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Erskine ChildersErskine Hamilton ChildersBorn: 11 December 1905 Died: 17 November 1974 Age: 68 years 11 months 6 days |
| Born in London; educated at Norfolk and at Trinity College, Cambridge. Worked in Paris (1928-31); advertising manager of the "Irish Press" (1932-36). Secretary of the Federation of Irish Manufacturers (1936-44). Elected to the Dail in 1938. Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Local Government and Public Health (1944-47), Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Local Government (1947-48) Minister for Posts and Telegraphs (1951-54). Minister for Lands (1957-59), Minister for Transport and Power (1959-66), Minister for Transport and Power and Minister for Posts and Telegraphs (1966-69), Tanaiste and Minister for Health (1969-73). President of Ireland (1973-74). Died in office on 17th November 1974. |
| Relatives: Robert Erskine Childers (Father), Nessa Maria Vereker Childers (Daughter), Robert Childers Barton (Cousin) |
| Date | Election | Party | Status | Constituency | Seat | Count | Votes | Share | Quota | |||||||||
| 1938 | 10th Dail |  | Elected | Athlone Longford | 3 | 4,885 | 16.79% | |||||||||||
| 1943 | 11th Dail | | Elected | Athlone Longford | 2 | 4,180 | 14.61% | |||||||||||
| 1944 | 12th Dail | | Elected | Athlone Longford | 3 | 4,716 | 17.81% | |||||||||||
| 1948 | 13th Dail | | Elected | Longford Westmeath | 4 | 5,325 | 12.79% | |||||||||||
| 1951 | 14th Dail | | Elected | Longford Westmeath | 5 | 3,702 | 8.93% | |||||||||||
| 1954 | 15th Dail | | Elected | Longford Westmeath | 4 | 4,573 | 10.79% | |||||||||||
| 1957 | 16th Dail | | Elected | Longford Westmeath | 4 | 5,141 | 13.17% | |||||||||||
| 1961 | 17th Dail | | Elected | Monaghan | 3 | 5,643 | 22.03% | |||||||||||
| 1965 | 18th Dail | | Elected | Monaghan | 2 | 6,448 | 25.66% | |||||||||||
| 1969 | 19th Dail | | Elected | Monaghan | 3 | 5,659 | 19.81% | |||||||||||
| 2 July 1969 | Office | | Appointed | Tanaiste | ||||||||||||||
| 1973 | 20th Dail | | Elected | Monaghan | 1 | 8,431 | 30.24% | |||||||||||
| 14 March 1973 | Office | | Resigned | Tanaiste | ||||||||||||||
| 1973 | President | | Elected | Ireland | 1 | 1 | 635,867 | 51.97% | 1.04 | |||||||||
| 1 June 1973 | Office | | Resigned | Constituency TD | ||||||||||||||
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