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{{Short description|Irish Fianna Fáil politician (1924–2004)}}
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'''Thomas "Tom" Leonard''' (30 May 1924 – 5 March 2004) was a [[Fianna Fáil]] [[Teachta Dála]] (TD) for the [[Dublin Central (Dáil Éireann constituency)|Dublin Central]] constituency in [[Ireland]]. [[Image:Tomleonard.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Tom Leonard (on the podium, left) Christmas 1949, auctioning holly wreaths in the Dublin Fruit and Vegetable Markets.]]
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| term_start = [[1983 Dublin Central by-election|November 1983]]
| term_end = [[1987 Irish general election|February 1987]]
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[[File:Tomleonard.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Tom Leonard (on the podium, left) Christmas 1949, auctioning holly wreaths in the Dublin Fruit and Vegetable Markets.]]
'''Thomas Leonard''' (30 May 1924 – 5 March 2004) was an Irish [[Fianna Fáil]] politician.<ref name=oireachtas_db>{{cite news|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Thomas-Leonard.D.1977-07-05/|title=Thomas Leonard|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=6 January 2013}}</ref>


==Biography==
Tom Leonard was born in [[Dublin]], and worked much of his life in a family business in the Dublin Corporation Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Markets. The business had been started two generations earlier by his grandmother, continued by his father and ultimately passed to Leonard and his two brothers. Whilst in business, Leonard was also a [[Dublin City Council]]lor and Alderman.
Leonard was born in [[Dublin]], and worked much of his life in a family business in the Dublin Corporation Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Markets. The business had been started two generations earlier by his grandmother, continued by his father and ultimately passed to Leonard and his two brothers. While in business, Leonard was also a [[Dublin City Council]]lor.


He was am unsuccessful candidate at the [[1969 Irish general election|1969]] and [[1973 Irish general election|1973]] general elections. He was elected to [[Dáil Éireann]] as a Fianna Fáil [[Teachta Dála]] (TD) for the [[Dublin Cabra (Dáil constituency)|Dublin Cabra]] constituency at the [[1977 Irish general election|1977 general election]].<ref name=elecs_irl>{{cite news|url=http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=2851|title=Thomas Leonard|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=6 January 2013}}</ref>
His career in politics reached a new level in June, 1977, when he was elected to the [[Members of the 21st Dáil|21st Dáil]] representing the constituency of [[Dublin Cabra (Dáil Éireann constituency)|Dublin Cabra]]. He served in the government of [[Jack Lynch]] until dissolution in 1981. At the end of his first term in office, Leonard's Cabra based constituency was discontinued by becoming part of the larger [[Dublin Central (Dáil Éireann constituency)|Dublin Central]] constituency. Leonard did not serve again until November, 1983 when he won a [[Dublin Central by-election, 1983|by-election]] for [[Dublin Central (Dáil Éireann constituency)|Dublin Central]] following the death of sitting TD [[George Colley]], a former [[Tánaiste]].


At the end of his first term in office, Leonard's constituency was abolished and became part of the new [[Dublin Central (Dáil constituency)|Dublin Central]] constituency. He stood there at the [[1981 Irish general election|1981 general election]], but lost his seat; he was also an unsuccessful candidate there at the [[February 1982 Irish general election|February 1982]] and [[November 1982 Irish general election|November 1982]] general elections.<ref name=elecs_irl/> Leonard did not serve again until November 1983 when he won a [[1983 Dublin Central by-election|by-election]] for Dublin Central following the death of [[George Colley]].
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During this tenure, he was appointed by the then party leader and former [[Taoiseach]] [[Charles Haughey]] to the [[New Ireland Forum]], a [[working group]] mandated to address the [[Northern Ireland]] issue.


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During this tenure, he was appointed by the party leader and former [[Taoiseach]] [[Charles Haughey]] to the [[New Ireland Forum]].
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Leonard did not contest the [[Irish general election, 1987|1987 general election]] and departed from public life. He continued in the markets until his retirement, and died in [[Blanchardstown]], Dublin in 2004.


Leonard did not contest the [[1987 Irish general election|1987 general election]]; Fianna Fáil dispensed with his candidacy from the party ticket, in favour of [[John Stafford (Irish politician)|John Stafford]] and [[Dermot Fitzpatrick]]. Although it was highly unusual for a sitting TD not to be permitted to defend his seat, Leonard graciously accepted the party decision which ended his Dáil career and went back to being a city councillor.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/unsorted/migration/tom-leonard-478301.html|title=Tom Leonard|work=[[Irish Independent]]|date=14 March 2004|access-date=6 January 2013}}</ref> However, he had been defeated in the 1985 local elections which is a possible explanation.
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== References ==
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He continued in the markets until his retirement, and died in [[Blanchardstown]], Dublin in 2004.
==External links==
* [http://www.fiannafail.ie/new/site/constituency.php4?aid=118&show=TD Fianna Fáil entry for Dublin Central constituency]
* [http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?id=2851 Tom Leonard Electoral Record]
* [http://debates.oireachtas.ie/DDebate.aspx?F=DAL20040309.xml&Node=H9#H9 Dáil Debate on the death of Tom Leonard]
* [http://www.unison.ie/irish_independent/stories.php3?ca=308&si=1145467&issue_id=10585 Irish Independent obituary]
* [http://lh6.ggpht.com/_ZKepX8VopRQ/Sl82S0NHtTI/AAAAAAAAAxQ/EZOy4ROk2uo/s800/83by3.jpg Tom Leonard Electoral paraphernalia]


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Tom Leonard
Teachta Dála
In office
November 1983 – February 1987
ConstituencyDublin Central
In office
June 1977 – June 1981
ConstituencyDublin Cabra
Personal details
Born(1924-05-30)30 May 1924
Dublin, Ireland
Died5 March 2004(2004-03-05) (aged 79)
Dublin, Ireland
Political partyFianna Fáil
Tom Leonard (on the podium, left) Christmas 1949, auctioning holly wreaths in the Dublin Fruit and Vegetable Markets.

Thomas Leonard (30 May 1924 – 5 March 2004) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.[1]

Biography

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Leonard was born in Dublin, and worked much of his life in a family business in the Dublin Corporation Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Markets. The business had been started two generations earlier by his grandmother, continued by his father and ultimately passed to Leonard and his two brothers. While in business, Leonard was also a Dublin City Councillor.

He was am unsuccessful candidate at the 1969 and 1973 general elections. He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Cabra constituency at the 1977 general election.[2]

At the end of his first term in office, Leonard's constituency was abolished and became part of the new Dublin Central constituency. He stood there at the 1981 general election, but lost his seat; he was also an unsuccessful candidate there at the February 1982 and November 1982 general elections.[2] Leonard did not serve again until November 1983 when he won a by-election for Dublin Central following the death of George Colley.

During this tenure, he was appointed by the party leader and former Taoiseach Charles Haughey to the New Ireland Forum.

Leonard did not contest the 1987 general election; Fianna Fáil dispensed with his candidacy from the party ticket, in favour of John Stafford and Dermot Fitzpatrick. Although it was highly unusual for a sitting TD not to be permitted to defend his seat, Leonard graciously accepted the party decision which ended his Dáil career and went back to being a city councillor.[3] However, he had been defeated in the 1985 local elections which is a possible explanation.

He continued in the markets until his retirement, and died in Blanchardstown, Dublin in 2004.

References

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  1. ^ "Thomas Leonard". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Thomas Leonard". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Tom Leonard". Irish Independent. 14 March 2004. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
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