Hugh Colohan [SEP] occupation
Hugh Colohan
Hugh Colohan (c. 1868 – 15 April 1931) was an Irish Labour Party politician. A brick and stone layer before entering politics, he was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kildare–Wicklow constituency at the 1922 general election. He was re-elected at the 1923 general election for the Kildare constituency and was again re-elected at the June 1927 and September 1927 general elections. He died in office in 1931 and the by-election caused by
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A farmer, Harris was first elected to the Kildare constituency in a by-election in July 1931 caused by the death of Labour Party TD, Hugh Colohan. With just over 40% of the vote Harris defeated Cumann na nGaedheal candidate John Curton and future Labour Party leader, William Norton. He served as a member of Dáil Éireann for the next 26 years representing the constituencies of Kildare from 1931 to 1937, Carlow–Kildare from 1937 to 1948, and Kildare again from 1948 to 1957. He lost his