John Anthony Madden ( 1896 – 1954) was an Irish politician and medical practitioner. He was first elected to
Dáil Éireann as a
Sinn Féin
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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) for the
Mayo North constituency at the
November 1924 by-election caused by the disqualification of
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 ...
's
Henry Coyle, who was imprisoned for bouncing cheques.
Madden was re-elected at the
June 1927 general election but did not take his seat in either Dáil due to Sinn Féin's
abstentionist
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policy. He did not contest the
September 1927 general election.
References
1890s births
1954 deaths
Members of the 4th Dáil
Members of the 5th Dáil
Politicians from County Mayo
Early Sinn Féin TDs
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