Ger Connolly
1987–1992
June 1969 – June 1997
Bracknagh, County Offaly, Ireland
Gerard C. Connolly (16 April 1937 – 25 January 2024) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.[1] A farmer and auctioneer, Connolly was first elected to the 19th Dáil as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Laois–Offaly constituency on his first attempt at the 1969 general election and was re-elected until retiring at the 1997 general election.[2]
When Charles Haughey became Taoiseach in 1979, Connolly was appointed Minister of State at the Department of the Environment and was re-appointed to the same position during the Haughey Governments of 1982, 1987 to 1989, and 1989 to 1992.
Connolly was not appointed a Minister of State under the succeeding Albert Reynolds government and retired in 1997.
He died on 25 January 2024, at the age of 86.[3] [4]
References
- ^ "Gerard C. Connolly". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 17 August 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
- ^ "Ger Connolly". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 22 September 2018. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
- ^ "Tributes paid following death of former Offaly TD Ger Connolly". Laois Independent. 26 January 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ^ "Death notice of Ger Connolly". RIP.ie. 26 January 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
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Preceded by John O'Leary | Minister of State at the Department of the Environment 1979–1981 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Minister of State at the Department of the Environment Mar.–Dec. 1982 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Minister of State at the Department of the Environment 1987–1989 | Succeeded by |
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Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | |||||
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2nd | 1921 | Joseph Lynch (SF) | Patrick McCartan (SF) | Francis Bulfin (SF) | Kevin O'Higgins (SF) | 4 seats 1921–1923 | |||||
3rd | 1922 | William Davin (Lab) | Patrick McCartan (PT-SF) | Francis Bulfin (PT-SF) | Kevin O'Higgins (PT-SF) | ||||||
4th | 1923 | Laurence Brady (Rep) | Francis Bulfin (CnaG) | Patrick Egan (CnaG) | Seán McGuinness (Rep) | ||||||
1926 by-election | James Dwyer (CnaG) | ||||||||||
5th | 1927 (Jun) | Patrick Boland (FF) | Thomas Tynan (FF) | John Gill (Lab) | |||||||
6th | 1927 (Sep) | Patrick Gorry (FF) | William Aird (CnaG) | ||||||||
7th | 1932 | Thomas F. O'Higgins (CnaG) | Eugene O'Brien (CnaG) | ||||||||
8th | 1933 | Eamon Donnelly (FF) | Jack Finlay (NCP) | ||||||||
9th | 1937 | Patrick Gorry (FF) | Thomas F. O'Higgins (FG) | Jack Finlay (FG) | |||||||
10th | 1938 | Daniel Hogan (FF) | |||||||||
11th | 1943 | Oliver J. Flanagan (IMR) | |||||||||
12th | 1944 | ||||||||||
13th | 1948 | Tom O'Higgins, Jnr (FG) | Oliver J. Flanagan (Ind) | ||||||||
14th | 1951 | Peadar Maher (FF) | |||||||||
15th | 1954 | Nicholas Egan (FF) | Oliver J. Flanagan (FG) | ||||||||
1956 by-election | Kieran Egan (FF) | ||||||||||
16th | 1957 | ||||||||||
17th | 1961 | Patrick Lalor (FF) | |||||||||
18th | 1965 | Henry Byrne (Lab) | |||||||||
19th | 1969 | Ger Connolly (FF) | Bernard Cowen (FF) | Tom Enright (FG) | |||||||
20th | 1973 | Charles McDonald (FG) | |||||||||
21st | 1977 | Bernard Cowen (FF) | |||||||||
22nd | 1981 | Liam Hyland (FF) | |||||||||
23rd | 1982 (Feb) | ||||||||||
24th | 1982 (Nov) | ||||||||||
1984 by-election | Brian Cowen (FF) | ||||||||||
25th | 1987 | Charles Flanagan (FG) | |||||||||
26th | 1989 | ||||||||||
27th | 1992 | Pat Gallagher (Lab) | |||||||||
28th | 1997 | John Moloney (FF) | Seán Fleming (FF) | Tom Enright (FG) | |||||||
29th | 2002 | Olwyn Enright (FG) | Tom Parlon (PDs) | ||||||||
30th | 2007 | Charles Flanagan (FG) | |||||||||
31st | 2011 | Brian Stanley (SF) | Barry Cowen (FF) | Marcella Corcoran Kennedy (FG) | |||||||
32nd | 2016 | Constituency abolished. See Laois and Offaly. |
Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | |||||
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33rd | 2020 | Brian Stanley (SF) | Carol Nolan (Ind) | Barry Cowen (FF) | Seán Fleming (FF) | Charles Flanagan (FG) | |||||
2024 | Vacant |
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