Patrick Desmond Lehane (died 1 July 1976) was an Irish politician. A farmer by profession, he was an unsuccessful candidate at the

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and

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general elections for the Cork South-East constituency. He elected to

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at the 1948 general election as a

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(TD) for the Cork South constituency. He was re-elected at the 1951 general election as an

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TD but lost his seat at the 1954 general election.

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