Seán French (1931–2011)

{{Short description|Irish Fianna Fáil politician (1931–2011)}}

{{for|his father|Seán French (1889–1937)}}

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| office = Teachta Dála

| term_start = June 1981

| term_end = November 1982

| constituency = Cork North-Central

| term_start1 = June 1977

| term_end1 = June 1981

| constituency1 = Cork City

| term_start2 = June 1969

| term_end2 = June 1977

| constituency2 = Cork City North-West

| term_start3 = November 1967

| term_end3 = June 1969

| constituency3 = Cork Borough

| birth_date = {{birth date|1931|11|8|df=y}}

| birth_place = County Cork, Ireland

| death_date = {{death date and age|2011|12|25|1931|11|8|df=y}}

| death_place = County Cork, Ireland

| nationality = Irish

| party = Fianna Fáil

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| father = Seán French

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Seán French (8 November 1931 – 25 December 2011) was a Fianna Fáil politician from Cork in Ireland.{{cite web|url=http://www.rip.ie/death_notices_detail.asp?NoticeID=151868|title=Death notice of Sean French, Schull, Cork, Ireland|publisher=RIP.ie|access-date=28 December 2011}} He was a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1967 to 1982.{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Se%C3%A1n-French.D.1967-11-09/|title=Seán French|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=14 February 2008}}

French was elected to Dáil Éireann on his first attempt, at a by-election in 1967 for the Cork Borough constituency which was caused by the death of the Labour Party TD Seán Casey. He was re-elected at the next five general elections, but lost his seat at the November 1982 general election and did not stand again.{{cite web|url=http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=8673|title=Seán French|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=14 February 2008}}

He also stood as a candidate for the European Parliament, at the first direct election in 1979 in the Munster constituency, but was not elected.

Seán French was Lord Mayor of Cork for the term from 1976 to 1977.{{cite web|title=Previous Mayors of Cork|url=https://www.corkcity.ie/en/council-services/councillors-and-democracy/lord-mayor-of-cork/previous-mayors-of-cork/|publisher=Cork City Council|access-date=11 December 2022}} His father, also called Seán French, also served as a TD and Lord Mayor of Cork.{{cite news|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/late-td-a-committed-respected-talented-person-178460.html|title=Late TD a 'committed, respected, talented person'|work=Irish Examiner|date=29 December 2011}}