Seán Canney (born 6 April 1960) is an Irish independent politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway East constituency since 2016.

[3] He was an unsuccessful candidate in the 2011 general election in the Galway East constituency, receiving 5,567 first preference votes.

[6][7] He served in that position until 3 June 2017, when he was succeeded by Kevin "Boxer" Moran, part of an arrangement within the Independent Alliance.

[12] In a reshuffle after the resignation of Denis Naughten from cabinet, Canney returned to the ministerial ranks on 16 October 2018.

On 13 October 2018, he was appointed by the government on nomination by Leo Varadkar as Minister of State at the Department of Rural and Community Development and at the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment with special responsibility for natural resources, community affairs and digital development.