Career
He was re-elected at the 1938, 1943 and 1944 general elections. He did not contest the 1961 general election.
He was re-elected at the 1938, 1943 and 1944 general elections. He did not contest the 1961 general election.
A farmer before entering politics, he was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a National Centre Party Teachta Dála (Territorial Decoration) for the Longford–Westmeath constituency at the 1933 general election. He became a Fine Gael Territorial Decoration on 8 September 1933 when Cumann na nGaedheal and the National Centre Party, along with the Army Comrades Association merged to form the new party of Fine Gael. He was elected as a Fine Gael Territorial Decoration for the Meath–Westmeath constituency at the 1937 general election.
He left Fine Gael in 1948 and was elected as an independent Territorial Decoration for Longford–Westmeath at the 1948 general election, and was re-elected as an independent Territorial Decoration at the 1951 general election. He re-joined Fine Gael in 1954 and was elected as a Fine Gael Territorial Decoration for Longford–Westmeath at the 1954 general election, and was re-elected at the 1957 general election.