1. Joe McCartin served as a Senator for the Agricultural Panel from 1973 to 1981.
13 Facts About Joe McCartin
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Joe McCartin was born at Aughnasheelan, Ballinamore, County Leitrim, the son of small farmer Francis McCartin and his wife Annie Kate Lohan.
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Joe McCartin was educated at Drumbibe National School, Aughnasheelan and St Patrick's College, Cavan.
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Joe McCartin joined Fine Gael as a teenager and became secretary of the Ballinamore District Executive at the age of seventeen.
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Joe McCartin served as county secretary of Macra na Feirme and was a member of its national executive.
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Joe McCartin was Chair of the fundraising committee which established the first rehabilitation centre in the north-west of Ireland.
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Joe McCartin was elected to Leitrim County Council in 1967.
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Joe McCartin served as secretary of the Fine Gael parliamentary party, and party spokesperson for Agriculture.
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Joe McCartin lost his seat at the February 1982 general election but regained it at the November 1982 general election.
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Joe McCartin lost it at the subsequent 1987 general election and did not stand in any further Dail elections.
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Joe McCartin was the first Irish person ever to hold the position of vice president of the European People's Party.
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Joe McCartin served on the parliament's Agriculture and Fisheries committees.
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Joe McCartin was Joint Auditor of the European People's Party, along with former Taoiseach John Bruton.