Edmund Sweetman

Edmund Sweetman
Senator
In office
21 April 1948 – 14 August 1951
ConstituencyNominated by the Taoiseach
Personal details
Born1912 (1912)
County Wicklow, Ireland
Died16 December 1968(1968-12-16) (aged 55–56)
Political partyFine Gael
Parent

Edmund Thomas Sweetman (1912 – 16 December 1968) was an Irish Fine Gael politician, who was a member of Seanad Éireann from 1948 to 1951.[1] A solicitor, he was an unsuccessful Fine Gael candidate for the Wicklow constituency at the 1944 and 1948 general elections.[2] He was nominated by the Taoiseach to the Seanad in 1948. He did not contest the 1951 Seanad election.[1]

His father Roger Sweetman was a Sinn Féin Teachta Dála (TD) for Wexford North from 1918 to 1921.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Edmund Sweetman". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  2. ^ "Edmund Sweetman". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  3. ^ "A Wicklow Wedding". The Irish Times. 27 September 1930. p. 9. Retrieved 10 September 2020.