Patrick Lalor
| Patrick Lalor | |
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| Government Chief Whip | |
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In office 5 July 1977 – 1 July 1979 |
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| Taoiseach | Jack Lynch |
| Preceded by | John Kelly |
| Succeeded by | Michael Woods |
| Minister of State at the Department of Defence | |
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In office 5 July 1977 – 1 July 1979 |
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| Taoiseach | Jack Lynch |
| Preceded by | John Kelly |
| Succeeded by | Michael Woods |
| Minister for Industry and Commerce | |
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In office 9 May 1970 – 14 March 1973 |
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| Taoiseach | Jack Lynch |
| Preceded by | George Colley |
| Succeeded by | Justin Keating |
| Minister for Posts and Telegraphs | |
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In office 2 July 1969 – 9 May 1970 |
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| Taoiseach | Jack Lynch |
| Preceded by | Erskine H. Childers |
| Succeeded by | Gerry Collins |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
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In office 1979–1994 |
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| Constituency | Leinster |
| Teachta Dála | |
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In office June 1961 – June 1981 |
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| Constituency | Laois–Offaly |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Patrick Joseph Lalor 21 July 1926 Portlaois, Laois, Ireland |
| Died | 29 July 2016 (aged 90) Abbeyleix, Laois, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Fianna Fáil |
| Spouse(s) | Myra Lalor |
| Children | 4 |
Patrick Joseph "Paddy" Lalor (21 July 1926 – 29 July 2016) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and former hurling player for Laois. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for Laois–Offaly between 1961 and 1981, and a government minister on two separate occasions during the 19th Dáil. He later represented Leinster in the European Parliament from 1979 to 1994.
Lalor was a member of the Laois team that won the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship in 1949. The team went on to compete in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final but lost to Tipperary. Later that year he helped his club Abbeyleix to win the Laois Senior Hurling Championship. Between 1953-1956, Lalor was county secretary of Laois GAA.
He played football and hurling for his club and county for many years and is generally regarded as one of the most skilful hurlers to have pulled on the Blue and White jersey of Laois. This was evidenced by his selection in 1999 on the Laois Hurling Team of the Millennium.
Lalor was elected to Dáil Éireann on his first attempt at the 1961 general election as a Fianna Fáil TD for Laois–Offaly in the 17th Dáil. In 1965, he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture. The following year, Lalor became Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Transport and Power and Posts and Telegraphs. Following the 1969 election, Lalor joined the cabinet of Jack Lynch as Minister for Posts and Telegraphs. In the cabinet reshuffle that took place following the Arms Crisis in 1970, he took over the Industry and Commerce portfolio, serving in that position until the 1973 general election, when a Fine Gael–Labour Party coalition took power.
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