Michael D'Arcy | |
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Minister of State | |
1982–1986 | Fisheries and Forestry |
1981–1982 | Agriculture |
Teachta Dála | |
In office June 1997 – May 2002 | |
In office June 1989 – November 1992 | |
In office June 1977 – February 1987 | |
Constituency | Wexford |
Senator | |
In office February 1993 –July 1997 | |
Constituency | Agricultural Panel |
Personal details | |
Born | County Wexford,Ireland | 7 March 1934
Political party | Fine Gael |
Children | Michael W. D'Arcy |
Michael D'Arcy (born 7 March 1934) is an Irish former Fine Gael politician,who served as a TD for the Wexford constituency. [1]
D'Arcy's political career began in 1958,when his father Timothy died and Michael was co-opted into his county council seat,which he served in for fifteen years. [2] He was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1977 general election,and held his seat until the 1987 general election when he lost it to Brendan Howlin of the Labour Party. [3] He was re-elected at the 1989 general election,at the expense of party colleague Avril Doyle,but she regained her seat at the 1992 general election. D'Arcy was then elected to the 20th Seanad on the Agricultural Panel.
At the 1997 general election he was returned to the 28th Dáil,again unseating Avril Doyle. He lost his seat again at the 2002 general election,this time to the independent candidate Liam Twomey,who later joined Fine Gael.
In 1981,in Garret FitzGerald's first government,D'Arcy was appointed a Minister of State for Agriculture. In FitzGerald's second government in 1982,he was appointed as Minister of State at the Department of Fisheries and Forestry and at the Department of the Gaeltacht. [4] He was dismissed in February 1986. [5]
In 1999 he was elected to Gorey Town Council;he was re-elected at the 2004 local elections,and retired in 2009. [3]
D'Arcy is married to Marie,and their son Michael W. D'Arcy is a former TD and senator. [6]
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