J. T. O'Farrell

J. T. O'Farrell
J. T. O'Farrell
Senator
	In office; 21 April 1948 – 31 May 1950
Constituency	Labour Panel
Senator
	In office; 11 December 1922 – 29 May 1936
Personal details
Born	1887; County Roscommon, Ireland
Died	2 January 1971 (aged 83–84)
Political party	Labour Party
Alma mater	College of Commerce, Rathmines

John Thomas O'Farrell (1887 – 2 January 1971) was an Irish Labour Party politician and trade union official.^[1] He was born in Churchborough, County Roscommon in 1887, and was educated at the College of Commerce, Rathmines. He was a member of the Railway Clerks' Association and served as the president of the Irish Trades Union Congress in 1927.^[2]

He was an unsuccessful Labour Party candidate for the Dublin North-West constituency at the 1922 general election.^[3] He was elected to the new Irish Free State Seanad in 1922 for 3 years.^[1] He was re-elected for a 12-year term at the 1925 Seanad election and served until the Free State Seanad was abolished in 1936.^[1] He also stood unsuccessfully for the Dublin County constituency at the 1943 general election.^[3] He was elected to the 6th Seanad Éireann in 1948 by the Labour Panel. He resigned from the Seanad on 31 May 1950.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "John Thomas O'Farrell". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
^ "Members of the First Seanad: Biographies – O'Farrell, J.T." Houses of the Oireachtas. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
^ ^a ^b "John (Thomas) O'Farrell". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
^ "Resignation of Senator". Houses of the Oireachtas. 31 May 1950. Retrieved 31 December 2023.

Trade union offices
Preceded by Denis Cullen	President of the Irish Trades Union Congress 1927	Succeeded by William McMullen
Preceded by Seán Campbell	Treasurer of the Irish Trade Union Congress 1945–1949	Succeeded by John Swift