James Tunney (1892 – 11 May 1964) was an Irish Labour Party politician who served for seven terms in Seanad Éireann and for one term in Dáil Éireann.
[2] In the same year, Tunney was returned to the 5th Seanad by the Labour Panel.
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.
His son Jim Tunney was a Fianna Fáil TD from 1969 to 1992.