Louis Belton

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Louis J. Belton (born 30 November 1943)^[1] is a former Irish Fine Gael politician from County Longford, and the seventh member of the Belton family to be elected to the Oireachtas.

Formerly a building society employee,^[2] Belton was a member of Longford County Council from 1985.^[3] He was first elected to Dáil Éireann in the 1989 general election as Teachta Dála (TD) for the constituency of Longford-Westmeath, but lost his seat at the 1992 general election when contesting the revised constituency of Longford-Roscommon. However, he was then elected to the 20th Seanad Éireann in 1993, when he topped the poll for the Administrative Panel. He regained his Dáil seat at the 1997 general election but lost it again at the 2002 general election to Mae Sexton of the Progressive Democrats. He did not contest the 2007 general election.

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^ Mr. Louis Belton. Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved on 2008-01-30.
^ Election 2002: Louis Belton. The Irish Times. Retrieved on 2008-01-30.
^ Louis J. Belton. ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved on 2008-01-30.

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Cathaoirleach name (party) • Leader of the Seanad name (party)

Administrative Panel	Louis Belton (FG) • Joe Doyle (FG) • Tom Enright (FG) • Michael Finneran (FF) • Michael O'Kennedy (FF) • Jan O'Sullivan (Lab) • Dick Roche (FF)

Agricultural Panel	Paddy Burke (FG) • Michael Calnan (Lab) • Brendan Daly (FF) • Michael D'Arcy (FG) • John Dardis (PD) • John V. Farrelly (FG) • Tom Fitzgerald (FF) • Rory Kiely (FF) • Patrick McGowan (FF) • Liam Naughten (FG) • Francis O'Brien (FF)

Cultural & Educational Panel	Mary Kelly (Lab) • Maurice Manning (FG) • Paschal Mooney (FF) • Ann Ormonde (FF) • Madeleine Taylor-Quinn (FG)

Industrial & Commercial Panel	Cathy Honan (PD) • Eddie Bohan (FF) • Liam T. Cosgrave (FG) • Sean Fallon (FF) • William Farrell (FF) • Ann Gallagher (Lab) • Michael Howard (FG) • Mick Lanigan (FF) • Gerry Reynolds (FG)

Labour Panel	Donie Cassidy (FF) • Bill Cotter (FG) • Denis Cregan (FG) • Frank Fahey (FF) • Dan Kiely (FF) • Joe Sherlock (Lab) • Don Lydon (FF) • Sean Maloney (Lab) • Jarlath McDonagh (FG) • Brian Mullooly (FF) • Dan Neville (FG)

National University of Ireland	Joe Lee (Ind) • Joe O'Toole (Ind) • Feargal Quinn (Ind)

University of Dublin	Mary Henry (Ind) • David Norris (Ind) • Shane Ross (Ind)

Nominated by the Taoiseach	Sean Byrne (FF) • Bill Cashin (Lab) • Brian Crowley (FF) • Brian Hillery (FF) • Billy Kelleher (FF) • Patrick Magner (Lab) • Marian McGennis (FF) • Jim Townsend (Lab) • Jack Wall (Lab) • Gordon Wilson (Ind) • G. V. Wright (FF)

Elected or nominated later	1994 Edward Haughey (FF) • Michael Mulcahy (FF) • 1996 Sam McAughtry (Ind) • January 1997 Denis Naughten (FG) • July 1997 Tom Berkery (FF) • Niamh Bhreathnach (Lab) • Niamh Cosgrave (FG) • Michael Enright (DL) • Aidan O'Connor (FG)

FF: Fianna Fáil • FG: Fine Gael • Lab: Labour Party • PD: Progressive Democrats • Ind: Independent