Stephen Coughlan

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Stephen Coughlan (26th December 1910 – 20th December 1994) was an Irish Labour Party politician who served for eighteen years as TD for the Limerick East constituency.

Coughlan stood for election as a Clann na Poblachta candidate at the 1954 general election, when he won the second-highest number of first-preference votes, but failed to win enough transfers to secure any of the four seats. He stood again for Clann na Poblachta at the 1957 election, but his vote had fell significantly and he was again unsuccessful.

At Clann na Poblachta disintegrated in the late 1950s, Coughlan joined the Labour Party and was elected as a Labour candidate at the 1961 general election taking his seat in the 17th Dáil. He was returned to Dáil Éireann at the next three elections, but lost his seat in the 1977 general election to a former Labour party running-mate, Michael Lipper, who stood as an independent.

As well as his career in the Dáil, Coughlan was also a long-serving member of Limerick City Council, and was the Mayor of Limerick from 1969–1970.

[edit] External links

• Stephen Coughlan's electoral history (ElectionsIreland.org)

This page incorporates information from the Oireachtas Members Database

Political offices
Preceded by Kevin Bradshaw	Mayor of Limerick 1951–1952	Succeeded by Kevin Bradshaw
Preceded by Jack Bourke	Mayor of Limerick 1969–1970	Succeeded by Joseph P. Liddy