- Seán Brosnan
Seán Brosnan (21 December 1916 – 18 April 1979) was an Irish barrister and
Fianna Fáil politician fromCounty Cork . He served for 10 years in theOireachtas , as aTeachta Dála (TD) and as a Senator. [cite web |url=http://oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?MemberFirstName=&MemberName=brosnan&restr=0&disp=src&housetype=&HouseNum=&ConstID= |title=Mr. Seán Brosnan |author= |work=Oireachtas Members Database |date= |accessdate=2008-01-06]At the 1969 general election, Brosnan was elected to the
19th Dáil as a TD for Cork North East. It was his second attempt — he had been defeated in 1965 — and he lost his seat in the 1973 general election. He was then elected to the 13th Seanad Éireann on theAdministrative Panel , but he regained his Dáil seat in a by-election in November 1974 after the death of his Fianna Fáil colleagueLiam Ahern .cite web |url=http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=2755 |title=Sean Brosnan |author= |work=ElectionsIreland.org |date= |accessdate=2008-01-06]Brosnan was re-elected in the 1977 election to the
21st Dáil , and also served as aMember of the European Parliament (MEP). MEPs were at that time appointed by national parliaments rather than being elected, and Brosnan was one of a 10-member delegation from theOireachtas until the first direct elections in 1979.After his death in 1979, the resulting by-election on 7 November was won for
Fine Gael byMyra Barry .References
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