Patrick Crowley (14 April 1906 – 17 December 1993) was an Irish Labour Party politician and

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official. He stood for election to

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for the Cork West constituency at the 1943 general election but was not successful. He was a member of

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from 1954 to 1969. He was first elected to the 8th Seanad in 1954 by the

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, and was re-elected at the 1957, 1961 and 1965 elections. He lost his seat at the 1969 Seanad election.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Crowley, Patrick 1906 births 1993 deaths Members of the 8th Seanad Members of the 9th Seanad Members of the 10th Seanad Members of the 11th Seanad Labour Party (Ireland) senators Politicians from County Cork Trade unionists from County Cork Labour Panel senators