- Luke J. Duffy
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Luke Joseph Duffy (1890–1949) was an Irish trades unionist and Labour Party politician, who served for five years as a Senator.
Born in Gurteen, County Sligo in 1890, Duffy's first job was as a draper's apprentice in Moon's of Galway. By 1910, he was an active member of the local branch of the Irish Drapers' Assistants Association (IDAA), and he was elected branch secretary in 1911. In the following years, he was vice-president and trustee of the Trades Council, secretary of the Volunteers and of the Galway City Gaelic Athletic Association, and active in the Irish National Foresters. In 1914, he chaired the IDAA's annual conference in Dublin. Sacked from Moon's for union activity in 1916, he was appointed Munster organiser of the IDAA. A few years later, he succeeded Michael O'Lehane as IDAA general secretary. In 1933, he became general secretary of the Irish Labour Party.
In 1944, he was elected by the Industrial and Commercial Panel as a member of the 5th Seanad. He was re-elected in 1948 to the 6th Seanad, but resigned shortly before his death in 1949.
Sources
- Oireachteas Members Database
- John Cunningham, 'Labour in the West of Ireland: working life and struggle, 1890-1914', Athol Books (Belfast) 1995.
Political offices Preceded by
Cathal O'ShannonPresident of the Irish Trade Union Congress
1923–1924Succeeded by
William X. O'Brien« 5th Seanad « Members of the 6th Seanad Éireann (1948–1951) » 7th Seanad » Administrative Panel John Finan (CnaT) • Patrick Fitzsimons (Ind) • Seán Goulding (FF) • Michael Hearne (??) • James McGee (??) • Margaret Mary Pearse (FF) • Jeremiah Ryan (FG)
Agricultural Panel Patrick Baxter (CnaT) • Robert Malachy Burke (Lab) • John Counihan (Ind) • Seán Gibbons (FF) • William O'Callaghan (??) • Timothy O'Donovan (FG) • Martin O'Dwyer (??) • Patrick O'Reilly (FF) • Martin Quinn (??) • William Quirke (??) • James Tunney (Lab)
Cultural and Educational Panel Michael Hayes (FG) • Cecil Lavery (FG) • Frank Loughman (FF) • Liam Ó Buachalla (FF) • Thomas J. O'Connell (Lab)
Industrial and Commercial Panel Joseph Brennan (??) • Denis Burke (FG) • Andrew Clarkin (FF) • James Crosbie (FG) • Henry Morgan Dockrell (FG) • Luke J. Duffy (Lab) • T. V. Honan (FF) • Peter Lynch (??) • Frederick Summerfield (??)
Labour Panel Richard Anthony (Ind) • John Butler (Lab) • Seán Campbell (??) • Michael Colgan (??) • Andrew Fogarty (FF) • Frederick Hawkins (??) • Seán Hayes (FF) • John Meighan (CnaT) • John O'Farrell (Lab) • Seán Ruane (??) • Michael Smyth (??)
National University of Ireland Henry Barniville (Ind) • Helena Concannon (FF) • George O'Brien (Ind)
University of Dublin Joseph Warwick Bigger (Ind) • William Fearon (Ind) • William Bedell Stanford (Ind)
Nominated by the Taoiseach George C. Bennett (FG) • Eleanor Butler (Lab) • James Douglas (Ind) • Denis Ireland (Ind) • Patrick McCartan (CnaP) • James J. McCrea (Lab) • Edward McGuire (Ind) • Séamus O'Farrell (Ind) • Edward Richards-Orpen (Ind) • Edmund Sweetman (FG) • Patrick Woulfe (Ind)
Elected or nominated later 1950 Mary Davidson (Lab)
FF: Fianna Fáil • FG: Fine Gael • CnaP: Clann na Poblachta • CnaT: Clann na Talmhan • Lab: Labour Party • Ind: Independent • ??: Unknown party« 4th Seanad « Members of the 5th Seanad Éireann (1944–1948) » 6th Seanad » Administrative Panel Andrew Clarkin (FF) • Seán Goulding (FF) • Michael Hayes (FG) • Denis Healy (FF) • Michael Hearne (??) • James McGee (??) • Thomas Ruane (FF)
Agricultural Panel Patrick Baxter (CnaT) • John Counihan (Ind) • Daniel Hogan (FF) • Edmund Horan (CnaT) • Patrick Kehoe (FF) • Dominick MacCabe (??) • William O'Callaghan (??) • Timothy O'Donovan (FG) • Patrick O'Reilly (FF) • William Quirke (??) • Gerard Sweetman (FG)
Cultural and Educational Panel Patrick Doyle (FG) • Louis O'Dea (FF) • Seán O'Donovan (??) • Patrick J. O'Reilly (??) • James Parkinson (??)
Industrial and Commercial Panel Thomas Condon (??) • Daniel Corkery (FF) • James Crosbie (FG) • Tadhg Crowley (FF) • James Douglas (Ind) • Luke J. Duffy (Lab) • Peter Trainor Kelly (??) • Seán MacEllin (??) • David Madden (FG)
Labour Panel John Butler (Lab) • Thomas Hayden (Lab) • James Johnston (??) • John Thomas Keane (??) • Thomas Kennedy (??) • Sam Kyle (Lab) • Peter Lynch (??) • John Meighan (CnaT) • Seán Ruane (??) • Michael Smyth (??) • James Tunney (Lab)
National University of Ireland Henry Barniville (Ind) • Helena Concannon (FF) • Michael J. Ryan (Ind)
University of Dublin William Fearon (Ind) • Joseph Johnston (Ind) • T. C. Kingsmill Moore (Ind)
Nominated by the Taoiseach Seán Campbell (??) • Robert Farnan (??) • Thomas Foran (Ind) • T. V. Honan (FF) • Sir John Keane (Ind) • Margaret L. Kennedy (FF) • William Magennis (Ind) • Liam Ó Buachalla (FF) • Pádraic Ó Máille (FF) • Margaret Mary Pearse (FF) • Matthew Stafford (FF)
Elected or nominated later 1945 Frederick Summerfield (??) • 1946 Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha (??) • Frederick Hawkins (??) • Edward Pakenham (Ind) • 1947 Joseph Warwick Bigger (Ind)
FF: Fianna Fáil • FG: Fine Gael • CnaT: Clann na Talmhan • Lab: Labour Party • Ind: Independent • ??: Unknown partyCategories:- 1890 births
- 1949 deaths
- Labour Party (Ireland) politicians
- Irish trade unionists
- Members of the 5th Seanad
- Members of the 6th Seanad
- People from County Sligo
- Labour Party (Ireland) politician stubs
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