John Connor (born 14 February 1944) is an Irish former

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politician. He was elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1981 general election as a Fine Gael

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(TD) for the

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constituency. He lost his seat at the February 1982 general election, and was not elected at the November 1982 general election. He was

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Garret FitzGerald to the 17th Seanad in February 1983. He was elected to the

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of the 18th Seanad in 1987. At the 1989 general election he re-gained his Dáil seat for the Roscommon constituency and was re-elected for the new Longford–Roscommon constituency at the 1992 general election. He again lost his Dáil seat at the 1997 general election but was again elected to the Agricultural Panel of the

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. At the 2002 general election he failed to get elected to the Dáil and he also lost his Seanad seat. In 1999, he was elected to Roscommon County Council, and was re-elected at the 2004 local elections. He did not contest the 2009 local elections.

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1944 births Living people Fine Gael TDs Members of the 22nd Dáil Members of the 26th Dáil Members of the 27th Dáil Members of the 17th Seanad Members of the 18th Seanad Members of the 21st Seanad Members of Roscommon County Council 20th-century Irish farmers Nominated members of Seanad Éireann Fine Gael senators Agricultural Panel senators {{Ireland-senator-stub