Bernard Maguire

For the 19th-century Jesuit priest, see Bernard A. Maguire.

Bernard John Maguire was an Irish politician, farmer and company director. Maguire stood unsuccessfully for election at the June 1927 general election. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Leitrim–Sligo constituency at the September 1927 general election. He was re-elected for the same constituency at the 1932 and 1933 general elections. At the 1937 general election he was elected for the Leitrim constituency and was re-elected for this constituency at the 1938 general election.

Bernard Maguire
Teachta Dála
In office May 1954 – March 1957
In office February 1948 – May 1951
Constituency	Sligo–Leitrim
In office July 1937 – February 1948
Constituency	Leitrim
In office September 1927 – July 1937
Constituency	Leitrim–Sligo
Personal details
Nationality	Irish
Political party	Fianna Fáil

In 1939, he left the Fianna Fáil party, and was elected as an Independent TD at the 1943 general election. He was re-elected as an independent TD for Leitrim at the 1944 general election and for Sligo–Leitrim at the 1948 general election. He lost his seat at the 1951 general election but regained it at the 1954 general election. He again lost his seat at the 1957 general election.