Jack Belton

John Belton was an Irish politician, builder and publican. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fine Gael Teachta Dála for the Dublin North-East constituency at the 1948 general election. He was re-elected at the 1951, 1954, 1957 and 1961 general elections. He died in office in February 1963 and the 1963 [Dublin North-East by-election|by-election held on 30 May 1963] was won by his brother Paddy Belton. He served as Lord [Mayor of Dublin] from 1950 to 1951.
Other members of the Belton family to have served in the Oireachtas include his father Patrick Belton, his brother Richard Belton and his niece Avril Doyle.