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Robert Day (Irish politician, born 1884)

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Irish politician (1885–1949) For other people named Robert Day, see Robert Day (disambiguation).

Robert Day
Teachta Dála
In office
June 1922 – August 1923
ConstituencyCork Borough
Personal details
Born(1884-11-22)22 November 1884
Cork, Ireland
Died1 May 1949(1949-05-01) (aged 64)
Cork, Ireland
Political partyLabour Party

Robert Day (22 November 1884 – 1 May 1949) was an Irish Labour Party politician and trade union official.

He was born in Cork City to night watchman John Day and Mary Hogan, one of at least six children. He worked as a laundry van man and was married in October 1912 to laundress Christina O'Connell.

He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork Borough constituency at the 1922 general election. He lost his seat at the 1923 general election.

He died on 1 May 1949 in Cork.

References

  1. "Civil Records - Birth of ROBERT DAY in 1884" (PDF). IrishGenealogy.ie. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  2. "Robert Day". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 21 November 2008.
  3. "Robert Day". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 21 November 2008.
  4. "General Registrar's Office". IrishGenealogy.ie. Retrieved 18 September 2017.

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Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for the Cork Borough constituency
This table is transcluded from Cork Borough (Dáil constituency). (edit | history)
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
2nd 1921 Liam de Róiste
(SF)
Mary MacSwiney
(SF)
Donal O'Callaghan
(SF)
J. J. Walsh
(SF)
4 seats
1921–1923
3rd 1922 Liam de Róiste
(PT-SF)
Mary MacSwiney
(AT-SF)
Robert Day
(Lab)
J. J. Walsh
(PT-SF)
4th 1923 Richard Beamish
(Ind)
Mary MacSwiney
(Rep)
Andrew O'Shaughnessy
(Ind)
J. J. Walsh
(CnaG)
Alfred O'Rahilly
(CnaG)
1924 by-election Michael Egan
(CnaG)
5th 1927 (Jun) John Horgan
(NL)
Seán French
(FF)
Richard Anthony
(Lab)
Barry Egan
(CnaG)
6th 1927 (Sep) W. T. Cosgrave
(CnaG)
Hugo Flinn
(FF)
7th 1932 Thomas Dowdall
(FF)
Richard Anthony
(Ind)
William Desmond
(CnaG)
8th 1933
9th 1937 W. T. Cosgrave
(FG)
4 seats
1937–1948
10th 1938 James Hickey
(Lab)
11th 1943 Frank Daly
(FF)
Richard Anthony
(Ind)
Séamus Fitzgerald
(FF)
12th 1944 William Dwyer
(Ind)
Walter Furlong
(FF)
1946 by-election Patrick McGrath
(FF)
13th 1948 Michael Sheehan
(Ind)
James Hickey
(NLP)
Jack Lynch
(FF)
Thomas F. O'Higgins
(FG)
14th 1951 Seán McCarthy
(FF)
James Hickey
(Lab)
1954 by-election Stephen Barrett
(FG)
15th 1954 Anthony Barry
(FG)
Seán Casey
(Lab)
1956 by-election John Galvin
(FF)
16th 1957 Gus Healy
(FF)
17th 1961 Anthony Barry
(FG)
1964 by-election Sheila Galvin
(FF)
18th 1965 Gus Healy
(FF)
Pearse Wyse
(FF)
1967 by-election Seán French
(FF)
19th 1969 Constituency abolished. See Cork City North-West and Cork City South-East


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