John Friel

{{Short description|Irish Fianna Fáil politician and merchant (1889–1963)}}

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| name = John Friel

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| office = Teachta Dála

| term_start = July 1937

| term_end = May 1951

| constituency = Donegal East

| nationality = Irish

| party = Fianna Fáil

| birth_date = {{birth date|1889|8|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = County Donegal, Ireland

| death_date = {{death date and age|1963|10|1|1889|8|1|df=y}}

| death_place = County Donegal, Ireland

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John Friel (1 August 1889 – 1 October 1963) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and merchant. He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Donegal East constituency at the 1937 general election.{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/John-Friel.D.1937-07-21/|title=John Friel|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=5 February 2009}} He was re-elected at each subsequent election until he lost his seat at the 1951 general election.{{cite web|url=http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=1895|title=John Friel|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=5 February 2009}}