Thomas Lavery
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Thomas Lavery | |
|---|---|
 Lavery in 1921 | |
| 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 |
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.
Biography
He 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
- ^ 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
Categories:
- 1852 births
- 1938 deaths
- Members of Down County Council
- Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1921–1925
- Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1925–1929
- Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1929–1933
- Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1933–1937
- Ulster Unionist Party members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland
- Deputy Lieutenants of Down
- Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland for County Down constituencies
- Ulster Unionist Party members of the Senate of Northern Ireland
- Ulster Unionist Party councillors