Thomas Hussey (born 25 January 1936) is an Irish former

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politician. He was a

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(TD) from 1969 to 1981, and then a Senator from 1981 to 1993. From County Galway, he was a farmer, auctioneer and insurance representative before entering politics. He stood unsuccessfully as a Fianna Fáil candidate for Dáil Éireann in the Galway East constituency at the

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and in the 1965 general election. Hussey won a seat in the new Galway North-East constituency at the 1969 general election, and held it until the constituency was abolished in 1977. He then secured election in the re-created Galway East at the 1977 general election, but lost there in

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. He stood again at the next three general elections, but never returned to the Dáil. He served as Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture from 1977 to 1980; and Minister of State at the Department of Social Welfare and

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from 1980 to 1981. However, after his 1981 defeat he was elected to the

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by the

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, and held that seat until his defeat in the 1993 Seanad election to the 20th Seanad, when he retired from politics.

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