Jeremiah Hurley
Teachta Dála
In office
July 1937 – 2 February 1943
ConstituencyCork South-East
Personal details
Born1891
Macroom, County Cork, Ireland
Died2 February 1943(1943-02-02) (aged 51–52)
Cork, Ireland
Political partyLabour Party

Jeremiah Hurley (1891 – 2 February 1943)[1] was an Irish Labour Party politician, trade unionist and national schoolteacher.[2]

Hurley was a member of Cork Corporation from 1931 to 1938, having been nominated by Cork Workers' Council.[2] He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Cork Borough constituency at the 1932 and 1933 general elections.[3]

He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork South-East constituency at the 1937 general election.[4] He was re-elected at the 1938 general election.[3]

He was president of the Irish Trades Union Congress in 1938. He died in 1943 during the term of the 10th Dáil but no by-election was held.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Dáil Éireann debate – Death of Two Deputies". Houses of the Oireachtas. 3 February 1943. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b Kirwan, Eamonn (2021). The Threshold of a Newer Movement: The Cork Labour Party 1914–1950. ISBN 978-1-9123289-2-5.
  3. ^ a b c "Jeremiah Hurley". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 8 November 2008.
  4. ^ "Jeremiah Hurley". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 8 November 2008.
Political offices Preceded byHelena Molony President of the Irish Trades Union Congress 1938 Succeeded byP. T. Daly
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