Paddy Harte
Irish politician
1981–1982
June 1981 – June 1997
July 1977 – June 1981
October 1961 – July 1977
Lifford, County Donegal, Ireland
Lifford, County Donegal, Ireland
Rosaleen Harte
(m. 1953)Patrick Harte OBE (26 July 1931 – 8 January 2018) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served for 36 years as Teachta Dála (TD) for Donegal North-East.[1]
Early life and family
He was born in 1931 in Lifford, County Donegal. His son, Jimmy Harte, is a former Labour Party Senator.
Political career
He was first elected to the 17th Dáil at the 1961 general election, and re-elected at eleven further general elections.[2] In the 22nd Dáil, from 1981 to 1982, he was Minister of State at the Department of Posts and Telegraphs in Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald's government. In 1989 he was an unsuccessful candidate in the Connacht–Ulster constituency at the elections to the European Parliament. He lost his seat at the 1997 general election to the Independent Fianna Fáil candidate Harry Blaney, and unsuccessfully contested the 1997 elections to Seanad Éireann on the Industrial and Commercial Panel. After this, he retired from politics.
Post-retirement
After his retirement he was involved in a number of projects, including (along with Glenn Barr) the Messines Island of Ireland Peace Park in West Flanders in Belgium. This park was officially opened in November 1998 by President Mary McAleese, Queen Elizabeth II and King Albert II of Belgium to commemorate all Irishmen who died in World War I.
Harte died the morning of 8 January 2018 at the age of 86.[3]
Awards
He was appointed an Honorary OBE in October 2006 for his ecumenical works. He received an honorary Doctorate of Laws from the National University of Ireland in September 2007 in recognition of his contribution to politics.
Reading
- Paddy Harte, Young Tigers and Mongrel Foxes: A life in politics, The O'Brien Press, Dublin, 2005.
References
- ^ "Patrick Harte". Oireachtas Members Database. 30 April 1997. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
- ^ "Paddy Harte". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 25 September 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
- ^ "Former Donegal TD Paddy Harte passes away". Donegal Democrat. 8 January 2018. Archived from the original on 8 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
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| Preceded by | Minister of State at the Department of Posts and Telegraphs 1981–1982 | Succeeded by |
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Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for the Donegal constituency
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| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | ||||||||
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| 2nd | 1921 | Joseph O'Doherty (SF) | Samuel O'Flaherty (SF) | Patrick McGoldrick (SF) | Joseph McGinley (SF) | Joseph Sweeney (SF) | Peter Ward (SF) | 6 seats 1921–1923 | |||||||||
| 3rd | 1922 | Joseph O'Doherty (AT-SF) | Samuel O'Flaherty (AT-SF) | Patrick McGoldrick (PT-SF) | Joseph McGinley (PT-SF) | Joseph Sweeney (PT-SF) | Peter Ward (PT-SF) | ||||||||||
| 4th | 1923 | Joseph O'Doherty (Rep) | Peadar O'Donnell (Rep) | Patrick McGoldrick (CnaG) | Eugene Doherty (CnaG) | Patrick McFadden (CnaG) | Peter Ward (CnaG) | James Myles (Ind) | John White (FP) | ||||||||
| 1924 by-election | Denis McCullough (CnaG) | ||||||||||||||||
| 5th | 1927 (Jun) | Frank Carney (FF) | Neal Blaney (FF) | Daniel McMenamin (NL) | Michael Óg McFadden (CnaG) | Hugh Law (CnaG) | |||||||||||
| 6th | 1927 (Sep) | Archie Cassidy (Lab) | |||||||||||||||
| 7th | 1932 | Brian Brady (FF) | Daniel McMenamin (CnaG) | John White (CnaG) | James Dillon (Ind) | ||||||||||||
| 8th | 1933 | Joseph O'Doherty (FF) | Hugh Doherty (FF) | Michael Óg McFadden (CnaG) | James Dillon (NCP) | ||||||||||||
| 9th | 1937 | Constituency abolished. See Donegal East and Donegal West | |||||||||||||||
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | |||||
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| 21st | 1977 | Hugh Conaghan (FF) | Joseph Brennan (FF) | Neil Blaney (IFF) | James White (FG) | Paddy Harte (FG) | |||||
| 1980 by-election | Clement Coughlan (FF) | ||||||||||
| 22nd | 1981 | Constituency abolished. See Donegal North-East and Donegal South-West | |||||||||
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| 32nd | 2016 | Pearse Doherty (SF) | Pat "the Cope" Gallagher (FF) | Thomas Pringle (Ind) | Charlie McConalogue (FF) | Joe McHugh (FG) | |||||
| 33rd | 2020 | Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (SF) | |||||||||
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