Joseph Bermingham

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Joseph Bermingham
Minister of State
1982–1986Finance
1981–1982Finance
Teachta Dála
In office
February 1973 – February 1987
ConstituencyKildare
Personal details
Born(1919-05-09)9 May 1919
County Kildare, Ireland
Died11 August 1995(1995-08-11) (aged 76)
County Kildare, Ireland
Political partyLabour Party
EducationO'Brien Institute

Joseph Bermingham (9 May 1919 – 11 August 1995)[1] was an Irish Labour Party politician.[2]

Bermingham was born in Castlemitchell, County Kildare. He was educated at the Christian Brothers school in Athy and the O'Brien Institute in Dublin. Bermingham worked as a shopkeeper before being elected in 1967 as a member of Kildare County Council. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Dáil Éireann at the 1969 general election and at a by-election in 1970. He was elected to the 20th Dáil as Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kildare constituency at the 1973 general election.[3]

After the 1981 general election, Labour and Fine Gael formed a coalition government. Bermingham was appointed by the government to the position of Minister of State at the Department of Finance with responsibility for the Office of Public Works.[4] He served in that post until early 1982 when the government of Garret FitzGerald fell in a vote on the budget. When a new Fine Gael–Labour Party coalition came to power after the November 1982 general election Bermingham returned to same position.[5] He lost that position as part of a reshuffle in February 1986.[6]

Bermingham resigned from the Labour Party in June 1986, which left the government parties in a minority in the Dáil.[7][8] He did not contest the 1987 general election. He remained active in local politics and was elected to Kildare County Council in 1991 as an Independent.[3]

  1. ^ "Bermingham, Joseph". Biography and genealogy master index. Farmington Hills, Michigan: Gale Group. 1997. p. 84.
  2. ^ "Joseph Bermingham". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Joseph Bermingham". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
  4. ^ "Appointment of Ministers and Ministers of State – Dáil Éireann (22nd Dáil)". Houses of the Oireachtas. 7 July 1981. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Appointment of Ministers of State – Dáil Éireann (24th Dáil)". Houses of the Oireachtas. 16 December 1982. Archived from the original on 5 November 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  6. ^ "Ministerial Assignments and Titles: Announcement by Taoiseach – Dáil Éireann (24th Dáil)". Houses of the Oireachtas. 13 February 1986. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  7. ^ Yeates, Padraig (11 June 1986). "Bermingham resignation rooted in left–right rivalry". The Irish Times. p. 10. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  8. ^ Cooney, John (11 June 1986). "TD's defection leaves Coalition in minority". The Irish Times. p. 1. Retrieved 29 June 2022.