Fergus O'Brien

Fergus O'Brien
Minister of State
1986–1987	Government Chief Whip
1986–1987	Defence
1983–1987	Environment
1982–1983	Health
1982–1983	Social Welfare
1981–1982	Government Chief Whip
1981–1982	Defence
Jun.–Nov. 1981	Environment
Teachta Dála
In office November 1982 – November 1992
In office June 1977 – February 1982
Constituency	Dublin South-Central
In office February 1973 – June 1977
Constituency	Dublin South-East
Lord Mayor of Dublin
In office June 1980 – June 1981
Preceded by	William Cumiskey
Succeeded by	Alexis FitzGerald
Personal details
Born	(1930-03-30)30 March 1930 Dublin, Ireland
Died	19 October 2016(2016-10-19) (aged 86) Ranelagh, Dublin, Ireland
Political party	Fine Gael
Spouse	Margaret O'Brien ​ (m. 1959)​
Children	6
Alma mater	Dublin Institute of Technology

Fergus O'Brien (30 March 1930 – 19 October 2016) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Government Chief Whip and Minister of State at the Department of Defence from 1981 to 1982 and 1986 to 1987 and Lord Mayor of Dublin from 1980 to 1981. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1973 to 1982 and 1982 to 1992.^[1]

O'Brien was born in Dublin in 1930. He was educated at the College of Technology, Bolton Street, before becoming involved in politics. O'Brien was elected to Dáil Éireann on his second attempt at the 1973 general election as a Fine Gael TD for the Dublin South-East constituency.^[2] After boundary changes, he was re-elected at the 1977 general election for Dublin South-Central and held the seat at the 1981 general election, but was defeated at the February 1982 general election. He was re-elected for Dublin South-Central at the November 1982 general election, and held the seat until retirement in 1992.

From 1981 to February 1982, O'Brien was Government Chief Whip in Garret FitzGerald's first government. He returned as Chief Whip once again at the end of FitzGerald's second government, serving from 1986 until 1987.

He was Lord Mayor of Dublin from 1980 to 1981.^[3]

References

1. "Fergus O'Brien". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 19 August 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
2. "Fergus O'Brien". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
3. "Lord Mayors of Dublin 1665–2020" (PDF). Dublin City Council. June 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2023.

Civic offices
Preceded by William Cumiskey	Lord Mayor of Dublin 1980–1981	Succeeded by Alexis FitzGerald
Political offices
Preceded by Ger Connolly	Minister of State at the Department of the Environment Jun.–Nov. 1981	Succeeded by Donal Creed
Preceded by Gerry L'Estrange	Government Chief Whip 1981–1982	Succeeded by Bertie Ahern
	Minister of State at the Department of Defence 1981–1982
Preceded by Gerry L'Estrange	Minister of State at the Department of Health 1982–1983	Succeeded by John Donnellan
Preceded by Rory O'Hanlon	Minister of State at the Department of Social Welfare 1982–1983
Preceded by Ruairi Quinn	Minister of State at the Department of the Environment 1983–1987	Office abolished
Preceded by Seán Barrett	Government Chief Whip 1986–1987	Succeeded by Vincent Brady
	Minister of State at the Department of Defence 1986–1987