Seán Treacy (politician)

Political career

Treacy was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1961 general election, as a Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) for the Tipperary South constituency. He was re-elected there in seven subsequent elections, and returned automatically in three more owing to his having been elected by the Dáil as Ceann Comhairle—firstly after the 1973 general election for one term, then after the 1987 general election for three. He left the Labour Party in 1987, and was elected as an independent TD at the general election that year.

Treacy was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1981 to 1984, replacing Eileen Desmond who resigned as an MEP when she was appointed Minister for Health and Social Welfare. He was a member of the Irish Presidential Commission during the presidential vacancies of 1974 and 1976. He retired from politics at the 1997 general election.