James Patrick Kelly was an Irish
Fianna Fáil
Fianna Fáil (, ; meaning 'Soldiers of Destiny' or 'Warriors of Fál'), officially Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party ( ga, audio=ga-Fianna Fáil.ogg, Fianna Fáil – An Páirtí Poblachtánach), is a conservative and Christia ...
politician who served for eleven years as a
Teachta Dála
A Teachta Dála ( , ; plural ), abbreviated as TD (plural ''TDanna'' in Irish, TDs in English), is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (the Irish Parliament). It is the equivalent of terms such as ''Member of Parli ...
(TD) from 1932 to 1943.
An accountant by profession, Kelly first stood as a candidate for
Dáil Éireann at the
June 1927 general election for the
Meath constituency, but was not successful.
[ He was defeated again at the September 1927 general election, but was elected at the 1932 general election, taking his seat in the 7th Dáil.][ He was re-elected for the same constituency at the 1933 general election, and for the new Meath–Westmeath constituency at the 1937 general election.][ He stood again the following year at the 1944 general election, but was not successful.][
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References
Fianna Fáil TDs
Year of birth missing
Year of death missing
Members of the 7th Dáil
Members of the 8th Dáil
Members of the 9th Dáil
Members of the 10th Dáil
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