Timothy Joseph O'Donovan (4 April 1881 – 28 June 1957)
[Irish Times (29 June 1957), "Obituary, Mr. T. J. Donovan"] was a
Farmers' Party and
Fine Gael
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politician from
County Cork
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in
Ireland
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. He was a
Teachta Dála
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(TD) from 1923 to 1944, then a
senator
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from 1944 until 1954, serving as
Cathaoirleach of
Seanad Éireann from 1948 to 1951.
O'Donovan was elected at the
1923 general election to the
4th Dáil
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as a Farmers' Party TD for the
Cork West constituency.
He was re-elected at seven further general elections until his defeat at the
1944 general election to the
12th Dáil
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, after several changes of party affiliation. After the demise of the Farmers' Party in the 1920s, he was re-elected in 1933 as a
National Centre Party TD, and when the National Party merged with
Cumann na nGaedheal
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Origins
In 1922 the pro-Treaty G ...
to form
Fine Gael
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, he joined the new party.
After the loss of his Dáil seat in 1944, he was elected at the subsequent
Seanad Éireann election to the
5th Seanad
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, on the
Agricultural Panel. He was re-elected in 1948 to the
6th Seanad
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, serving as
Cathaoirleach (chairperson) of the Seanad from 1948 to 1951. He died in 1957.
References
1881 births
1957 deaths
Farmers' Party (Ireland) TDs
National Centre Party (Ireland) TDs
Fine Gael TDs
Cathaoirligh of Seanad Éireann
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Politicians from County Cork
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