Seán Hayes (1890 – 16 February 1968) was an Irish politician. He was a

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(TD) for 10 year, and later a

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for 22 years. Hayes was first elected to

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at the June 1927 general election as a TD for the

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constituency, and held the seat until his defeat at the 1937 general election. He stood again at the 1943 general election and at by-election in 1947, but never returned to the Dáil. In the 1938 election to the reconstituted

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, he was elected by the

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, and held the seat at the further election later that year to the

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. He lost his seat at the 1943 Seanad election. He was re-elected by the Labour Panel at the 1948 election to the

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, and at subsequent elections until he stepped down at the 1965 election.

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