James Tunney (Irish politician)

For his son, the Fianna Fáil politician, see Jim Tunney (Irish politician).

James Tunney
Senator
In office
22 July 1954 – 22 May 1957
ConstituencyNominated by the Taoiseach
In office
22 May 1957 – 14 December 1961
In office
21 April 1948 – 22 July 1954
ConstituencyAgricultural Panel
In office
18 August 1944 – 21 April 1948
In office
27 April 1938 – 8 September 1943
ConstituencyLabour Panel
Teachta Dála
In office
June 1943 – May 1944
ConstituencyDublin County
Personal details
Born1892 (1892)
County Mayo, Ireland
Died11 May 1964(1964-05-11) (aged 71–72)
County Dublin, Ireland
Political partyLabour Party
SpouseM. Ellen Grimes
Children8, including Jim

James Tunney (1892 – 11 May 1964) was an Irish Labour Party politician who served for seven terms in Seanad Éireann and for one term in Dáil Éireann.[1]

He was elected to the 2nd Seanad by the Labour Panel in 1938, he was re-elected that year to the 3rd Seanad. At the 1943 general election, he was elected as a Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin County constituency, but lost his seat at the 1944 general election.[2]

In the same year, Tunney was returned to the 5th Seanad by the Labour Panel. In 1948 he was elected to the 6th Seanad by the Agricultural Panel, which also elected him to the 7th Seanad in 1951. In 1954, he was nominated by the Taoiseach, John A. Costello to the 8th Seanad. In 1957, following the defeat of the Second Inter-Party Government, he was elected to the Seanad for a seventh and final time, again by the Agricultural Panel.

He did not contest the 1961 election for the 10th Seanad. He died on 11 May 1964.

His son Jim Tunney was a Fianna Fáil TD from 1969 to 1992.[3]

References

  1. ^ "James Tunney". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  2. ^ "James Tunney". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  3. ^ McElroy, Gerry. "Tunney, James ('Jim')". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 4 January 2023.