Andrew Lavin ( – date of death unknown) was an Irish politician and farmer. He was elected unopposed as a

Sinn Féin Sinn Féin ( , ; en, " eOurselves") is an Irish republican and democratic socialist political party active throughout both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The original Sinn Féin organisation was founded in 1905 by Arthur G ...

Teachta Dála A Teachta Dála ( , ; plural ), abbreviated as TD (plural ''TDanna'' in Irish, TDs in English), is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (the Irish Parliament). It is the equivalent of terms such as ''Member of Parli ...

(TD) to the 2nd Dáil at the 1921 elections for the Leitrim–Roscommon North constituency. He supported the

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and voted in favour of it. He was elected as a pro-Treaty Sinn Féin TD at the 1922 general election. He was elected as a

Cumann na nGaedheal Cumann na nGaedheal (; "Society of the Gaels") was a political party in the Irish Free State, which formed the government from 1923 to 1932. In 1933 it merged with smaller groups to form the Fine Gael party. Origins In 1922 the pro-Treaty ...

TD for

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constituency at the 1923 general election. He lost his seat at the June 1927 general election, and was also an unsuccessful candidate at the September 1927 general election.

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1890s births Year of birth uncertain Year of death missing Early Sinn Féin TDs Cumann na nGaedheal TDs Members of the 2nd Dáil Members of the 3rd Dáil Members of the 4th Dáil People of the Irish Civil War (Pro-Treaty side) Politicians from County Roscommon 20th-century Irish farmers {{SinnFéin-politician-stub