Timothy O'Donovan
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| Senator Timothy O'Donovan | |
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| In office 21 April 1948 – 1951 |
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| Preceded by | Seán Goulding |
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| Succeeded by | Liam Ó Buachalla |
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| Born | 4 April 1881 |
| Died | 1951 |
Timothy Joseph O'Donovan (4 April 1881 – 1951) was a Farmers' Party and Fine Gael politician from County Cork in Ireland. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1923 to 1944, then a senator from 1944 until his death, serving as Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann from 1948 to 1951.[1]
O'Donovan was elected at the 1923 general election to the 4th Dáil as a Farmers' Party TD for the Cork West constituency. He was re-elected at seven further general elections until his defaeat at the 1944 election to the 12th Dáil, after several changes of party affiliation. After the demise of the Farmers Party in the 1920s, he was re-elected in 1933 as a Centre Party candidate, and when the Centre Party merged with Cumann na nGaedheal to form Fine Gael, he joined the new party.
After the loss of his Dáil seat in 1944, he was elected in the subsequent Seanad Éireann to the 5th Seanad, on the Agricultural Panel. He was re-elected in 1948 to the 6th Seanad, serving as Cathaoirleach (speaker) of the Seanad from 1948 to 1951. He died in 1951, shortly after his re-election to the 7th Seanad.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Mr. Timothy Joseph O'Donovan. Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved on 2008-02-17.
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