Jeremiah Hurley

Irish Labour Party politician and teacher (1891–1943)

Jeremiah Hurley
Teachta Dála
In office
July 1937 – 2 February 1943
ConstituencyCork South-East
Personal details
Born1891
Macroom, County Cork, Ireland
Died2 February 1943(1943-02-02) (aged 51–52)
Cork, Ireland
Political partyLabour Party

Jeremiah Hurley (1891 – 2 February 1943)[1] was an Irish Labour Party politician, trade unionist and national schoolteacher.[2]

Hurley was a member of Cork Corporation from 1931 to 1938, having been nominated by Cork Workers' Council.[2] He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Cork Borough constituency at the 1932 and 1933 general elections.[3]

He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork South-East constituency at the 1937 general election.[4] He was re-elected at the 1938 general election.[3]

He was president of the Irish Trades Union Congress in 1938. He died in 1943 during the term of the 10th Dáil but no by-election was held.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Dáil Éireann debate – Death of Two Deputies". Houses of the Oireachtas. 3 February 1943. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b Kirwan, Eamonn (2021). The Threshold of a Newer Movement: The Cork Labour Party 1914–1950. ISBN 978-1-9123289-2-5.
  3. ^ a b c "Jeremiah Hurley". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 8 November 2008.
  4. ^ "Jeremiah Hurley". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 8 November 2008.
Political offices
Preceded by
Helena Molony
 President of the Irish Trades Union Congress
1938 		Succeeded by
P. T. Daly
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Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for the Cork South-East constituency
This table is transcluded from Cork South-East (Dáil constituency). (edit | history)
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)
9th 1937 Jeremiah Hurley
(Lab) 		Martin Corry
(FF) 		Brook Brasier
(FG)
10th 1938
11th 1943 Thomas Looney
(Lab) 		William Broderick
(FG)
12th 1944 Seán McCarthy
(FF)
13th 1948 Constituency abolished