James Craig (University of Dublin)

For other people named James Craig, see James Craig (disambiguation).

Sir James Craig (died 12 July 1933) was an Irish professor of Medicine and an independent Teachta Dála (TD) in the Irish Free State.

He was educated at the Coleraine Academical Institution and Trinity College, Dublin, where he obtained the B.A. and M.B., B.Ch. degrees of the University in 1885. He proceeded M.D. in 1891, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland in the same year. He was physician to Sir Patrick Dun’s Hospital and consultant physician to Dr Steevens' Hospital, among others.

He was elected to the House of Commons of Southern Ireland in the 1921 general election, representing the Dublin University constituency as an independent Unionist, he did not participate in the Second Dáil. He was re-elected for the same constituency in the 1922 general election and became a member of the Third Dáil. He was re-elected at the next five general elections, but died four months after the 1933 general election, in which he had been returned to the 8th Dáil. The by-election for his seat was won by another independent candidate, Robert Rowlette.

References

• James Craig's electoral history at ElectionsIreland.org
• This page incorporates information from the Oireachtas Members Database