Timothy O'Connor (Irish politician)
Timothy O'Connor | |
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| Teachta Dála | |
| In office October 1961 – June 1981 | |
| Constituency | Kerry South |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 October 1906 London, England |
| Died | 21 July 1986 (aged 79) Cork, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Fianna Fáil |
| Education | St Munchin's College |
Timothy O'Connor (1 October 1906 – 21 July 1986) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kerry South constituency from 1961 to 1981.[1]
A businessman from Killorglin, he was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil TD for the Kerry South constituency at the 1961 general election. He was re-elected at each subsequent general election until he lost his seat at the 1981 general election when he was defeated by Labour's Michael Moynihan.[2] He stood unsuccessfully at the 1979 European Parliament election for the Munster constituency. He was also a member of Kerry County Council for many years, representing the Killorglin local electoral area.
Memoir[edit]
In 2023, a memoir was released, documenting the life of O'Connor, written by his brother Patrick, before his death in May 2022.[3] The book, "Chub": The Life and Times of a Remarkable Kerryman, was released on 16 November 2023, and had a book launch in Killorglin on 24 November.[4]
Electoral history[edit]
Dáil Éireann[edit]
1961[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Honor Crowley | 22.3 | 5,640 | 5,886 | 6,537 | |
| Fine Gael | Patrick Connor | 21.3 | 5,402 | 6,588 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Timothy O'Connor | 20.7 | 5,244 | 5,446 | 5,862 | |
| Labour | Michael Moynihan | 14.3 | 3,630 | 3,952 | 5,073 | |
| Sinn Féin | John Joe Rice | 12.8 | 3,240 | 3,380 | ||
| Fine Gael | Michael O'Sullivan | 8.5 | 2,158 | |||
| Electorate: 36,781 Valid: 25,314 Quota: 6,329 Turnout: 68.8% | ||||||
1965[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Timothy O'Connor | 22.5 | 5,977 | 6,253 | 6,842 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Honor Crowley | 21.6 | 5,746 | 5,887 | 6,084 | 6,225 | 6,341 | |
| Fine Gael | Patrick Connor | 20.7 | 5,501 | 5,664 | 7,365 | |||
| Labour | Michael Moynihan | 17.7 | 4,712 | 4,924 | 5,626 | 6,210 | 6,296 | |
| Fine Gael | Michael Begley | 12.2 | 3,250 | 3,725 | ||||
| Independent | James Courtney | 5.2 | 1,370 | |||||
| Electorate: 36,470 Valid: 26,556 Quota: 6,640 Turnout: 72.8% | ||||||||
1969[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | John O'Leary | 30.6 | 8,656 | |||||
| Fianna Fáil | Timothy O'Connor | 22.9 | 6,490 | 7,733 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Michael Begley | 16.1 | 4,564 | 4,621 | 4,666 | 5,629 | 6,713 | |
| Fine Gael | Patrick Connor | 13.8 | 3,891 | 4,013 | 4,151 | 4,884 | 5,698 | |
| Labour | Tadhg O'Sullivan | 9.4 | 2,652 | 2,795 | 2,945 | 3,109 | ||
| Fine Gael | Daniel Barry | 7.2 | 2,038 | 2,056 | 2,065 | |||
| Electorate: 36,097 Valid: 28,291 Quota: 7,073 Turnout: 78.4% | ||||||||
1973[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | John O'Leary | 30.3 | 8,286 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Timothy O'Connor | 21.3 | 5,819 | 7,021 | |||
| Fine Gael | Michael Begley | 19.7 | 5,390 | 5,444 | 5,610 | 7,752 | |
| Labour | Michael Moynihan | 13.9 | 3,806 | 3,952 | 4,451 | 5,087 | |
| Fine Gael | Daniel Barry | 11.1 | 3,025 | 3,052 | 3,145 | ||
| Sinn Féin (Official) | Patrick O'Callaghan | 3.7 | 1,014 | 1,035 | |||
| Electorate: 36,391 Valid: 27,340 Quota: 6,836 Turnout: 75.1% | |||||||
1977[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | John O'Leary | 24.5 | 8,002 | 8,246 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Timothy O'Connor | 24.2 | 7,917 | 8,072 | 8,312 | |
| Fine Gael | Michael Begley | 20.4 | 6,655 | 6,722 | 8,818 | |
| Labour | Michael Moynihan | 17.7 | 5,799 | 6,174 | 6,982 | |
| Fine Gael | Michael Connor Scarteen | 10.0 | 3,256 | 3,345 | ||
| Sinn Féin The Workers' Party | Redmond Sullivan | 3.3 | 1,065 | |||
| Electorate: 41,565 Valid: 32,694 Quota: 8,174 Turnout: 78.7% | ||||||
1981[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Labour | Michael Moynihan | 24.5 | 8,221 | 8,624 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | John O'Leary | 22.0 | 7,383 | 7,550 | 7,757 | 9,036 | |
| Fine Gael | Michael Begley | 18.3 | 6,144 | 6,401 | 7,741 | 8,195 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Timothy O'Connor | 14.0 | 4,702 | 4,888 | 4,980 | 6,904 | |
| Fianna Fáil | John O'Donoghue | 11.3 | 3,780 | 4,150 | 4,248 | ||
| Fine Gael | Patrick O'Connor | 5.3 | 1,763 | 1,892 | |||
| Independent | Michael O'Connell | 4.8 | 1,600 | ||||
| Electorate: 41,807 Valid: 33,593 Quota: 8,399 Turnout: 80.4% | |||||||
European Parliament[edit]
1979[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Independent | T. J. Maher | 20.0 | 86,208 | |||||||||
| Labour | Eileen Desmond | 12.5 | 53,614 | 54,530 | 57,822 | 58,711 | 62,941 | 67,191 | 69,055 | 72,600 | ||
| Fine Gael | Tom O'Donnell | 10.9 | 46,820 | 49,909 | 50,837 | 50,994 | 54,582 | 65,528 | 67,004 | 92,475 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Jerry Cronin | 10.1 | 43,439 | 44,424 | 45,123 | 51,065 | 52,751 | 53,624 | 60,649 | 61,422 | 62,312 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Noel Davern | 8.7 | 37,647 | 39,143 | 40,106 | 42,705 | 43,362 | 43,799 | 48,332 | 49,465 | 50,192 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Herbert | 7.9 | 34,034 | 35,213 | 35,730 | 38,645 | 38,852 | 39,184 | 46,311 | 47,000 | 47,754 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Timothy O'Connor | 6.9 | 29,595 | 30,524 | 31,010 | 32,915 | 33,201 | 33,856 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Jim O'Keeffe | 6.0 | 25,664 | 27,203 | 27,483 | 27,667 | 29,973 | |||||
| Fine Gael | John Blair | 5.0 | 21,615 | 22,217 | 22,695 | 23,219 | ||||||
| Fine Gael | Alan Dukes | 5.0 | 21,510 | 24,666 | 25,525 | 25,656 | 33,172 | 39,519 | 40,085 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Seán French | 3.9 | 16,655 | 16,951 | 17,327 | |||||||
| Sinn Féin The Workers Party | Michael Dunphy | 2.7 | 11,526 | 11,701 | ||||||||
| Community Democrats | Michael B Crowe | 0.5 | 2,268 | 2,348 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 641,625 Valid: 430,595 Spoilt: 14,597 (3.3%) Quota: 71,766 Turnout: 445,192 (69.4%) | ||||||||||||
References[edit]
- ^ "Timothy O'Connor". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
- ^ "Timothy O'Connor". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
- ^ "The remarkable life and times of Kerry politician 'Chub' O'Connor to be revealed in new book". Irish Independent. 10 November 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ^ "Memoir on the late Timothy 'Chub' O'Connor to be launched this evening". Radio Kerry. 24 November 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
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