James J. McCrea

{{Short description|Irish politician (died 1969)}}

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| office = Senator

| term_start = 22 July 1954

| term_end = 22 May 1957

| constituency = Agricultural Panel

| term_start1 = 14 August 1951

| term_end1 = 22 July 1954

| constituency1 = Administrative Panel

| term_start2 = 21 April 1948

| term_end2 = 14 August 1951

| constituency2 = Nominated by the Taoiseach

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| birth_place = County Wicklow, Ireland

| death_date = 31 January 1969

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| party = Labour Party

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James J. McCrea (died 31 January 1969) was an Irish politician, farmer and businessman. He was a Labour Party member of Seanad Éireann from 1948 to 1957. He was nominated by the Taoiseach to the 6th Seanad in 1948.{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/James-J-McCrea.S.1950-06-16/|title=James McCrea|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=4 August 2013}} He was elected to 7th Seanad in 1951 by the Administrative Panel, and to the 8th Seanad in 1954 by the Agricultural Panel. He did not contest the 1957 Seanad election.

He stood unsuccessfully for Dáil Éireann on two occasions.{{cite web|url=http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=2381|title=James J. McCrea|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=4 August 2013}} He stood as a Labour Party candidate for the Wicklow constituency; at the 1948 general election, and at the June 1953 by-election.