John Ryan (Irish politician)

{{Short description|Irish politician (1927–2014)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

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| office = Leas-Cheann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann

| 1blankname = Ceann Comhairle

| 1namedata = Thomas J. Fitzpatrick

| term_start = 15 December 1982

| term_end = 10 March 1987

| predecessor = Jim Tunney

| successor = Jim Tunney

| office1 = Senator

| term_start1 = 1 November 1989

| term_end1 = 25 November 1992

| constituency1 = Industrial and Commercial Panel

| office2 = Teachta Dála

| term_start2 = November 1992

| term_end2 = June 1997

| term_start3 = February 1973

| term_end3 = February 1987

| constituency3 = Tipperary North

| birth_date = {{birth date|1927|6|17|df=y}}

| birth_place = Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland

| death_date = {{death date and age|2014|4|3|1927|6|17|df=y}}

| death_place = County Tipperary, Ireland

| nationality = Irish

| party = Labour Party

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| alma_mater =

| spouse = Ina Ryan

| children = 3

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John Joseph Ryan (17 June 1927 – 3 April 2014) was an Irish Labour Party politician from Nenagh, County Tipperary. He was an unsuccessful candidate at the 1969 general election, but was elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1973 general election as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Tipperary North constituency.{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/John-J-Ryan.D.1973-03-14/|title=John J. Ryan|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=29 April 2009|archive-date=7 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107145414/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/John-J-Ryan.D.1973-03-14|url-status=live}} He was re-elected at each subsequent general election until he lost his seat at the 1987 general election.

He was elected to the Industrial and Commercial Panel of the 19th Seanad in 1989. At the 1992 general election he re-gained his Dáil seat in Tipperary North. He retired at the 1997 general election.{{cite web|url=http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=578|title=John J. Ryan|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=29 April 2009|archive-date=10 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070910214710/http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=578|url-status=live}} He served as Leas-Cheann Comhairle (deputy chairperson) of the Dáil from 1982 to 1987. He died in 2014 at the age of 86.{{cite news|url=http://notices.irishtimes.com/37827579|newspaper=The Irish Times|title=Ryan, John Joseph: Death notice|date=3 April 2014|access-date=4 April 2014|archive-date=4 April 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140404114755/http://notices.irishtimes.com/37827579|url-status=live}}