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| • | Thomas (Tom) McEllistrim, Jr (1932 - February 26, 2000) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.
Born in Boherbee, County Kerry in 1932, Tom McEllistrim was the son of the sitting Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála and War of Independence veteran, Tom McEllistrim, Snr. McEllistrim the younger succeeded his father by being elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1969 General Election. In the 1977 General Election McEllistrim was elected along with his running mate Kit Ahern. This was the first time that Fianna Fáil had won two seats in the three seat constituency of Kerry North. McEllistrim who was given much credit for this feat was disappointed not to receive a promotion to a Junior Ministry given these circumstances.
McEllistrim became disillusioned with the Taoiseach and party leader Jack Lynch from then and began to believe that Charles Haughey was the right candidate for the party leadership. McEllistrim believed that Lynch was about to retire and was particularly uncomfortable at the thought of George Colley succeeding Lynch. Like his father before him he believed Colley was not right for the role of leader of the party. McEllistrim was particularly vocal with regard to party policy towards Northern Ireland and, as he saw it, Lynch's apparent lack of sympathy towards the northern nationalist community.
McEllistrim was a member of the so-called "gang of five" along with Seán Doherty, Mark Killilea, Jackie Fahey and Albert Reynolds who started a lobbying campaign in favour of Haughey on the back benches of the party. After Lynch lost two by-elections in his native Cork he resigned as party leader in December 1979. The leadership contest was called two days and was a two-horse race between Haughey and Colley. Haughey won the leadership contest by a decisive margin and McEllistrim was rewarded by being appointed Minister of State at the Department of Finance with special responsibility for the Office of Public Works. He served as a Minister of State again in 1982, this time at the
Source: [wikipedia: tom mcellistrim, jr]
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