Maurice O'Connell (Fine Gael politician)

Maurice O'Connell
Senator
In office 8 October 1981 – 23 February 1983
Constituency	Labour Panel
Personal details
Born	(1936-10-20) 20 October 1936 (age 88) Penang, Malaysia
Political party	Fine Gael
Relatives	William Hickie (great uncle)

Maurice O'Connell (born 20 October 1936) is a former senator in Ireland. He was born in Penang, Malaysia.

At the 1969 general election, stood unsuccessfully as an independent candidate in the Dublin South-Central constituency.^[1]

He later joined Fine Gael and served in the Seanad from 1981 to 1983, elected to the short-lived 15th Seanad and 16th Seanad on the Labour Panel.^[2] He was defeated in the 1983 election to the 17th Seanad.^[2]

His great uncle William Hickie served as a senator from 1925 to 1936.

See also

• Families in the Oireachtas

References

1. "Maurice O'Connell". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
2. "Maurice O'Connell". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 22 February 2008.