Fad Browne

{{Short description|Irish politician (1906–1991)}}

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| office = Senator

| term_start = 1 June 1973

| term_end = 27 October 1977

| constituency = Industrial and Commercial Panel

| office1 = Teachta Dála

| term_start1 = December 1966

| term_end1 = February 1973

| constituency1 = Waterford

| birth_name = Patrick Browne

| birth_date = {{birth date|1906|9|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kilmeaden, County Waterford, Ireland

| death_date = {{death date and age|1991|2|19|1906|9|12|df=y}}

| death_place = County Waterford, Ireland

| nationality = Irish

| party = Fianna Fáil

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Patrick Browne (12 September 1906 – 19 February 1991) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and publican.{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Patrick-Browne.D.1966-12-07/|title=Patrick Browne|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=3 October 2008}} Born in Kilmeaden, County Waterford, he was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Waterford constituency at the 1966 by-election caused by the death of Thaddeus Lynch of Fine Gael. He was re-elected at the 1969 general election but lost his seat at the 1973 general election.{{cite web|url=http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=9029|title=Fad Browne|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=3 October 2008}}

In the following Seanad election, he was elected to 13th Seanad on the Industrial and Commercial Panel where served until 1977.