Seán French (8 November 1931 – 25 December 2011) was a

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politician from Cork in

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. He was a

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(TD) from 1967 to 1982. French was elected to

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on his first attempt, at a by-election in 1967 for the Cork Borough constituency which was caused by the death of the Labour Party TD Seán Casey. He was re-elected at the next five general elections, but lost his seat at the November 1982 general election and did not stand again. He also stood as a candidate for the

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, at the first direct election in 1979 in the

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constituency, but was not elected. Seán French was

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for the term from 1976 to 1977. His father, also called Seán French, also served as a TD and Lord Mayor of Cork.

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