Patrick Kerrigan
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Patrick Kerrigan (21st February 1928 – 4th July 1979) was an Irish Labour Party Senator and then TD who died in office.
A trade union official, Kerrigan was an unsuccessful candidate in the Cork City North constituency at the 1969 general election. He lost again at the 1973 general election, when a Fine Gael-Labour colaition government took office. Kerrigan was then nominated by Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave to the 13th Seanad, where he served until 1977.
At the 1977 general election, Kerrigan stood in the new five-seat Cork City, where Fianna Fáil leader Jack Lynch topped the poll with over 39% of the vote, leading his party to a landslide to-seat majority in the 144-seat Dáil Éireann.
Kerrigan took his seat in the 21st Dáil, but two years later on 4th July 1979, aged 71. The by-election for his Dáil seat was held on on 7 November and won by Fine Gael's Liam Burke, a former TD who had lost his seat to O'Sullivan at the 1977 election.
[edit] External links
- Patrick Kerrigan's electoral history (ElectionsIreland.org)
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