{{Short description|Irish politician (died 1963)}} {{similar names|John Belton (disambiguation){{!}}John Belton}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=May 2016}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | caption = | office = [[Teachta Dála]] | term_start = [[1948 Irish general election|February 1948]] | term_end = 23 February 1963 | constituency = [[Dublin North-East]] | office1 = [[Lord Mayor of Dublin]] | term_start1 = 1950 | term_end1 = 1951 | predecessor1 = [[Cormac Breathnach]] | successor1 = [[Andrew Clarkin]] | party = [[Fine Gael]] | birth_date = | birth_place = Dublin, Ireland | death_date = 23 February 1963 | death_place = Dublin, Ireland | children = | spouse = | education = | alma_mater = | father = [[Patrick Belton]] | relatives = {{ubl|[[Richard Belton]] (brother)|[[Paddy Belton]] (brother)|[[Avril Doyle]] (niece)}} }} '''John Belton''' (died 23 February 1963) was an Irish politician, builder and publican. He was first elected to [[Dáil Éireann]] as a [[Fine Gael]] [[Teachta Dála]] (TD) for the [[Dublin North-East]] constituency at the [[1948 Irish general election|1948 general election]].<ref name=oireachtas_db>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/John-Belton.D.1948-02-18/|title=John Belton|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=18 March 2009|archive-date=7 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107145347/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/John-Belton.D.1948-02-18|url-status=live}}</ref> He was re-elected at the [[1951 Irish general election|1951]], [[1954 Irish general election|1954]], [[1957 Irish general election|1957]] and [[1961 Irish general election|1961]] general elections.
He died in office on 23 February 1963,<ref>{{cite journal|title=Death of Member: Expression of Sympathy|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1963-02-27/51/|date=27 February 1963|journal=Dáil Debates|volume=200|issue=3|publisher=Houses of the Oireachtas}}</ref> and the [[1963 Dublin North-East by-election|by-election held on 30 May 1963]] was won by his brother [[Paddy Belton]].<ref name=elecs_irl>{{cite web|url=http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=2241|title=Jack Belton|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=18 March 2009|archive-date=3 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070903225537/http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?id=2241|url-status=live}}</ref> He served as [[Lord Mayor of Dublin]] from 1950 to 1951.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dublincity.ie/sites/default/files/2020-09/lord-mayors-of-dublin-1665-2021.pdf|title=Lord Mayors of Dublin 1665–2020 |publisher=Dublin City Council|date=June 2020|access-date=18 November 2023}}</ref>
Other members of the Belton family to have served in the [[Oireachtas]] include his father [[Patrick Belton]], his brother [[Richard Belton]] and his niece [[Avril Doyle]].
==See also== *[[Families in the Oireachtas]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
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