Michael Fanning (politician)

Irish politician (1865–1950 For the American politician, see Mike Fanning (politician).

Michael Fanning

Senator
In office 17 September 1925 – 29 May 1936

Personal details
Born	c.1865
Died	1950 (aged 84–85)
Nationality	Irish
Political party	Cumann na nGaedheal

Michael Fanning (c.1865–1950) was an Irish politician. He was a Cumann na nGaedheal member of Seanad Éireann from 1925 to 1936. A grocer and vintner, he was elected at the 1925 Seanad election for 12 years, and served until the Free State Seanad was abolished in 1936.

For many years, up to the 1940s, Fanning carried on business in Lincoln Place, Dublin, afterwards retiring to his daughter's home near Naas, County Kildare, where he died on 25 June 1950 aged 85.

References

^ "Michael Fanning". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
Irish Independent, 10 July 1950, p.1.
Wicklow People, 8 July 1950, p.3.

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Cathaoirleach Lord Glenavy (Ind)

Elected in 1925

6 years	John Counihan (CnaG)
9 years	Thomas Westropp Bennett (CnaG) Sir Edward Coey Bigger (Ind) Francis McGuinness (CnaG)
12 years	Henry Barniville (CnaG) Sir Edward Bellingham (Ind) William Cummins (Lab) James Dillon (FP) Michael Fanning (CnaG) Thomas Foran (Lab) Sir William Hickie (Ind) Cornelius Kennedy (CnaG) Thomas Linehan (FP) Joseph O'Connor (CnaG) J. T. O'Farrell (Lab) Michael F. O'Hanlon (FP) Stephen O'Mara (CnaG) James Parkinson (CnaG) Thomas Toal (CnaG)

Elected in 1922

9 years	William Barrington (Ind) Eileen Costello (Ind) James G. Douglas (Ind) Michael Duffy (Lab) Thomas Farren (Lab) Alice Stopford Green (Ind) Sir John Griffith (Ind) Patrick W. Kenny (CnaG) James J. MacKean (CnaG) John MacLoughlin (Ind) William Molloy (Ind) Maurice George Moore (Ind) Brian O'Rourke (CnaG) William O'Sullivan (CnaG)

Nominated by the President in 1922

6 years	John Philip Bagwell (Ind) Henry Givens Burgess (Ind) Lord Glenavy (Ind) Sir Nugent Everard (Ind) Edmund W. Eyre (Ind) Oliver St. John Gogarty (CnaG) James Perry Goodbody (Ind) Henry Greer (Ind) Benjamin Haughton (Ind) Earl of Wicklow (Ind) Arthur Jackson (Ind) Andrew Jameson (Ind) Sir Bryan Mahon (Ind) Marquess of Headfort (Ind) W. B. Yeats (Ind)
12 years	Earl of Mayo (Ind) Countess of Desart (Ind) James Charles Dowdall (Ind) Sir Thomas Esmonde (Ind) Martin Fitzgerald (Ind) Earl of Granard (Ind) Henry Guinness (Ind) Sir John Keane (Ind) James Moran (Ind) Earl of Kerry (Ind) Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl (Ind) Jennie Wyse Power (Ind)

Elected or appointed later

Feb. 1926 Samuel Lombard Brown (Ind)
Jan. 1927 P. J. Brady (Ind)
Mar. 1927 Patrick Hooper (Ind)
Mar. 1928 Sir Walter Nugent (Ind)

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Cathaoirleach Thomas Westropp Bennett (CnaG)

Elected in 1928

3 years	Michael Comyn (FF) Seán MacEllin (FF) Ross McGillycuddy (Ind) Sir Walter Nugent (Ind)
6 years	John Philip Bagwell (Ind) Alfie Byrne (Ind) Oliver St. John Gogarty (CnaG) Andrew Jameson (Ind) Thomas Johnson (Lab) Sir Bryan Mahon (Ind) Richard Wilson (CnaG)
9 years	Kathleen Clarke (FF) Joseph Connolly (FF) Seán Milroy (CnaG) Joseph O'Doherty (FF) Séumas Robinson (FF) William Sears (CnaG)

Elected in 1925

6 years	John Counihan (CnaG)
9 years	Thomas Westropp Bennett (CnaG) Sir Edward Coey Bigger (Ind) Francis McGuinness (CnaG)
12 years	Henry Barniville (CnaG) Sir Edward Bellingham (Ind) William Cummins (Lab) James Dillon (CnaG) Michael Fanning (CnaG) Thomas Foran (Lab) Sir William Hickie (Ind) Cornelius Kennedy (CnaG) Thomas Linehan (Ind) Joseph O'Connor (CnaG) J. T. O'Farrell (Lab) Michael F. O'Hanlon (CnaG) James Parkinson (CnaG) Thomas Toal (CnaG)

Elected in 1922

9 years	William Barrington (Ind) Eileen Costello (Ind) James G. Douglas (Ind) Michael Duffy (Lab) Thomas Farren (Lab) Alice Stopford Green (Ind) Sir John Griffith (Ind) Patrick W. Kenny (CnaG) James J. MacKean (CnaG) John MacLoughlin (Ind) William Molloy (Ind) Maurice George Moore (FF) Brian O'Rourke (CnaG) William O'Sullivan (CnaG)

Nominated by the President in 1922

12 years	Countess of Desart (Ind) James Charles Dowdall (FF) Sir Thomas Esmonde (Ind) Earl of Granard (Ind) Henry Guinness (Ind) Sir John Keane (Ind) James Moran (Ind) Marquess of Lansdowne (Ind) Jennie Wyse Power (Ind)

Elected at by-elections

Feb. 1926 Samuel Lombard Brown (Ind)
Mar. 1927 Patrick Hooper (Ind)
Apr. 1929 Sir Nugent Everard (Ind)
Jun. 1929 Kathleen Browne (CnaG)
Laurence O'Neill (Ind)
Oct. 1929 Richard A. Butler (Ind)
Dec. 1930 Michael Staines (CnaG)
May 1931 Arthur Vincent (Ind)
Nov. 1931 George Crosbie (CnaG)

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Cathaoirleach Thomas Westropp Bennett (Ind)

Elected in 1931

3 years	Kathleen Browne (CnaG) Eileen Costello (Ind)
6 years	William O'Sullivan (CnaG)
9 years	Michael Comyn (FF) John Counihan (CnaG) James G. Douglas (Ind) Michael Duffy (Lab) Thomas Farren (Lab) Hugh Garahan (CnaG) Sir John Griffith (Ind) Seán MacEllin (FF) Ross McGillycuddy (Ind) James J. MacKean (CnaG) John MacLoughlin (CnaG) Daniel MacParland (FF) Maurice George Moore (FF) Laurence O'Neill (Ind) Brian O'Rourke (CnaG) William Quirke (FF) David Robinson (FF) Séamus Ryan (FF) Michael Staines (CnaG) Arthur Vincent (Ind)

Elected in 1928

6 years	John Philip Bagwell (Ind) Alfie Byrne (Ind) Oliver St. John Gogarty (CnaG) Andrew Jameson (Ind) Thomas Johnson (Lab) Richard Wilson (CnaG)
9 years	Kathleen Clarke (FF) Joseph Connolly (FF) Seán Milroy (CnaG) Joseph O'Doherty (FF) Séumas Robinson (FF)

Elected in 1925

9 years	Thomas Westropp Bennett (Ind) Sir Edward Coey Bigger (Ind) Francis McGuinness (CnaG)
12 years	Henry Barniville (CnaG) Sir Edward Bellingham (Ind) William Cummins (Lab) James Dillon (CnaG) Michael Fanning (CnaG) Thomas Foran (Lab) Sir William Hickie (Ind) Cornelius Kennedy (CnaG) Thomas Linehan (Ind) Joseph O'Connor (CnaG) J. T. O'Farrell (Lab) Michael F. O'Hanlon (CnaG) James Parkinson (CnaG) Thomas Toal (CnaG)

Nominated by the President in 1922

12 years	Countess of Desart (Ind) James Charles Dowdall (FF) Sir Thomas Esmonde (Ind) Earl of Granard (Ind) Henry Guinness (Ind) Sir John Keane (Ind) James Moran (Ind) Jennie Wyse Power (Ind)

Elected at by-elections

Feb. 1926 Samuel Lombard Brown (Ind)
Jan. 1932 George Crosbie (CnaG)
Apr. 1933 Eamonn Duggan (CnaG)
Jan. 1934 Ernest Blythe (CnaG)
Raphael Keyes (FF)
Sep. 1934 Patrick Lynch (FF)

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Cathaoirleach Thomas Westropp Bennett (FG)

Elected in 1934

3 years	Sir Edward Coey Bigger (Ind)
6 years	John Philip Bagwell (Ind)
9 years	Patrick Baxter (FG) Thomas Westropp Bennett (FG) Ernest Blythe (FG) James Boyle (FF) Samuel Lombard Brown (Ind) Kathleen Browne (FG) James Charles Dowdall (FF) Eamonn Duggan (FG) Séamus Fitzgerald (FF) Oliver St. John Gogarty (FG) Denis Healy (FF) T. V. Honan (FF) Andrew Jameson (Ind) Thomas Johnson (Lab) Thomas Kennedy (Lab) Raphael Keyes (FF) Patrick Lynch (FF) Pádraic Ó Máille (FF) Thomas Ruane (FF) Richard Wilson (FG) Jennie Wyse Power (FF)

Elected in 1931

6 years

William O'Sullivan (FG)

9 years

Elected in 1928

9 years	Kathleen Clarke (FF) Joseph Connolly (FF) Seán Milroy (FG) Séumas Robinson (FF)

Elected in 1925

12 years	Henry Barniville (FG) Sir Edward Bellingham (Ind) William Cummins (Lab) James Dillon (FG) Michael Fanning (FG) Thomas Foran (Lab) Sir William Hickie (Ind) Cornelius Kennedy (FG) Thomas Linehan (Ind) Joseph O'Connor (FG) J. T. O'Farrell (Lab) Michael F. O'Hanlon (FG) James Parkinson (FG) Thomas Toal (FG)

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