Richard Barry (Irish politician)

{{Short description|Irish Fine Gael politician (1919–2013)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Richard Barry

| nationality = Irish

| image =

| office = Parliamentary Secretary

| suboffice = Health

| subterm = 1973–1977

| office2 = Teachta Dála

| term_start2 = October 1961

| term_end2 = June 1981

| constituency2 = Cork North-East

| term_start3 = June 1953

| term_end3 = October 1961

| constituency3 = Cork East

| birth_date = {{birth date|1919|9|4|df=y}}

| birth_place = Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland

| death_date = {{death date and age|2013|4|28|1919|9|4|df=y}}

| death_place = Wilton, Cork, Ireland

| occupation = Publican

| party = Fine Gael

| spouse = Margaret Barry

| children = Myra Barry

|}}

Richard Barry (4 September 1919 – 28 April 2013) was an Irish Fine Gael politician.{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0429/387868-dick-barry/|title=Former Fine Gael junior minister Dick Barry dies aged 93|work=RTÉ News|date=29 April 2013}} A publican before entering politics, he first stood for election in the Cork East constituency at the 1951 general election, but was unsuccessful. He was elected to Dáil Éireann at a by-election in 1953 following the death of the Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) Seán Keane.{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Richard-Barry.D.1953-06-18/|title=Richard Barry|work=Oireachtas Members Database|date=4 March 1981|access-date=31 January 2008}} He was re-elected at each subsequent election until he retired at the 1981 general election. From 1961 he was elected for the Cork North-East constituency.{{cite web

|url=http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=2391|title=Richard Barry|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=31 January 2008}}

In 1973, he was appointed a Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health on the nomination of Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave and served till 1977. His daughter Myra Barry was elected in a by-election in 1979 for the same constituency of Cork North-East. This is the only time a parent and child have been represented in the same constituency in the same Dáil.