Office: | Teachta Dála |
Term Start: | October 1961 |
Term End: | June 1977 |
Term Start1: | May 1951 |
Term End1: | March 1957 |
Constituency1: | Longford–Westmeath |
Office2: | Senator |
Term Start2: | 22 May 1957 |
Term End2: | 4 October 1961 |
Constituency2: | Labour Panel |
Party: | Fianna Fáil |
Birth Date: | 27 July 1910 |
Birth Place: | County Longford, Ireland |
Death Place: | County Longford, Ireland |
Frank Carter (27 July 1910 – 17 July 1988) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. A shopkeeper, he was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Longford–Westmeath constituency at the 1951 general election.[1] He was re-elected at the 1954 general election but lost his seat at the 1957 general election.
He was subsequently elected to the 9th Seanad on the Labour Panel. He was re-elected to the Dáil at the 1961 general election.[2] He was re-elected at each subsequent general election until he retired from politics at the 1977 general election.