Denis John Gorey (25 May 1874 – 20 February 1940) was an Irish politician who served for nearly twenty years as

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(TD), first as leader of the Farmers' Party, then for

Cumann na nGaedheal Cumann na nGaedheal (; ) was a political party in the Irish Free State, which formed the government from 1923 to 1932. It was named after the original Cumann na nGaedheal organisation which merged with the Dungannon Clubs and the National Co ...

, and finally for

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. Gorey was first elected to the

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at the 1922 general election for the Carlow–Kilkenny constituency, taking his seat as leader of the Farmers' Party, which won seven seats.The sources differ on which party Denis Gorey represented at the 1922 election: the ElectionsIreland.org website records him as a Labour Party candidat

while the Oireachtas members' database lists him as a Farmers' Party T

However, the matter is clarified by the Dáil debates: Gorey's contribution to the debate on 9 September 1922 about the appointment of a Committee on Standing Orders makes it clear that he speaks for the Farmers' Part

. He was re-elected at the 1923 Irish general election, 1923 general election, leading the Farmers' Party to a new high of 15 seats in the

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. However, with the

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TDs abstaining from Dáil Éireann, the party remained in opposition to the Cumann na nGaedheal government of

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. Gorey left the Farmers' Party and fought the June 1927 general election as a Cumann na nGaedheal candidate, winning election to the 5th Dáil. He lost his seat at the September 1927 general election. However, he was re-elected at the by-election on 3 November 1927 after W. T. Cosgrave, who had been elected both for Carlow–Kilkenny and Cork Borough, chose to represent Cork Borough. At the 1932 general election, he was re-elected with a share of the first-preference vote below 6%, relying on transfers for other candidates to reach the

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as the last of five TDs to be elected. He lost his seat again at the 1933 general election, but was returned at the 1937 general election to the

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, for the new

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constituency, where he was returned again at the 1938 general election. After his death on 20 February 1940 at the age of 65, no by-election was held for his seat, which remained vacant until the 1943 general election.

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