Joachim Loughrey

{{Short description|Irish politician (born 1947)}}

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| term_start = 13 May 1982

| term_end = 1 November 1989

| constituency = Cultural and Educational Panel

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1947}}

| birth_place = County Donegal, Ireland

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| party = Fine Gael

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Joachim Loughrey (born 1947) is a former Fine Gael politician from County Donegal in Ireland. He was a senator from 1982 to 1989.{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Joachim-A-Loughrey.S.1982-05-13/|title=Joachim Loughrey|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=25 February 2008}}

A national school teacher before entering politics, Loughrey stood unsuccessfully as a Fine Gael candidate for Dáil Éireann in the Donegal North-East constituency on five occasions: at the by-election in 1976 and at the February 1982, November 1982, 1987 and 1989 general elections.{{cite web|url=http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=3435 |title=Joachim Loughrey|work=ElectionsIreland.org |access-date=25 February 2008}}

After his February 1982 defeat, he was elected to the 16th Seanad on the Cultural and Educational Panel. He was re-elected in the 1983 and 1987 Seanad elections, but lost his seat in the 1989 elections to the 19th Seanad, and was unsuccessful again at the 1993 Seanad elections.