A Dáil by-election was held in the constituency of Meath in Ireland on Wednesday, 22 July 1959, to fill a vacancy in the 16th Dáil. It followed the death of Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) James Griffin on 22 March 1959.
The writ of election to fill the vacancy was agreed by the Dáil on 30 June 1959.
The by-election was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Henry Johnston.
Two other by-elections were held on the same day, in Clare and Dublin South-West.
Johnston lost his seat at the 1961 general election, and was never subsequently re-elected to the Dáil.
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