Patrick Little

Patrick J. Little ( June 17, 1884 - May 16, 1963 ) was an Irish politician of the Fianna Fáil .

biography

Little was the youngest of 13 children of Philip Francis Little , the first prime minister of Newfoundland and Labrador , and studied after the school attendance law . After completing his studies, he worked as a solicitor and later as a journalist .

His political career began early on through his involvement in the Irish independence movement and his participation in the Easter Rising of 1916. In 1927 he was elected as a candidate for the Fianna Fáil for the first time as a member ( Teachta Dála ) of the Lower House ( Dáil Éireann ) and represented there after nine re-elections until 1954 the constituency of Waterford .

In February 1933 he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State , later the Taoiseach , and to the Foreign Minister, and was one of the closest collaborators of Éamon de Valera until September 1939, with the exception of brief interruptions .

On September 27, 1939, Prime Minister de Valera appointed him Minister of Post and Telegraphy in his cabinet. He held this government office until Fianna Fáil was defeated and de Valera's term of office ended on February 18, 1948.

After he was not reappointed by de Valera in his new cabinet in 1951, he was first chairman of the newly founded Arts Council of Ireland (An Chomhairle Ealaíon) between 1951 and 1956 . In 1954 Little refused to run again for the House of Commons and left the Dáil.

His great-nephew Ciarán Cuffe has also been Teachta Dála since 2002 and represents the Green Party in the lower house.

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SURNAME	Little, Patrick
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Little, Patrick J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Irish politician (Fianna Fáil)
DATE OF BIRTH	June 17, 1884
DATE OF DEATH	May 16, 1963