# Edmund Sweetman

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Irish politician (1912–1968)

Edmund Sweetman Senator In office 21 April 1948 – 14 August 1951 Constituency Nominated by the Taoiseach Personal details Born 1912 (1912) County Wicklow, Ireland Died 16 December 1968(1968-12-16) (aged 55–56) Party Fine Gael Parent Roger Sweetman (father)

**Edmund Thomas Sweetman** (1912 – 16 December 1968) was an [Irish](/source/Irish_people) [Fine Gael](/source/Fine_Gael) politician, who was a member of [Seanad Éireann](/source/Seanad_%C3%89ireann) from 1948 to 1951.[1] A solicitor, he was an unsuccessful Fine Gael candidate for the [Wicklow](/source/Wicklow_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)) constituency at the [1944](/source/1944_Irish_general_election) and [1948](/source/1944_Irish_general_election) general elections.[2] He was [nominated by the Taoiseach](/source/Nominated_members_of_Seanad_%C3%89ireann) to the Seanad in 1948. He did not contest the 1951 Seanad election.[1]

His father [Roger Sweetman](/source/Roger_Sweetman) was a [Sinn Féin](/source/Sinn_F%C3%A9in) [Teachta Dála](/source/Teachta_D%C3%A1la) (TD) for [Wexford North](/source/North_Wexford) from 1918 to 1921.[3]

## See also

- [Families in the Oireachtas](/source/Families_in_the_Oireachtas)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-oireachtas_db_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-oireachtas_db_1-1) ["Edmund Sweetman"](https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Edmund-T-Sweetman.S.1950-06-16/). *Oireachtas Members Database*. Retrieved 7 June 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-elecs_irl_2-0)** ["Edmund Sweetman"](http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=2186). *ElectionsIreland.org*. Retrieved 7 June 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-minchwedding_3-0)** ["A Wicklow Wedding"](https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1930/0731/Pg009.html#Ar00900). *[The Irish Times](/source/The_Irish_Times)*. 27 September 1930. p. 9. Retrieved 10 September 2020.

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