John Lynch | |
|---|---|
| Senator | |
| In office 22 July 1954 – 22 May 1957 | |
| Constituency | Industrial and Commercial Panel |
| Teachta Dála | |
| In office May 1951 – May 1954 | |
| Constituency | Kerry North |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1889-04-10)10 April 1889 Kilflynn,County Kerry, Ireland |
| Died | 10 June 1957(1957-06-10) (aged 68) Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland |
| Political party | Fine Gael |
John Lynch (10 April 1889 – 10 June 1957) was an Irish businessman andFine Gael politician who served as aSenator for theIndustrial and Commercial Panel from 1954 to 1957 and aTeachta Dála (TD) for theKerry North constituency from 1951 to 1954.[1]
From theStack's Mountains area nearKilflynn,County Kerry, Lynch was the owner of a bakery business inListowel. He was elected to bothKerry County Council and Listowel Urban District Council before being chosen as a Dáil candidate.[2]Lynch was unexpectedly elected toDáil Éireann on his first attempt, at the1951 general election, as a Fine Gael candidate for the Kerry North constituency taking his seat in the14th Dáil.[3] He took the seat ofEamon Kissane, sittingFianna Fáil TD for North Kerry.[4]
At the1954 general election, he lost his seat to theClann na Poblachta candidateJohnny Connor, but was then elected to the8th Seanad on theIndustrial and Commercial Panel, where he served until 1957.
He stood again as a candidate for Dáil Éireann at the1957 general election, but was unsuccessful. Clann na Poblachta had not put forward a candidate, and the seat was won by aFianna Fáil candidate,Daniel Moloney. Lynch did not contest the subsequent election to the9th Seanad, and died suddenly at his business premises in June 1957.[2]
Lynch had fought in theIrish War of Independence and as an officer in the pro-treatyNational Army and was buried with full military honours.[5]