Liam Hyland

Liam Hyland

Liam Hyland (born 1933) is a former Irish politician from the Fianna Fáil party who was an elected representative for over 25 years, as a Senator, TD and Member of the European Parliament.

Born in Ballacolla, County Laois, Hyland first stood for election to Dáil Éireann at the 1977 general election in Laois Offaly, when Fianna Fáil secured three out of the five seats. However, the party had ambitiously fielded four candidates and Hyland was the only one not returned to the 21st Dáil. [http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1977&cons=150 General Election 1977, Laois Offaly] (ElectionsIreland.org)] . However, he successfully stood for election to the 14th Seanad, being returned by the Industrial and Commercial Panel.

Paddy Lalor, one of the three Fianna Fáil TDs for Laois-Offaly, did not contest the 1981 general election. Fianna Fáil again put forward four candidates, but this time Hyland was the first of three to be elected, taking jis seat in the 22nd Dáil. [http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1981&cons=150 General Election 1977, Laois Offaly] (ElectionsIreland.org)] . He was re-elected in the five subsequent general elections, to the 23rd Dáil in February 1982, the 24th Dáil in November 1982, the 25th Dáil in 1987, the 26th Dáil in 1989 and the 27th Dáil in 1992.

In his six terms in Dáil Éireann, Hyland achieved ministerial office only briefly. In the Fianna Fáil-Labour coalition government of Taoiseach Albert Reynolds, he was Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture and Food from February 1992 to January 1993, serving under Joe Walsh.

In the 1994 European Parliament election, he was elected as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Leinster constituency, and he did not contest the 1997 general election. He was re-elected in the 1999 European Parliament election and retired in 2004.

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