Editing Patrick Lalor (section)

{{short description|Irish politician and hurler (1926–2016)}}
{{for|the 19th-century politician from Laois|Patrick "Patt" Lalor}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| image         =  Patrick Lalor, 1985 (cropped).jpg
| caption       =  Lalor in 1985
| office        = [[Member of the European Parliament]]
| term_start    = June 1979
| term_end      = June 1994
| constituency  = [[Leinster (European Parliament constituency)|Leinster]]
| office1       = [[Minister of State (Ireland)|Minister of State/Parliamentary Secretary]]
| suboffice1    = [[Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach|Government Chief Whip]]
| subterm1      = 1977–1979
| suboffice2    = [[Minister of State at the Department of Defence|Defence]]
| subterm2      = 1977–1979
| office3       = [[Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment|Minister for Industry and Commerce]]
| taoiseach3    = [[Jack Lynch]]
| term_start3   = 9 May 1970
| term_end3     = 14 March 1973
| predecessor3  = [[George Colley]]
| successor3    = [[Justin Keating]]
| office4       = [[Minister for Posts and Telegraphs]]
| taoiseach4    = [[Jack Lynch]]
| term_start4   = 2 July 1969
| term_end4     = 9 May 1970
| predecessor4  = [[Erskine Hamilton Childers|Erskine H. Childers]]
| successor4    = [[Gerry Collins (politician)|Gerry Collins]]
| office5       = [[Minister of State (Ireland)|Parliamentary Secretary]]
| suboffice5    = [[Minister of State at the Department of Posts and Telegraphs|Posts and Telegraphs]]
| subterm5      = 1966–1969
| suboffice6    = [[Minister of State at the Department of Transport|Transport and Power]]
| subterm6      = 1966–1969
| suboffice7    = [[Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine|Agriculture]]
| subterm7      = 1965–1966
| office8       = [[Teachta Dála]]
| term_start8   = [[1961 Irish general election|June 1961]]
| term_end8     = [[1981 Irish general election|June 1981]]
| constituency8 = [[Laois–Offaly (Dáil constituency)|Laois–Offaly]]
| party         = [[Fianna Fáil]]
| birth_date    = {{birth date|1926|7|21|df=y}}
| birth_place   = [[Portlaois]], [[County Laois]], Ireland
| death_date    = {{death date and age|2016|07|29|1926|7|21|df=y}}
| death_place   = [[Abbeyleix]], County Laois, Ireland 
| nationality   = Irish
| spouse        = Myra Lalor<ref name=":0"/>
| children      = 4 
|}}
'''Patrick Joseph Lalor''' (21 July 1926 – 29 July 2016) was an Irish [[Fianna Fáil]] politician and former [[hurling]] player for [[Laois GAA|Laois]]. He was a [[Teachta Dála]] (TD) for [[Laois–Offaly (Dáil constituency)|Laois–Offaly]] between 1961 and 1981, and a government minister on two separate occasions during the [[19th Dáil]]. He later represented [[Leinster (European Parliament constituency)|Leinster]] in the [[European Parliament]] from 1979 to 1994.