Valentine Jago

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Valentine Jago
Senator
In office
27 October 1977 –8 October 1981

Richard Valentine Jago (1913 – 2 November 1983) [1] was a politician and businessman in Cork city in Ireland. He was Secretary of the Cork Methodist Association in 1940, [2] Lord Mayor of Cork from 1957 to 1958 when a member of the Cork Civic Party, [3] and chairman of the Cork Chamber of commerce from 1964 to 1965. [4]

After the Civic Party's dissolution in 1966 he joined Fianna Fáil and was nominated to the Seanad by the Taoiseach after the 1977 general election, [1] serving until 1981. He was an unsuccessful Fianna Fáil candidate at the November 1982 general election for the Cork South-Central constituency. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Valentine Jago". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  2. ↑ "Methodist Churches". Guy's City and County Cork Almanac and Directory. 1940. p. 87.
  3. ↑ Bhreatnach, Aoife (2006). Becoming conspicuous: Irish travellers, society and the state, 1922-70. University College Dublin Press. p. 55. ISBN   9781904558613 . Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "Past Presidents". Cork Chamber. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  5. ↑ "Valentine Jago". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
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