Johnny Geoghegan

{{Short description|Irish Fianna Fáil politician (1913–1975)}}

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| name = Johnny Geoghegan

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| office = Parliamentary Secretary

| suboffice = Social Welfare

| subterm = 1969–1973

| office1 = Teachta Dála

| term_start1 = May 1954

| term_end1 = 5 January 1975

| constituency1 = Galway West

| nationality = Irish

| party = Fianna Fáil

| birth_date = {{birth date|1913|11|5|df=y}}

| birth_place = County Galway, Ireland

| death_date = {{death date and age|1975|1|5|1913|11|5|df=y}}

| death_place = County Galway, Ireland

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| children = Máire Geoghegan-Quinn

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John Geoghegan ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɡ|eɪ|ɡ|ən}}; 5 November 1913 – 5 January 1975) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for more than twenty years.{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/John-Geoghegan.D.1954-06-02/|title=John Geoghegan|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=26 September 2011|archive-date=7 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107191143/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/John-Geoghegan.D.1954-06-02|url-status=live}}

Geoghegan was elected to Dáil Éireann on his first attempt, at the 1954 general election, taking his seat in the 15th Dáil as TD for the Galway West constituency.{{cite web|url=http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=2505|title=John Geoghegan|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=26 September 2011|archive-date=28 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928111658/http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=2505|url-status=live}}

He was re-elected at the next five general elections. In July 1969, he was appointed by Taoiseach Jack Lynch as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Social Welfare.{{Cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1969-07-09/25/|title=Appointment of Parliamentary Secretaries – Dáil Éireann (19th Dáil)|date=9 July 1969|access-date=23 November 2019|website=Houses of the Oireachtas|archive-date=9 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109053603/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1969-07-09/25/|url-status=live}} He served until Fianna Fáil lost office at the 1973 general election.

After his death on 5 January 1975, the by-election for his Galway West seat in the 20th Dáil was held on 4 March and won for Fianna Fáil by his daughter Máire Geoghegan-Quinn.{{cite web |title=Galway West: 1975 by-election |url=https://irelandelection.com/election.php?elecid=79&constitid=28 |website=Irish Elections |access-date=27 August 2022 |archive-date=27 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827084726/https://irelandelection.com/election.php?elecid=79&constitid=28 |url-status=live }}