William Davin (19 February 1890 – 1 March 1956) was an Irish Labour Party politician who served as a

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(TD) for over thirty years. He was also a station-master. His first candidacy for public office was at the 1922 general election, when he stood as a Labour Party candidate in the Leix–Offaly constituency. He was returned to the

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, and was re-elected at each successive general election until his death in office in 1956. Following his death, a by-election was held on 30 April 1956 which was won by the

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candidate Kieran Egan. He was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Local Government from 1954 to 1956. For most of this period, he was the only Labour deputy from Laois–Offaly, but after the June 1927 general election he was joined in the short-lived

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, who lost his seat at the September 1927 general election. Since Davin's death, Laois–Offaly has returned a Labour TD only twice: at the 1965 general election, when

Henry Byrne Henry Byrne (6 March 1920 – 6 April 1976) was an Irish Labour Party (Ireland), Labour Party politician who served one term as a Teachta Dála (TD). He first stood for election as an Independent politician, independent candidate at the 1944 I ...

was elected to the

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, and at the 1992 general election, when Pat Gallagher was elected to the

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