Flor Crowley Irish politician (1934–1997)
Florence Crowley (27 December 1934 – 16 May 1997) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for thirteen years, and a senator for five years.[ 1]
Family
An auctioneer from Bandon , County Cork , Crowley was an accomplished rugby player in his youth. He and his wife Sally had six children.[ 2] Brian Crowley served as a Fianna Fáil senator and MEP from 1993 to 2019.[ 3]
Political career
He stood unsuccessfully as a Fianna Fáil candidate for Dáil Éireann in the Cork Mid constituency at a by-election in March 1965 , but won the seat at the 1965 general election in April. After boundary changes for the 1969 general election , he was re-elected in the new Cork South-West constituency, and held the seat at the 1973 general election .[ 4] Cork City Council and Cork County Council , and after the 1971 local elections had remained a member only of the County Council.[ 5]
He lost his seat at the 1977 general election . Fianna Fáil won a landslide victory, but it had fielded three candidates in Cork South-West and won only one seat. Crowley, the sitting TD, was beaten by his party colleague Joe Walsh . He was then elected to the 14th Seanad on the Cultural and Educational Panel , and at the 1981 general he regained his Dáil seat from Walsh.[ 4] February 1982 general election , following which Crowley stood in the Seanad elections on the Cultural and Educational Panel . However, he did not win a seat; at the time Fianna Fáil was deeply divided between supporters and opponents of its leader Charles Haughey , and the Haughey-supporting Crowley was beaten by another Fianna Fáil candidate, Séamus de Brún , who had previously been nominated by the Taoiseach , Jack Lynch to the 14th Seanad .[ 6] [ 5]
Crowley did not contest the November 1982 general election . In the subsequent February 1983 Seanad election, he stood as a candidate on the Administrative Panel , but did not win a seat.[ 7]
Death
Crowley died suddenly at his home in Bandon on 16 May 1997, aged 62.[ 2] [ 8]