Michael Pat Murphy
Irish Labour Party politician (1919–2000)
1973–1977
October 1961 – June 1981
May 1951 – October 1961
County Cork, Ireland
County Cork, Ireland
Michael Patrick Murphy (12 March 1919 – 28 October 2000) was an Irish Labour Party politician. A publican before entering politics, he was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork West constituency at the 1951 general election.[1] He was re-elected at each subsequent election until he retired at the 1981 general election.
From 1961 he was elected for the Cork South-West constituency.[2] He was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture by the government of the Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave, serving from 1973 to 1977.[3][1] In February 1977, he was reassigned as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Fisheries, serving until May 1977.[4]
His daughter Kate Ann married John O'Donoghue, former Fianna Fáil TD for Kerry South.[5]
References
- ^ a b "Michael Murphy". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 31 January 2008.
- ^ "Michael Murphy". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 31 January 2008.
- ^ "Appointment of Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries – Dáil Éireann (20th Dáil) – Vol. 265 No. 2". Houses of the Oireachtas. 14 March 1973. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ "Transfer of Departmental Functions: Statement by Taoiseach – Dáil Éireann (20th Dáil) – Vol. 296 No. 7". Houses of the Oireachtas. 8 February 1977. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ "Kerry locals sing a favourite's praises". The Irish Times. 10 October 2009. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
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| Preceded by Jackie Fahey | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries 1973–1977 | Succeeded by Thomas Hussey |
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Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for the Cork West constituency
This table is transcluded from Cork West (Dáil constituency). (edit | history)
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | |||||
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| 4th | 1923 | Timothy J. Murphy (Lab) | Seán Buckley (Rep) | Cornelius Connolly (CnaG) | John Prior (CnaG) | Timothy O'Donovan (FP) | |||||
| 5th | 1927 (Jun) | Thomas Mullins (FF) | Timothy Sheehy (CnaG) | Jasper Wolfe (Ind) | |||||||
| 6th | 1927 (Sep) | ||||||||||
| 7th | 1932 | Raphael Keyes (FF) | Eamonn O'Neill (CnaG) | ||||||||
| 8th | 1933 | Tom Hales (FF) | James Burke (CnaG) | Timothy O'Donovan (NCP) | |||||||
| 9th | 1937 | Timothy O'Sullivan (FF) | Daniel O'Leary (FG) | Eamonn O'Neill (FG) | Timothy O'Donovan (FG) | ||||||
| 10th | 1938 | Seán Buckley (FF) | |||||||||
| 11th | 1943 | Patrick O'Driscoll (Ind) | |||||||||
| 12th | 1944 | Eamonn O'Neill (FG) | |||||||||
| 13th | 1948 | Seán Collins (FG) | 3 seats 1948–1961 | ||||||||
| 1949 by-election | William J. Murphy (Lab) | ||||||||||
| 14th | 1951 | Michael Pat Murphy (Lab) | |||||||||
| 15th | 1954 | Edward Cotter (FF) | |||||||||
| 16th | 1957 | Florence Wycherley (Ind) | |||||||||
| 17th | 1961 | Constituency abolished. See Cork South-West | |||||||||
