John Ryan (Irish politician)

John Joseph Ryan (17 June 1927 – 3 April 2014) was an Irish Labour Party politician from Nenagh, County Tipperary. He was an unsuccessful candidate at the 1969 general election, but was elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1973 general election as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Tipperary North constituency.^[1] He was re-elected at each subsequent general election until he lost his seat at the 1987 general election.

John Ryan
Leas-Cheann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann
In office 15 December 1982 – 10 March 1987
Ceann Comhairle	Thomas J. Fitzpatrick
Preceded by	Jim Tunney
Succeeded by	Jim Tunney
Senator
In office 1 November 1989 – 25 November 1992
Constituency	Industrial and Commercial Panel
Teachta Dála
In office November 1992 – June 1997
In office February 1973 – February 1987
Constituency	Tipperary North
Personal details
Born	(1927-06-17)17 June 1927 Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland
Died	3 April 2014(2014-04-03) (aged 86) County Tipperary, Ireland
Political party	Labour Party
Spouse	Ina Ryan
Children	3

He was elected to the Industrial and Commercial Panel of the 19th Seanad in 1989. At the 1992 general election he re-gained his Dáil seat in Tipperary North. He retired at the 1997 general election.^[2] He served as Leas-Cheann Comhairle (deputy chairperson) of the Dáil from 1982 to 1987.^[1] He died in 2014 at the age of 86.^[3]

References

1. "John J. Ryan". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
2. "John J. Ryan". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 10 September 2007. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
3. "Ryan, John Joseph: Death notice". The Irish Times. 3 April 2014. Archived from the original on 4 April 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2014.