Robert Lahiffe
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Lahiffe was born in the townland of Cloone, Gort, County Galway, to James N. Lahiff and Maria Quinn.[2]
Lahiffe was elected to Dáil Éireann in the 1948 general election as a Fianna Fáil TD for the Galway South constituency. He was defeated in the 1951 general election by Fine Gael's Patrick Cawley, but was re-elected two years later in a by-election in August 1953 following the death of Frank Fahy, a Fianna Fáil TD who as Ceann Comhairle had been returned unopposed in 1951. Lahiffe held the seat in the general election in 1954,[3] but was ousted again in the 1957 general election. Fianna Fáil had run three candidates in three-seat constituency, and Lahiffe was beaten by his first-time running-mate Michael Carty.[4]
He was then elected to the 9th Seanad by the Agricultural Panel, which re-elected him in 1961. However, he was defeated in the 1965 election to the 11th Seanad.[3]
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