Overview
Maurice O'Connell (born 20 October 1936 in Penang, Malaysia) is a former Senator in Ireland.
At the 1969 general election, stood unsuccessfully as an independent candidate in the Dublin South-Central constituency.
He later joined Fine Gael and served in the Seanad from 1981 to 1983, elected to the short-lived 15th Seanad and 16th Seanad on the Labour Panel. He was defeated in the 1983 election to the 17th Seanad.
His great uncle Sir William Hickie served as a Senator from 1925 to 1936.
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