Don Davern

Irish Fianna Fáil politician (1935–1968)

1966–1968Agriculture and FisheriesTeachta DálaIn office
April 1965 – 2 November 1968ConstituencyTipperary South Personal detailsBorn
Owen Don Bosco Davern

(1935-03-04)4 March 1935
Cashel, County Tipperary, IrelandDied2 November 1968(1968-11-02) (aged 33)
County Tipperary, IrelandPolitical partyFianna FáilSpouseJoan HanniganParent
  • Michael Davern (father)
RelativesNoel Davern (brother)

Donal Davern (4 March 1935 – 2 November 1968) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.[1]

He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Tipperary South constituency at the 1965 general election succeeding his father, Michael Davern.[2] In November 1966, he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries. He died suddenly before completing his first term in Dáil Éireann.[3] His brother Noel Davern was elected at the subsequent general election.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Donal Davern". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Donal Davern". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  3. ^ "Death of Member - Expression of Sympathy". Oireachtas Debates. 5 November 1968. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
  4. ^ White, Lawrence William. "Davern, Owen Don Bosco". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
Political offices
Preceded by
Patrick Lalor
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries
1966–1968
Office abolished
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Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for the Tipperary South constituency
This table is transcluded from Tipperary South (Dáil constituency). (edit | history)
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
13th 1948 Michael Davern
(FF)
Richard Mulcahy
(FG)
Dan Breen
(FF)
John Timoney
(CnaP)
14th 1951 Patrick Crowe
(FG)
15th 1954
16th 1957 Frank Loughman
(FF)
17th 1961 Patrick Hogan
(FG)
Seán Treacy[a]
(Lab)
18th 1965 Don Davern
(FF)
Jackie Fahey
(FF)
19th 1969 Noel Davern
(FF)
20th 1973 Brendan Griffin
(FG)
21st 1977 3 seats
1977–1981
22nd 1981 Carrie Acheson
(FF)
Seán McCarthy
(FF)
23rd 1982 (Feb) Seán Byrne
(FF)
24th 1982 (Nov)
25th 1987 Noel Davern
(FF)
Seán Treacy[b]
(Ind)
26th 1989 Theresa Ahearn
(FG)
Michael Ferris
(Lab)
27th 1992
28th 1997 3 seats
from 1997
2000 by-election Séamus Healy
(Ind)
2001 by-election Tom Hayes
(FG)
29th 2002
30th 2007 Mattie McGrath
(FF)
Martin Mansergh
(FF)
31st 2011 Mattie McGrath
(Ind)
Séamus Healy
(WUA)
32nd 2016 Constituency abolished. See Tipperary
  1. ^ Treacy served as Ceann Comhairle in the 20th Dáil from 1973 to 1977, and was returned automatically at the 1977 election. He lost the Labour party whip in February 1985.
  2. ^ Treacy served as Ceann Comhairle in the 25th, 26th and 27th Dáil from 1987 to 1997, and was returned automatically at the 1989 and 1992 elections.