John Butler (Irish politician)

{{Short description|Irish politician and trade unionist (1891–1968)}}

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| office = Senator

| term_start = 14 December 1961

| term_end = 23 June 1965

| term_start1 = 27 April 1938

| term_end1 = 22 May 1957

| constituency1 = Labour Panel

| office2 = Teachta Dála

| term_start2 = June 1922

| term_end2 = June 1927

| constituency2 = Waterford–Tipperary East

| nationality = Irish

| party = {{ubl|Fine Gael|Labour Party}}

| birth_date = 1891

| birth_place = Ballinamult, County Waterford, Ireland

| death_date = {{death date and age|1968|2|16|1891|df=y}}

| death_place = Dungarvan, County Waterford, Ireland

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| spouse = Jo Butler

| children = Pierce Butler

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John Butler (1891 – 16 February 1968) was an Irish politician, farmer and trade union official. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1922 general election for the Waterford–Tipperary East constituency as a Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD).{{cite web

|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/John-Butler.D.1922-09-09/|title=John Butler|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=18 March 2009}} He was re-elected for the Waterford constituency at the 1923 general election. He lost his seat at the June 1927 general election. He stood for the Dáil again at several subsequent general elections but was not elected.{{cite web|url=http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=1447|title=John Butler|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=18 March 2009}}

In 1933 he joined Fine Gael on its formation and unsuccessfully stood as a party candidate at the 1937 and 1943 general elections for the Waterford constituency.

He was elected to the 2nd Seanad on the Labour Panel in 1938. He served in the Seanad until losing his seat at the 1957 Seanad election. He was re-elected on the Labour Panel at the 1961 Seanad election, and he did not contest the 1965 election.

His son Pierce Butler also served as a Senator from 1969 to 1983.{{cite web|url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/butler-john-jack-a1266|title=Butler, John|work=Dictionary of Irish Biography|last=Dempsey|first=Pauric J.|date=October 2009|access-date=10 December 2021}}