Robert Lahiffe

Robert Lahiffe (9 March 1909 – 8 March 1975) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and farmer. He served in the Oireachtas for 7 years as a Teachta Dála (TD), and then as a Senator for 8 years.

Lahiffe was born in the townland of Cloone, Gort, County Galway, to James N. Lahiff and Maria Quinn.

Lahiffe was elected to Dáil Éireann in the 1948 general election as a Fianna Fáil TD for the Galway South constituency. He was defeated in the 1951 general election by Fine Gael's Patrick Cawley, but was re-elected two years later in a by-election in August 1953 following the death of Frank Fahy, a Fianna Fáil TD who as Ceann Comhairle had been returned unopposed in 1951. Lahiffe held the seat in the general election in 1954, but was ousted again in the 1957 general election. Fianna Fáil had run three candidates in three-seat constituency, and Lahiffe was beaten by his first-time running-mate Michael Carty.

He was then elected to the 9th Seanad by the Agricultural Panel, which re-elected him in 1961. However, he was defeated in the 1965 election to the 11th Seanad.