Peter Callanan

{{Short description|Irish politician (1935–2009)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| nationality = Irish

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| office = Senator

| term_start = 17 September 1997

| term_end = 11 October 2009

| constituency = Agricultural Panel

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1935|6|29|df=y}}

| birth_place = Clonakilty, County Cork, Ireland

| death_date = {{death date and age|2009|10|11|1935|6|29|df=yes}}

| death_place = Innishannon, County Cork, Ireland

| party = Fianna Fáil

| spouse = Sheila Callanan

| children = 6

}}

Peter Callanan (29 June 1935 – 11 October 2009) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and served as a member of Seanad Éireann from 1997 until his death in 2009.{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Peter-Callanan.S.1997-09-17/|title=Peter Callanan|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=12 October 2009}}

Born in Clonakilty, County Cork, Callanan was educated in Mount Melleray College, County Waterford. He was a farmer in Innishannon, County Cork.

A member of Cork County Council from 1979 to 2004, He was an unsuccessful candidate at the 1981 general election for the Cork South-West constituency, and was also an unsuccessful candidate at the 1993 Seanad election. Callanan was elected to the 21st Seanad in 1997 by the Agricultural Panel, and re-elected in 2002 to the 22nd Seanad and in 2007 to the 23rd Seanad.{{cite web|url=http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=3296|title=Peter Callanan|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=12 October 2009}}

Callanan died on 11 October 2009. He was married to Sheila Callanan and they had six children.{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1011/callananp.html|title=FF Senator Callanan dies in Co Cork|work=RTÉ News|date=11 October 2009|access-date=12 October 2009}}