Johnny Callanan

Johnny Callanan

Johnny (John) Callanan (20 May 1910 – 15 June 1982) was an Irish Fianna Fáil party politician from County Galway. [cite web |url=http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0&HouseNum=23&MemberID=153&ConstID=104 |title=Mr. John Callanan |work=Oireachtas Members Database |accessdate=2008-01-17]

Callanan was born in the village of Kilconnell, near Ballinasloe, County Galway, to a farming family. In the 1950s, he was an active member of the Irish farmers' association Macra na Feirme.fact|date=January 2008

Callanan was elected as the 1973 general election as Teachta Dála (TD) for the Clare-Galway South constituency, and re-elected at the 1977 election for the new Galway East constituency. He held that seat at the next two general elections, [cite web |url=http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=2992 |title=John Callanan |work=ElectionsiIreland.org |accessdate=2008-01-17] but died in office in 1982. The resulting by-election for his seat was won the Fianna Fáil candidate Noel Treacy. [cite web |url=http://electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1982febB&cons=122&ref=105 |title=Galway East by-election, 20 July 1982 |work=ElectionsiIreland.org |accessdate=2008-01-17]

He was an uncle to the former Galway East TD, Joe Callanan who served from 2002 to 2007.

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