{{Short description|Irish politician (died 1955)}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=March 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | office = [[Seanad Éireann|Senator]] | term_start = 18 August 1944 | term_end = 21 April 1948 | constituency = [[Cultural and Educational Panel]] | office1 = [[Teachta Dála]] | term_start1 = [[1923 Irish general election|August 1923]] | term_end1 = [[June 1927 Irish general election|June 1927]] | constituency1 = [[Galway (Dáil constituency)|Galway]] | birth_date = | birth_place = [[County Galway]], Ireland | death_date = 19 February 1955 | death_place = County Galway, Ireland | party = {{ubl|[[Sinn Féin]]|[[Fianna Fáil]]}} | spouse = | children = | education = | alma_mater = }} '''Louis Edward O'Dea''' (died 19 February 1955) was an Irish politician and solicitor. He was first elected to [[Dáil Éireann]] as a [[Sinn Féin]] [[Teachta Dála]] (TD) for the [[Galway (Dáil constituency)|Galway]] constituency at the [[1923 Irish general election|1923 general election]].<ref name=oireachtas_db>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Louis-O'Dea.D.1923-09-19/|title=Louis O'Dea|work=Oireachtas Members Database|accessdate=31 December 2008}}</ref> He did not take his seat in the Dáil due to Sinn Féin's [[abstentionism|abstentionist]] policy. He did not contest [[June 1927 Irish general election|June 1927 general election]].<ref name=elecs_irl>{{cite web|url=http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=1285|title=Louis O'Dea|work=ElectionsIreland.org|accessdate=31 December 2008}}</ref> He was an unsuccessful candidate for the [[Galway West]] constituency at the [[1938 Irish general election|1938 general election]].<ref name=elecs_irl/> In 1944 as a member of [[Fianna Fáil]], he was elected to the [[5th Seanad]] on the [[Cultural and Educational Panel]].<ref name=oireachtas_db/>
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{{Galway (Dáil constituency)/TDs}} {{Members of the 5th Seanad}}
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