Jack "Jackie" Daly was a Fine Gael

Fine Gael

Fine Gael is a centre-right to centrist political party in the Republic of Ireland. It is the single largest party in Ireland in the Oireachtas, in local government, and in terms of Members of the European Parliament. The party has a membership of over 35,000...

 politician from County Kerry

County Kerry

Kerry means the "people of Ciar" which was the name of the pre-Gaelic tribe who lived in part of the present county. The legendary founder of the tribe was Ciar, son of Fergus mac Róich. In Old Irish "Ciar" meant black or dark brown, and the word continues in use in modern Irish as an adjective...

 in Ireland

Republic of Ireland

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. He was a senator

Seanad Éireann

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 for many years.

The managing director of a motor vehicle business, Daly was elected to the 13th Seanad on 23 April 1975, at a by-election

By-election

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 on the Industrial and Commercial Panel following the death of Senator Denis Farrelly

Denis Farrelly

Denis Farrelly was a Fine Gael politician from County Meath in Ireland. He was a Teachta Dála for 8 years, and then a senator for five years....

. He was defeated in the 1977 Seanad election, and again at the 1981 election, but was re-elected at the 1982 election to the 16th Seanad. He held the seat until his death in 1988, aged nearly 73. The resulting by-election for his seat in the 18th Seanad was won by the Fianna Fáil

Fianna Fáil

Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party , more commonly known as Fianna Fáil is a centrist political party in the Republic of Ireland, founded on 23 March 1926. Fianna Fáil's name is traditionally translated into English as Soldiers of Destiny, although a more accurate rendition would be Warriors of Fál...

 candidate Tony Bromell

Tony Bromell

Tony Bromell is a former educationist and Fianna Fáil politician from Limerick in Ireland.Born in Limerick in 1932, Bromell been a member of Fianna Fáil all his life, and was a member of Limerick City Council for 17 years, serving as Mayor from 1982 to 1983...

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In the Seanad, Daly was a consistent advocate for the interests of the motor industry in Ireland, and served for many years on the council of the Society of the Irish Motor Industry. At the time of his death, he was opposition Chief Whip

Chief Whip

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in the Seanad.