Thomas J. Fitzpatrick (Dublin politician)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For other people named Tom Fitzpatrick, including the Cavan Fine Gael politician Thomas J. Fitzpatrick see Tom Fitzpatrick (disambiguation)

(Thomas J.) "Tom" Fitzpatrick (born 1926) is a retired Irish Fianna Fáil party politician who was elected six times as TD for Dublin South Central and Dublin Central.

A former publican and owner of "The Terenure Inn", Fitzpatrick was first a candidate for Dáil Éireann at the 1961 general election in the Dublin South Central constituency. He was unsuccessful then, but at the 1965 general election he was returned to the 18th Dáil. After boundary changes, he stood in Dublin Central at the 1969 election, where he was elected to the 19th Dáil, and returned again in the 1973 election. After further boundary changes he stood again in Dublin South Central at the 1977 election, and was re-elected on two further occasions before being defeated in the November 1982 election.

In the 21st Dáil, he was briefly a Minister of State at the Department of Transport and Power and at the Department of Posts and Telegraphs, from July 1977 to January 1978.