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Thomas Robert Lavery (1852–1938) was an Irish Unionist (and later Northern Irish Unionist) politician. He worked as a director of a hemstitching company before his election as an Ulster Unionist Party member of Down County Council.
Thomas Lavery | |
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Member of the Senate of Northern Ireland | |
In office 1930-1938 | |
Member of Parliament for Down | |
In office 1921-1929 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1852 |
Died | 1938 (aged 85–86) |
Political party | Unionist |
Biography
editHe served as Deputy Lieutenant of County Down.[when?] At the 1921 Northern Ireland general election, he was elected in Down,[1] and he held his seat, unopposed, at the 1925 general election. He stood down in 1929, due to illness, but was nonetheless elected the following year to the Senate of Northern Ireland, serving until his death in 1938.[2]
References
edit- ^ Ewart, Wilfrid (1922). A Journey in Ireland. D. Appleton. p. 228. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- ^ Biographies of Members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons