Patrick Joseph Gorry (14 July 1896 – 23 October 1965) was an Irish
Fianna Fáil
Fianna Fáil (, ; meaning 'Soldiers of Destiny' or 'Warriors of Fál'), officially Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party ( ga, audio=ga-Fianna Fáil.ogg, Fianna Fáil – An Páirtí Poblachtánach), is a conservative and Christia ...
politician. A farmer, he was first elected to
Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil
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
Leix–Offaly constituency at the
September 1927 general election.
He was re-elected at the
1932 general election but lost his seat at the
1933 general election.
He re-gained his seat at the
1937 general election and was re-elected at each subsequent general election until he lost his seat at the
1951 general election. He was elected to the
7th Seanad in 1951 on the
Agricultural Panel
The Agricultural Panel () is one of five vocational panels which together elect 43 of the 60 members of Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (the legislature of Ireland). The Agricultural Panel elects eleven senators.
Election
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. He was defeated at the 1954 Seanad election.
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1896 births
1965 deaths
Fianna Fáil TDs
Members of the 6th Dáil
Members of the 7th Dáil
Members of the 9th Dáil
Members of the 10th Dáil
Members of the 11th Dáil
Members of the 12th Dáil
Members of the 13th Dáil
Members of the 7th Seanad
20th-century Irish farmers
Fianna Fáil senators
Agricultural Panel senators
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