Gilbert Hughes (by 1917[n 1]–2 October 1985[2]) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician[n 2] who served as a senator in the brief 2nd Seanad of 1938, and as a member of Dublin City Council from 1948 until 1969.
[11] In consequence, de Valera as Taoiseach was required to add three names to the nominating bodies subpanel of the Labour Panel to reach the minimum of six candidates.
[12] As a senator, he voted for Pádraic Ó Máille as Leas-Cathaoirleach,[14] and spoke against a commission of inquiry on agriculture,[15] but in favour of a select committee on rural labourers.
[21] When his successful party running mate, J. J. Hannon, died in 1948,[22] Hughes was co-opted to fill the casual vacancy.
[24] Hughes remained on the city council until Kevin Boland as Minister for Local Government dissolved it in 1969 for failing to strike an adequate rate.
[30][32] In 1972 Hughes, no longer a councillor but still a peace commissioner, corresponded with Taoiseach Jack Lynch and minister George Colley about the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution, which removed the "special position of the Catholic Church".