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Irish politician (died 1941)

William Desmond
Teachta Dála
In office
February 1932 – July 1937
ConstituencyCork Borough
Personal details
BornCounty Cork, Ireland
Died5 September 1941
County Cork, Ireland
Political partyFine Gael
Other political
affiliations		Cumann na nGaedheal

William Desmond (died 5 September 1941) was an Irish Cumann na nGaedheal and later Fine Gael politician. A hotel proprietor, he was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1932 general election as a Cumann na nGaedheal Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork Borough constituency, where his party colleague W. T. Cosgrave (the President of the Executive Council) topped the poll.

He was re-elected at the 1933 election, but lost his seat at the 1937 general election, when the constituency was reduced from 5 seats to 4. He then retired from politics.

Desmond was Lord Mayor of Cork from 1940 to 1941.

References

  1. "William Desmond". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  2. "William Desmond". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  3. "Previous Mayors of Cork". Cork City Council. Retrieved 11 December 2022.

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Civic offices
Preceded byJames Hickey Lord Mayor of Cork
1940–1941 		Succeeded byJohn Horgan
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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