url=http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=2755 |title=Sean Brosnan |author= |work=ElectionsIreland.org |date= |accessdate=2008-01-06]

Brosnan was re-elected in the 1977 election to the 21st Dáil, and also served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP). MEPs were at that time appointed by national parliaments rather than being elected, and Brosnan was one of a 10-member delegation from the Oireachtas until the first direct elections in 1979.

After his death in 1979, the resulting by-election on 7 November was won for Fine Gael by Myra Barry.

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See also

*Families in the Oireachtas

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