Maurice O'Connell (Fine Gael politician)

Maurice O'Connell
Senator
In office
8 October 1981 – 23 February 1983
ConstituencyLabour Panel
Personal details
Born(1936-10-20)20 October 1936
Penang, Malaysia
Died6 April 2016(2016-04-06) (aged 79)
Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland
PartyFine Gael
Spouse
Anne Marie Gillespie
(m. 1961)
Children6
RelativesWilliam Hickie (great uncle)

Maurice Hugh O'Connell (20 October 1936 – 6 April 2016) was a senator in Ireland. He was born in Penang, Malaysia.

He was a member of the Dublin City Council from 1967 to 1973. At the 1969 general election, he 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 William Hickie served as a senator from 1925 to 1936.

O'Connell died in Tralee on 6 April 2016, at the age of 79.