Flor Crowley
Flor Crowley | |
|---|---|
| Teachta Dála | |
| In office June 1981 – February 1982 | |
| In office June 1969 – June 1977 | |
| Constituency | Cork South-West |
| In office April 1965 – June 1969 | |
| Constituency | Cork Mid |
| Senator | |
| In office May 1982 – February 1983 | |
| Constituency | Nominated by the Taoiseach |
| In office October 1977 – June 1981 | |
| Constituency | Cultural and Educational Panel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 December 1934 Bandon, County Cork, Ireland |
| Died | 16 May 1997 (aged 62) County Cork, Ireland |
| Political party | Fianna Fáil |
| Spouse | Sally Crowley |
| Children | 6, including Brian |
Florence Crowley (27 December 1934 – 16 May 1997) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for thirteen years, and a Senator for five years.[1]
Family
An auctioneer from Bandon, County Cork, Crowley was an accomplished rugby player in his youth. He and his wife Sally had six children.[2] Their son Brian Crowley is a former Fianna Fáil senator and MEP.[3]
Political career
He stood unsuccessfully as a Fianna Fáil candidate for
by-election in March 1965, but won the seat at the 1965 general election in April. After boundary changes for the 1969 general election, he was re-elected in the new Cork South-West constituency, and held the seat at the 1973 general election.[4] Meanwhile, he had been elected in 1967 as a member of both Cork City Council and Cork County Council, and after the 1971 local elections had remained a member only of the County Council.[5]
He lost his seat at the
14th Seanad Éireann on the Cultural and Educational Panel, and at the 1981 general he regained his Dáil seat from Walsh.[4] Walsh retook the seat at the February 1982 general election, following which Crowley stood in the Seanad elections on the Cultural and Educational Panel. However, he did not win a seat; at the time Fianna Fáil was deeply divided between supporters and opponents of its leader Charles Haughey, and the Haughey-supporting Crowley was beaten by another Fianna Fáil candidate, Séamus de Brún, who had previously been nominated by the Taoiseach, Jack Lynch to the 14th Seanad.[6] Crowley was then nominated by Haughey to the 16th Seanad.[5]
Crowley did not contest the November 1982 general election. In the subsequent February 1983 Seanad election, he stood as a candidate on the Administrative Panel, but did not win a seat.[7]
Death
Crowley died suddenly at his home in Bandon on 16 May 1997, aged 62.[2][8]
See also
References
- ^ "Flor Crowley". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 25 February 2008.
- ^ a b "Death of Mr Flor Crowley". The Irish Times. 17 May 2007. Retrieved 20 February 2008.
- ^ "Brian Crowley". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 25 February 2008.
- ^ a b "Flor Crowley". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 25 February 2008.
- ^ a b "Taoiseach's nominees to the Senate". The Irish Times. 11 May 1982. p. 6. Retrieved 7 February 2008.
- ^ Denis Coghlan (22 April 1982). "Senate defeat for Flor Crowley". The Irish Times. p. 1. Retrieved 7 February 2008.
- ^ "Senate results". The Irish Times. 2 March 1983. p. 6. Retrieved 7 February 2008.
- ^ "Ahern praises Flor Crowley". The Irish Times. 19 May 2007. Retrieved 20 February 2008.