Bernard Collery Explained

Bernard Collery (1838 – 5 July 1907)[1] was an Irish businessman and politician.

He was a member of Sligo Borough Council and Mayor of the city from 1882 to 1884.[2] In 1882, he presented the city with a Mayor's chain of office, which is still used today.[3]

In 1891 he was nominated as candidate of the Anti-Parnellite Irish National Federation faction of the Irish Parliamentary Party in a by-election in North Sligo. He won by a substantial majority over the Parnellite candidate,[4] and remained as member for North Sligo until resigning in late January 1900.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Leigh Rayment's House of Commons page
  2. https://archive.today/20130619232703/http://www.sligoborough.ie/text/AboutUs/MayorsofSligo/ Sligo Borough Council, Mayors of the Borough
  3. Sligo Borough Council, History of the Borough: Web site: History of the Borough, Sligo Borough Council . 2013-06-17 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130731051235/http://www.sligoborough.ie/AboutUs/HistoryoftheBorough/ . 2013-07-31 .
  4. The Times, 4 April 1891
  5. The Times, 30 January 1900

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