Tom Fitzgerald (Irish politician), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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- Thomas "Tom" Fitzgerald (25 March 1939 – 7 June 2013) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served for 13 years in Seanad Éireann. A native of Lispole, and formerly a fisherman in Dingle, Fitzgerald was a member of Kerry County Council from 1979 to 1985.
- In 1977 he stood unsuccessfully for the 11th Seanad, but was elected by the Agricultural Panel to the 15th Seanad, and in the February 1982 general election he stood as a candidate in the Kerry South constituency, but failed to win a seat, and did not stand for the Dáil again.He was then re-elected by the Agricultural Panel, to the 16th Seanad, but was defeated in the 1983 election to the 17th Seanad.
- He was returned in 1987 to the 18th Seanad, and held his seat at the next two elections before a further defeat in the 1997 election, after which he was nominated by the Taoiseach to the 21st Seanad.
- He served as the Government's chief whip in the Seanad, but resigned from his seat on 4 April 2002, due to ill-health.A good friend and strong supporter of controversial Fianna Fáil leader Charles Haughey, Fitzgerald cried when Haughey resigned as Taoiseach in 1992.
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