Researching James Tunney
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 258 people with the Tunney surname? In that year Tunney was ranked number 3321 for popularity in the UK. |
The name James means "one who supplants" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of James Tunney on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for James Tunney and the Tunney Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 756 people with the Tunney surname in the UK? Tunney is now ranked number 3328 for popularity in the UK. |
Tunney Family Tree Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Tunney surname in the USA? Tunney is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
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James Tunney (Irish politician)
James Tunney (1892 – 11 May 1964) was an Irish Labour Party politician who served for seven terms in Seanad Éireann and for one brief term in Dáil Éireann.
He was elected to the 2nd Seanad by the Labour Panel in 1938, he was re-elected that year to the 3rd Seanad. At the 1943 general election, he was elected as a Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin County constituency, but lost his seat at the 1944 general election.
In the same year, Tunney was returned to the 5th Seanad by the Labour Panel. In 1948 he was elected to the 6th Seanad by the Agricultural Panel, which also elected him to the 7th Seanad in 1951. In 1954, he was nominated by the Taoiseach, John A. Costello to the 8th Seanad. In 1957, following the defeat of the Second Inter-Party Government, he was elected to the Seanad for a seventh and final time, again by the Agricultural Panel.
He did not contest the 1961 election for the 10th Seanad.
Source: James Tunney (Irish politician), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaJames Tunney (Canadian politician)
James Francis "Jim" Tunney (June 16, 1927 – September 22, 2010) was a Canadian dairy farmer and senator.
Born in Grafton, Ontario, Tunney was a fourth generation farmer from Northumberland County, Ontario. He was a director of the Dairy Farmers of Canada for 18 years, a director of the Dairy Bureau of Canada for 8 years, and a director of the Ontario Milk Marketing Board for 12 years. For 16 years, he was a Trustee with the Peterborough, Victoria, Northumberland & Clarington District Separate School Board.
He was summoned to the Senate of Canada for the Ontario senatorial division of Grafton on the advice of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien in 2001. A Liberal, he served for 1 year and 3 months until his mandatory retirement at the age of 75 in 2002.
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