Seán Campbell | |
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Senator | |
In office 8 September 1943 – 21 April 1948 | |
Constituency | Nominated by the Taoiseach |
In office 21 April 1948 – 27 February 1950 | |
In office 7 September 1938 – 8 September 1943 | |
Constituency | Labour Panel |
Personal details | |
Born | John Patrick Campbell 4 March 1889 Dublin, Ireland |
Died | 27 February 1950 Dublin, Ireland | (aged 60)
Political party | Labour Party |
Spouse | Ellen Donnelly |
Education | Synge Street CBS |
Seán Patrick Campbell (4 March 1889 – 27 February 1950) was an Irish Labour Party politician and trade union official. [1] He was a member of the Dublin Typographical Provident Society and served as the president of the Irish Trades Union Congress in 1933. [2]
He was born on 4 March 1889 in Dublin, the son of John Campbell, a labourer, and Isabella Campbell (née Darragh). [2] He was educated at Synge Street CBS, and then became an apprentice printer. [2]
In June 1927, he stood unsuccessfully as a Labour Party candidate in the Dublin South constituency, receiving 1,825 (3.4%) first preference votes. [2] He was elected to Seanad Éireann in 1938 on the Labour Panel. [1] In 1943 and 1944, he was nominated by the Taoiseach to the Seanad. At the 1948 Seanad election, he was again elected by the Labour Panel. [1]
He was married to Ellen Donnelly; they had no children. [2] He died in office on 27 February 1950. [2]