William Sheldon (Irish politician)

For other people named William Sheldon, see William Sheldon (disambiguation).

William Alexander Watson Sheldon (18 January 1907 – 1 November 1999) was an Irish politician and farmer. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1943 general election as a Clann na Talmhan Teachta Dála (TD) for the Donegal East constituency.^[1] He was re-elected as an independent TD at the 1944, 1948, 1951, 1954 and 1957 general elections.^[2] He did not contest the 1961 general election as the constituency was reduced from 4 to 3 seats^[3] but was nominated by the Taoiseach, Seán Lemass to the 10th Seanad. He was re-nominated to the Seanad in 1965 and 1969, and he retired from politics in 1973. He was also a member of Donegal County Council from 1945 to 1955.^[3]

References

↑ "Mr. William Sheldon". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
↑ "William Sheldon". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
1 2 "Seanad Éireann - Volume 160 - 3 November 1999". Oireachtas website. Retrieved 6 July 2008.

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National University of Ireland	Bryan Alton (Ind) John Horgan (Lab) Patrick Quinlan (Ind)

University of Dublin	William J.E. Jessop (Ind) Mary Robinson (Ind) Owen Sheehy-Skeffington (Ind)

Nominated by the Taoiseach	John J. Brennan (FF) Micheál Cranitch (FF) Brendan Crinion (FF) Peggy Farrell (FF) Thomas Flanagan (Ind) Michael Gallanagh (FF) Neville Keery (FF) Farrell McElgunn (FF) Thomas Mullins (FF) Terence O'Sullivan (FF) William Sheldon (Ind)

Elected or nominated later	1970 Cornelius O'Callaghan (FF) Seán Keegan (FF) Trevor West (Ind)

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Cultural and Educational Panel	Timothy McAuliffe (Lab) John J. Nash (FF) Liam Ó Buachalla (FF) Michael O'Kennedy (FF) Ben O'Quigley (FG)

Industrial and Commercial Panel	John J. Brennan (FF) John Conlan (FG) Mary Davidson (Lab) Garret FitzGerald (FG) Thomas Flanagan (Ind) Dermot Honan (FF) Bernard McGlinchey (FF) Denis J. O'Sullivan (FG) Eoin Ryan, Snr (FF)

Labour Panel	Seán Brosnahan (Ind) Seán Browne (FF) Victor Carton (FG) Patrick Crowley (Lab) Séamus Dolan (FF) James Dooge (FG) Joseph Farrell (FF) Mark Killilea, Snr (FF) Vincent McHugh (FG) Dominick Murphy (Lab) John Ormonde (FF)

National University of Ireland	Bryan Alton (Ind) Dónall Ó Conalláin (Ind) Patrick Quinlan (Ind)

University of Dublin	William J.E. Jessop (Ind) Owen Sheehy-Skeffington (Ind) William Bedell Stanford (Ind)

Nominated by the Taoiseach	Kit Ahern (FF) Gerald Boland (FF) John Copeland Cole (Ind) Joseph Lenehan (FF) Thomas Mullins (FF) Nora Connolly O'Brien (FF) Seán O'Donovan (FF) Margaret Mary Pearse (FF) James Ryan (FF) William Sheldon (Ind) Michael Yeats (FF)

Elected or nominated later	1968 Farrell McElgunn (FF)

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Cultural and Educational Panel	Michael Hayes (FG) Eamonn Kissane (FF) Timothy McAuliffe (Lab) John J. Nash (FF) Liam Ó Buachalla (FF)

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National University of Ireland	Dónall Ó Conalláin (Ind) George O'Brien (Ind) Patrick Quinlan (Ind)

University of Dublin	William J.E. Jessop (Ind) John N. Ross (Ind) William Bedell Stanford (Ind)

Nominated by the Taoiseach	John J. Brennan (FF) John Copeland Cole (Ind) Gus Healy (FF) Joe Mooney (FF) Thomas Mullins (FF) Tom Nolan (FF) Nora Connolly O'Brien (FF) Seán O'Donovan (FF) Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha (??) Margaret Mary Pearse (FF) William Sheldon (Ind)

Elected or nominated later	1963 John Costelloe (FF) Batt Donegan (FF) 1964 Kit Ahern (FF)

FF: Fianna Fáil FG: Fine Gael Lab: Labour Party Ind: Independent ??: Unknown party

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