Séamus Pattison
| Séamus Pattison | |
|---|---|
| Leas-Cheann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann | |
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In office 8 June 2002 – 14 June 2007 |
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| Ceann Comhairle | Rory O'Hanlon |
| Preceded by | Rory O'Hanlon |
| Succeeded by | Brendan Howlin |
| Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann | |
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In office 26 June 1997 – 6 June 2002 |
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| President |
Mary Robinson Mary McAleese |
| Deputy | Rory O'Hanlon |
| Preceded by | Seán Treacy |
| Succeeded by | Rory O'Hanlon |
| Minister of State for Social Welfare | |
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In office 15 December 1983 – 20 January 1987 |
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| Taoiseach | Garret FitzGerald |
| Preceded by | New office |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Father of the Dáil | |
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In office 8 November 1995 – 14 June 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Neil Blaney |
| Succeeded by | Enda Kenny |
| Teachta Dála | |
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In office October 1961 – June 2007 |
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| Constituency | Carlow–Kilkenny |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
19 April 1936 Kilkenny, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Labour Party |
Séamus Pattison (born 19 April 1936) is a former Irish Labour Party politician. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Carlow–Kilkenny constituency from 1961 to 2007 and was Ceann Comhairle (Chairman) of Dáil Éireann from 1997 to 2002.
He was born in Kilkenny, Ireland in 1936. His father was Labour Party TD James Pattison, who represented Carlow–Kilkenny from 1933 to 1957. After his education the young Pattison became a full-time trade union official, serving with the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union (ITGWU). He unsuccessfully contested the Carlow–Kilkenny by-election in June 1960 but was elected at the 1961 general election to the 17th Dáil and held the seat at eleven further general elections.
Pattison served as Mayor of Kilkenny on three occasions; 1967, 1976 and 1992. In 1981 he became a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Leinster to replace Liam Kavanagh who became Minister for Labour following the 1981 general election. Pattison resigned as an MEP in 1983 when he was appointed Minister of State at the Department of Social Welfare.
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