Joseph Bermingham
Irish Labour politician (1919–1995)
1982–1986
February 1973 – February 1987
County Kildare, Ireland
County Kildare, Ireland
Joseph Bermingham (9 May 1919 – 11 August 1995)[1] was an Irish Labour Party politician.[2]
Bermingham was born in Castlemitchell, County Kildare. He was educated at the Christian Brothers school in Athy and the O'Brien Institute in Dublin. Bermingham worked as a shopkeeper before being elected in 1967 as a member of Kildare County Council. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Dáil Éireann at the 1969 general election and at a by-election in 1970. He was elected to the 20th Dáil as Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kildare constituency at the 1973 general election.[3]
After the 1981 general election, Labour and Fine Gael formed a coalition government. Bermingham was appointed by the government to the position of Minister of State at the Department of Finance with responsibility for the Office of Public Works.[4] He served in that post until early 1982 when the government of Garret FitzGerald fell in a vote on the budget. When a new Fine Gael–Labour Party coalition came to power after the November 1982 general election Bermingham returned to same position.[5] He lost that position as part of a reshuffle in February 1986.[6]
Bermingham resigned from the Labour Party in June 1986, which left the government parties in a minority in the Dáil.[7][8] He did not contest the 1987 general election. He remained active in local politics and was elected to Kildare County Council in 1991 as an Independent.[3]
References
- ^ "Bermingham, Joseph". Biography and genealogy master index. Farmington Hills, Michigan: Gale Group. 1997. p. 84.
- ^ "Joseph Bermingham". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
- ^ a b "Joseph Bermingham". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
- ^ "Appointment of Ministers and Ministers of State – Dáil Éireann (22nd Dáil)". Houses of the Oireachtas. 7 July 1981. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ "Appointment of Ministers of State – Dáil Éireann (24th Dáil)". Houses of the Oireachtas. 16 December 1982. Archived from the original on 5 November 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "Ministerial Assignments and Titles: Announcement by Taoiseach – Dáil Éireann (24th Dáil)". Houses of the Oireachtas. 13 February 1986. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- ^ Yeates, Padraig (11 June 1986). "Bermingham resignation rooted in left–right rivalry". The Irish Times. p. 10. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- ^ Cooney, John (11 June 1986). "TD's defection leaves Coalition in minority". The Irish Times. p. 1. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
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| Preceded by Tom McEllistrim | Minister of State at the Department of Finance 1981–1982 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Minister of State at the Department of Finance 1982–1986 | Succeeded by |
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Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for the Kildare constituency
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| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4th | 1923 | Hugh Colohan (Lab) | John Conlan (FP) | George Wolfe (CnaG) | |||
| 5th | 1927 (Jun) | Domhnall Ua Buachalla (FF) | |||||
| 6th | 1927 (Sep) | ||||||
| 1931 by-election | Thomas Harris (FF) | ||||||
| 7th | 1932 | William Norton (Lab) | Sydney Minch (CnaG) | ||||
| 8th | 1933 | ||||||
| 9th | 1937 | Constituency abolished. See Carlow–Kildare | |||||
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13th | 1948 | William Norton (Lab) | Thomas Harris (FF) | Gerard Sweetman (FG) | 3 seats until 1961 | 3 seats until 1961 | |||||
| 14th | 1951 | ||||||||||
| 15th | 1954 | ||||||||||
| 16th | 1957 | Patrick Dooley (FF) | |||||||||
| 17th | 1961 | Brendan Crinion (FF) | 4 seats 1961–1969 | ||||||||
| 1964 by-election | Terence Boylan (FF) | ||||||||||
| 18th | 1965 | Patrick Norton (Lab) | |||||||||
| 19th | 1969 | Paddy Power (FF) | 3 seats 1969–1981 | 3 seats 1969–1981 | |||||||
| 1970 by-election | Patrick Malone (FG) | ||||||||||
| 20th | 1973 | Joseph Bermingham (Lab) | |||||||||
| 21st | 1977 | Charlie McCreevy (FF) | |||||||||
| 22nd | 1981 | Bernard Durkan (FG) | Alan Dukes (FG) | ||||||||
| 23rd | 1982 (Feb) | Gerry Brady (FF) | |||||||||
| 24th | 1982 (Nov) | Bernard Durkan (FG) | |||||||||
| 25th | 1987 | Emmet Stagg (Lab) | |||||||||
| 26th | 1989 | Seán Power (FF) | |||||||||
| 27th | 1992 | ||||||||||
| 28th | 1997 | Constituency abolished. See Kildare North and Kildare South | |||||||||
