Michael Colbert

Michael Brendan Colbert (9 July 1899^[1] – 1 April 1959) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.^[2]

He was born in the townland of Templeathea, in Athea, County Limerick, to William Colbert, a farmer, and Nora Danaher.^[3]

A farmer and horse breeder, he was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Limerick constituency at the 1937 general election.^[4] He lost his seat at the 1938 general election, but was subsequently elected to the 3rd Seanad on the Agricultural Panel. He was re-elected to the Seanad in 1943. He re-gained his Dáil seat at the 1944 general election but lost it again at the 1948 general election. He was re-elected to the Dáil for the Limerick West constituency at the 1955 by-election caused by the death of David Madden of Fine Gael. He lost his seat at the 1957 general election.^{[citation needed]}

James Colbert and Michael Colbert, who both represented Fianna Fáil in the Limerick constituency at different times, were first cousins, and James was a brother of Con Colbert.^[5]

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