title: Edward Cotter (politician)
text: # Edward Cotter (politician)
  
  Edward Cotter (27 June 1902 – 11 December 1972) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He unsuccessfully contested the Cork West constituency June 1949 by-election caused by the death of Timothy J. Murphy but was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork West constituency at the 1954 general election. He moved to the Cork South-West at the 1961 general election and continued to hold his seat until he retired at the 1969 general election.
  
  