John O'Leary (1 September 1894 – 21 June 1959) was an Irish Labour Party politician who served in the Oireachtas for nearly twenty years, first as Teachta Dála (TD) for

Wexford Wexford () is the county town of County Wexford, Ireland. Wexford lies on the south side of Wexford Harbour, the estuary of the River Slaney near the southeastern corner of the island of Ireland. The town is linked to Dublin by the M11/N11 Nat ...

and then as a Senator. He was elected to

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as a Labour Party TD for the Wexford constituency at the 1943 general election. He was re-elected at the

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and

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general elections as a National Labour Party TD. At the

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and

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general elections, he was once again elected as a Labour Party TD. O'Leary was defeated at the 1957 general election, but was elected to the

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by the

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. He died in office in 1959, and John J. Brennan of

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was elected at a by-election to replace him.

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