Jimmy Leonard

Irish Fianna Fáil politician (1927–2022)

Jimmy Leonard
Teachta Dála
In office
February 1982 – June 1997
In office
June 1977 – June 1981
ConstituencyCavan–Monaghan
In office
February 1973 – June 1977
ConstituencyMonaghan
Seanad
In office
October 1981 – February 1982
ConstituencyAdministrative Panel
Personal details
Born(1927-06-05)5 June 1927
Smithborough, County Monaghan, Ireland
Died13 April 2022(2022-04-13) (aged 94)
Smithborough, County Monaghan, Ireland
Political partyFianna Fáil
SpouseTess Leonard[1]
Children5, including Ann Leonard

James Leonard (5 June 1927 – 13 April 2022)[2] was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.[3] Leonard was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Monaghan constituency at the 1973 general election. He was re-elected for the Cavan–Monaghan constituency at the 1977 general election. He lost his seat at the 1981 general election but was elected to Seanad Éireann by the Administrative Panel. He regained his Dáil seat at the February 1982 general election and retained it until retiring at the 1997 general election.[4]

After his retirement, his daughter Ann Leonard unsuccessfully stood for his seat as a Fianna Fáil candidate at the 1997 general election. She was then nominated by the Taoiseach to the Seanad.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Death notice of Jimmy Leonard". Rip.ie. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Taoiseach pays tribute to 'true community champion' Jimmy Leonard". Irish Examiner. 13 April 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Jimmy Leonard". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  4. ^ "Jimmy Leonard". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 25 September 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
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Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for the Monaghan constituency
This table is transcluded from Monaghan (Dáil constituency). (edit | history)
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
2nd 1921 Seán MacEntee
(SF)
Eoin O'Duffy
(SF)
Ernest Blythe
(SF)
3rd 1922 Patrick MacCarvill
(AT-SF)
Eoin O'Duffy
(PT-SF)
Ernest Blythe
(PT-SF)
4th 1923 Patrick MacCarvill
(Rep)
Patrick Duffy
(CnaG)
Ernest Blythe
(CnaG)
5th 1927 (Jun) Patrick MacCarvill
(FF)
Alexander Haslett
(Ind)
6th 1927 (Sep) Conn Ward
(FF)
7th 1932 Eamon Rice
(FF)
8th 1933 Alexander Haslett
(Ind)
9th 1937 James Dillon
(FG)
10th 1938 Bridget Rice
(FF)
11th 1943 James Dillon
(Ind)
12th 1944
13th 1948 Patrick Maguire
(FF)
14th 1951
15th 1954 Patrick Mooney
(FF)
Edward Kelly
(FF)
James Dillon
(FG)
16th 1957 Eighneachán Ó hAnnluain
(SF)
17th 1961 Erskine H. Childers
(FF)
18th 1965
19th 1969 Billy Fox
(FG)
John Conlan
(FG)
20th 1973 Jimmy Leonard
(FF)
1973 by-election Brendan Toal
(FG)
21st 1977 Constituency abolished. See Cavan–Monaghan
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Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for the Cavan–Monaghan constituency
This table is transcluded from Cavan–Monaghan (Dáil constituency). (edit | history)
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
21st 1977 Jimmy Leonard
(FF)
John Wilson
(FF)
Thomas J. Fitzpatrick
(FG)
Rory O'Hanlon
(FF)
John Conlan
(FG)
22nd 1981 Kieran Doherty
(AHB)
23rd 1982 (Feb) Jimmy Leonard
(FF)
24th 1982 (Nov)
25th 1987 Andrew Boylan
(FG)
26th 1989 Bill Cotter
(FG)
27th 1992 Brendan Smith
(FF)
Seymour Crawford
(FG)
28th 1997 Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
(SF)
29th 2002 Paudge Connolly
(Ind)
30th 2007 Margaret Conlon
(FF)
31st 2011 Joe O'Reilly
(FG)
Heather Humphreys
(FG)
Seán Conlan
(FG)
32nd 2016 Niamh Smyth
(FF)
4 seats
2016–2020
33rd 2020 Matt Carthy
(SF)
Pauline Tully
(SF)
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