Hugh Colohan (c. 1870 – 15 April 1931)''

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'' (16 April 1931), page 8 was an Irish Labour Party politician. A brick and stone layer before entering politics, he was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Labour Party

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(TD) for the Kildare–Wicklow constituency at the 1922 general election. He was re-elected at the 1923 general election for the

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constituency and was again re-elected at the June 1927 and September 1927 general elections. He died in office in 1931 and the

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caused by his death was won by

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Colohan, Hugh 1870s births 1931 deaths Labour Party (Ireland) TDs Members of the 3rd Dáil Members of the 4th Dáil Members of the 5th Dáil Members of the 6th Dáil People of the Irish Civil War (Pro-Treaty side) Politicians from County Kildare