Hugh Colohan

{{Short description|Irish politician (1868–1931)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}

{{Use Hiberno-English|date=December 2021}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Hugh Colohan

| image =

| caption =

| office = Teachta Dála

| term_start = August 1923

| term_end = 15 April 1931

| constituency = Kildare

| term_start2 = June 1922

| term_end2 = August 1923

| constituency2 = Kildare–Wicklow

| nationality = Irish

| party = Labour Party

| birth_date = {{circa}} 1870

| birth_place = County Kildare, Ireland

| death_date = {{death date and age|1931|4|15|1870|df=y}}

| death_place =

| alma_mater =

| education =

| spouse =

| children =

}}

Hugh Colohan (c. 1870 – 15 April 1931)The Irish Times (16 April 1931), page 8 was an Irish Labour Party politician. A brick and stone layer before entering politics,{{cite web|url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/colohan-hugh-hubert-a1881|title=Colohan, Hugh (Hubert)|work=Dictionary of Irish Biography|last=White|first=Lawrence William|last2=Rouse|first2=John|date=October 2009|access-date=10 December 2021}} he was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kildare–Wicklow constituency at the 1922 general election.{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Hugh-Colohan.D.1922-09-09/|title=Hugh Colohan|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=7 October 2008}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=1312|title=Hugh Colohan|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=7 October 2008}} He died in office in 1931 and the by-election caused by his death was won by Thomas Harris of Fianna Fáil.