Stephen Coughlan (26th December 1910 – 20th December 1994) was an Irish Labour Party politician who served for eighteen years as TD for the Limerick East constituency. (Redirected from 26th December) December 26 is the 360th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, 361st in leap years. ... -1... (Redirected from 20th December) December 20 is the 354th day of the year (355th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Logo of the Irish Labour Party The Irish Labour Party (Irish: Páirti an Lucht Oibre) is the third largest political party in the Republic of Ireland. ... A Teachta Dála (Irish for Dáil Deputy, pronounced chock-ta dawla) is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower chamber of the Irish Oireachtas or National Parliament. ... Limerick East is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. ...

Coughlan for stood for election as a Clann na Poblachta candidate at the 1954 general election, when he won the second-highest number of first-preference votes, but failed to win enough transfers to secure any of the four seats. He stood again for Clann na Poblachta at the 1957 election, but his vote had fell significantly and he was again unsuccessful. Clann na Poblachta (literally meaning Family of the Republic) was an Irish republican political party founded by former IRA Chief of Staff Sean MacBride in 1946. ... See also: Government of the 15th Dáil Categories: Elections in Ireland | 1954 ... The Irish general election of 1957 was held on March 5, 1957, just over three weeks after the dissolution of the Dáil on February 4. ...

At Clann na Poblachta disintegrated in the late 1950s, Coughlan joined the Labour Party and was elected as a Labour candidate at the 1961 general election taking his seat in the 17th Dáil. He was returned to Dáil Éireann at the next three elections, but lost his seat in the 1977 general election to a former Labour party running-mate, Michael Lipper, who stood as an independent. Logo of the Irish Labour Party The Irish Labour Party (Irish: Páirti an Lucht Oibre) is the third largest political party in the Republic of Ireland. ... The Irish general election of 1961 was held on October 4, 1961, just over three weeks after the dissolution of the Dáil on September 8. ... The Dáil Chamber Dáil Éireann is the lower house of the Oireachtas (parliament) of the Republic of Ireland. ... The Irish general election of 1977 was held on June 16, 1977. ... Michael Lipper (1st June 1932 – 18th October 1987) was an Irish Labour Party politician who served for four years as an independent TD for the Limerick East constituency. ...

As well as his career in the Dáil, Coughlan was also a long-serving member of Limerick City Council, and was the Mayor of Limerick from 1969–1970. WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 52. ...

External links

• Stephen Coughlan's electoral history (ElectionsIreland.org)

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