Hugh Doherty (Irish politician)

{{Short description|Irish Fianna Fáil politician (1862–1941)}}

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| office = Teachta Dála

| term_start = January 1933

| term_end = July 1937

| constituency = Donegal

| nationality = Irish

| party = Fianna Fáil

| birth_date = {{birth year|1862}}

| birth_place = County Donegal, Ireland

| death_date = {{death date and age|1941|10|29|1862|df=y}}

| death_place = County Donegal, Ireland

| occupation = Teacher

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Hugh Doherty (1862 – 29 October 1941) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Donegal constituency at the 1932 general election, but was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for same constituency at the 1933 general election.{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Hugh-Doherty.D.1933-02-08/|title=Hugh Doherty|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=4 February 2009}} He did not contest the 1937 general election due to ill health.{{cite web|url=http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=1759|title=Hugh Doherty|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=4 February 2009}} Hugh Doherty died at his home in Dungloe, County Donegal on 29 October 1941 aged 79.Irish Independent, 30 October 1941