Hugh Colohan

Hugh Colohan (c. 1870 – 15 April 1931)^[1] was an Irish Labour Party politician. A brick and stone layer before entering politics,^[2] he was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kildare–Wicklow constituency at the 1922 general election.^[3]

Hugh Colohan
Teachta Dála
In office August 1923 – 15 April 1931
Constituency	Kildare
In office June 1922 – August 1923
Constituency	Kildare–Wicklow
Personal details
Born	c. 1870 County Kildare, Ireland
Died	15 April 1931(1931-04-15) (aged 60–61)
Political party	Labour Party

He was re-elected at the 1923 general election for the Kildare constituency and was again re-elected at the June 1927 and September 1927 general elections.^[4] He died in office in 1931 and the by-election caused by his death was won by Thomas Harris of Fianna Fáil.

References

1. The Irish Times (16 April 1931), page 8
2. White, Lawrence William; Rouse, John (October 2009). "Colohan, Hugh (Hubert)". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
3. "Hugh Colohan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 7 October 2008.
4. "Hugh Colohan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 7 October 2008.