Alexis J. G. FitzGerald (7 May 1945 – 15 July 2015) was an Irish

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politician who served as a TD and

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in the 1980s. FitzGerald stood unsuccessfully for

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at the 1973 general election in

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, at the 1977 general election in Dublin South-Central, and at the 1981 general election in Dublin South. FitzGerald then contested the 1981 Seanad election on the

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, and was returned to the

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replacing his uncle

Alexis FitzGerald Snr Alexis James Oliver FitzGerald (4 September 1916 – 16 June 1985) was a Fine Gael politician, economist and solicitor. He was one of the founding partners of the Irish law firm McCann FitzGerald. Early life He born on 4 September 1916 in Wat ...

. In the same year he was elected

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. FitzGerald was finally elected to the Dáil at the February 1982 general election, when he replaced the retiring Fine Gael TD Richie Ryan as a running-mate of party leader

Garret FitzGerald Garret Desmond FitzGerald (9 February 192619 May 2011) was an Irish Fine Gael politician, economist, and barrister who served twice as Taoiseach, serving from 1981 to 1982 and 1982 to 1987. He served as Leader of Fine Gael from 1977 to 1987 an ...

(no relation) in the

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constituency. He took his seat in the

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as a minority

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government took office under

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, but after Haughey's government fell later that year, FitzGerald lost his Dáil seat to his Fine Gael colleague Joe Doyle at the November 1982 general election. After his Dáil defeat, he stood again for election to the Seanad on the

and was elected to the

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. He left the Seanad at the next election in 1987 and returned to his previous career as an

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eer and

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. FitzGerald and his wife

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were both members of the 23rd Dáil, one of the few married couples to sit in the same Dáil. He died in July 2015 at the age of 70.

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