John Copeland Cole (died 23 April 1987) was an Irish politician. He was a member of

Seanad Éireann Seanad Éireann (, ; "Senate of Ireland") is the upper house of the Oireachtas (the Irish legislature), which also comprises the President of Ireland and Dáil Éireann (the lower house). It is commonly called the Seanad or Senate and its memb ...

from 1957 to 1969. He was nominated by the Taoiseach

Éamon de Valera Éamon de Valera (, ; first registered as George de Valero; changed some time before 1901 to Edward de Valera; 14 October 1882 – 29 August 1975) was a prominent Irish statesman and political leader. He served several terms as head of govern ...

in 1957 to the 9th Seanad. He was nominated by

Seán Lemass Seán Francis Lemass (born John Francis Lemass; 15 July 1899 – 11 May 1971) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Taoiseach and Leader of Fianna Fáil from 1959 to 1966. He also served as Tánaiste from 1957 to 1959, 1951 to 1954 ...

in 1961 and 1965 to the 10th and 11th Seanads respectively. He did not contest the 1969 Seanad election. He was a member of the Orange Order and was grand master of the County Cavan lodge. His father John James Cole was a

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) for the Cavan constituency, elected on five occasions between 1923 and 1943.

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Year of birth missing 1987 deaths Independent TDs Members of the 9th Seanad Members of the 10th Seanad Members of the 11th Seanad Irish farmers Nominated members of Seanad Éireann Independent members of Seanad Éireann {{Ireland-senator-stub

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