Patrick Hegarty
Politician
1926 – 2002
Who was Patrick Hegarty?
Patrick Hegarty was an Irish Fine Gael politician and farmer. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fine Gael Teachta Dála for the Cork North–East constituency at the 1973 general election and was re-elected at each subsequent election until he was defeated at the 1989 general election. From 1981 he was elected for the Cork East constituency. He also stood unsuccessfully as a candidate at the 1992 general election. He was appointed a Minister of State by the Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald and served at the Department of Agriculture from 1982 to 1987. He also served as Minister of State at the Department of Industry and Commerce from 1986 to 1987.
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