Michael Calnan

Michael Calnan is a former Irish Labour Party politician from County Cork. He was a senator from 1993 to 1997.^[1]

A teacher and former vice principal of the Maria Immaculata Secondary school in Dunmanway and long-serving member of Cork County Council for the Skibbereen electoral area^[2] — he was chairman of the council from 1988 to 1989 and 1992 to 1993^[3] — he stepped down at the 1999 local elections.^[2] He attended University College Cork where he obtained a B.A, H.dip Ed, and a master's degree.

Calnan stood unsuccessfully as a candidate for Dáil Éireann in the Cork South–West constituency on three occasions, at the February 1982, 1992, and 1997 general elections. After his 1992 defeat, he stood in the 1993 elections to the 20th Seanad, winning a seat on the Agricultural Panel.^[4] He did not contest the 1997 Seanad elections.^[5]

References

↑ "Mr. Michael Calnan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
1 2 "Roads and housing exercise the voters". The Irish Times. 31 May 1999. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
↑ "History of the Mayor". Cork County Council website. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
↑ "Michael Calnan's electoral history". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
↑ "Seanad Election, July 1997: Agricultural Panel". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 2008-02-19.

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Administrative Panel	Louis Belton (FG) Joe Doyle (FG) Tom Enright (FG) Michael Finneran (FF) Michael O'Kennedy (FF) Jan O'Sullivan (Lab) Dick Roche (FF)

Agricultural Panel	Paddy Burke (FG) Michael Calnan (Lab) Brendan Daly (FF) Michael D'Arcy (FG) John Dardis (PD) John V. Farrelly (FG) Tom Fitzgerald (FF) Rory Kiely (FF) Patrick McGowan (FF) Liam Naughten (FG) Francis O'Brien (FF)

Cultural and Educational Panel	Mary Kelly (Lab) Maurice Manning (FG) Paschal Mooney (FF) Ann Ormonde (FF) Madeleine Taylor-Quinn (FG)

Industrial and Commercial Panel	Cathy Honan (PD) Eddie Bohan (FF) Liam T. Cosgrave (FG) Seán Fallon (FF) William Farrell (FF) Ann Gallagher (Lab) Michael Howard (FG) Mick Lanigan (FF) Gerry Reynolds (FG)

Labour Panel	Donie Cassidy (FF) Bill Cotter (FG) Denis Cregan (FG) Frank Fahey (FF) Dan Kiely (FF) Joe Sherlock (Lab) Don Lydon (FF) Seán Maloney (Lab) Jarlath McDonagh (FG) Brian Mullooly (FF) Dan Neville (FG)

National University of Ireland	Joe Lee (Ind) Joe O'Toole (Ind) Feargal Quinn (Ind)

University of Dublin	Mary Henry (Ind) David Norris (Ind) Shane Ross (FG)

Nominated by the Taoiseach	Sean Byrne (FF) Bill Cashin (Lab) Brian Crowley (FF) Brian Hillery (FF) Billy Kelleher (FF) Pat Magner (Lab) Marian McGennis (FF) Jim Townsend (Lab) Jack Wall (Lab) Gordon Wilson (Ind) G. V. Wright (FF)

Elected or nominated later	1994 Edward Haughey (FF) Michael Mulcahy (FF) 1995 Brian Hayes (FG) 1996 Sam McAughtry (Ind) January 1997 Denis Naughten (FG) July 1997 Tom Berkery (FG) Niamh Bhreathnach (Lab) Niamh Cosgrave (FG) Michael Enright (DL) Aidan O'Connor (FG)

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