Michael Calnan

For the Canadian politician, see Michael David Calnan.

Michael Calnan is an Irish former Labour Party politician from County Cork. He was a senator from 1993 to 1997.^[1]

Michael Calnan
Senator
In office 17 February 1993 – 17 September 1997
Constituency	Agricultural Panel
Personal details
Born	County Cork, Ireland
Political party	Labour Party
Alma mater	University College Cork

A teacher and former vice principal of the Maria Immaculata Secondary school in Dunmanway, he attended University College Cork where he obtained a B.A, H.dip Ed, and a master's degree.^{[citation needed]}. He was a long-serving member of Cork County Council for the Skibbereen electoral area.^[2] He was chairman of the council from 1988 to 1989 and 1992 to 1993,^[3] and stepped down at the 1999 local elections.^[2]

Calnan stood unsuccessfully as a candidate for Dáil Éireann in the Cork South-West constituency on three occasions, at the February 1982, 1992, and 1997 general elections. After his 1992 defeat, he stood in the 1993 elections to the 20th Seanad, winning a seat on the Agricultural Panel.^[4] He did not contest the 1997 Seanad elections.^[5]