Thomas Hennessy

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Thomas Hennessy was an Irish Cumann na nGaedheal politician and medical practitioner.[1]

He was first elected to Dáil Éireann at a by-election on 11 March 1925 in the Dublin South constituency, after the resignation of the Cumann na nGaedheal Teachta Dála (TD) Daniel McCarthy.[2]

He did not contest the June 1927 general election, but after the death of the Fianna Fáil TD for Dublin South, Constance Markievicz, he stood as a candidate in the by-election on 24 August. He won the election, becoming the first – and only – candidate to win more than one by-election to the Dáil.

The 5th Dáil lasted only 98 days in total, and last sat on 16 August 1927, before adjourning until October.[3] However, it did not meet again; a second general election was held in September, and Hennessy was returned to the 6th Dáil. He was re-elected again at the 1932 general election, but was defeated at the 1933 general election, and retired from politics.

References[]

  1. ^ "Thomas Hennessy". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Thomas Hennessy". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  3. ^ "Official Report, Dáil Éireann, Volume 20, 16 August 1927: Public Business: The Adjournment". Oireachtas. Retrieved 29 January 2008.


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