Edward Coey Bigger Explained

Office:Senator
Term Start:17 September 1925
Term End:29 May 1936
Party:Independent
Birth Place:Belfast, Ireland
Death Place:County Kildare, Ireland
Nationality:Irish
Children:2, including Joseph
Relatives:Francis Joseph Bigger (brother)

Sir Edward Coey Bigger (1861 – 1 June 1942) was an Irish politician and physician.[1] He was an independent member of Seanad Éireann from 1925 to 1936. He was first elected to the Seanad at the 1925 election for 9 years.[2] He was re-elected at the 1934 election for 3 years.[2]

He was chairman of the Irish Public Health Council, the Central Midwives Board for Ireland, and of the General Nursing Council for Ireland, and was the author of a report to the Carnegie United Kingdom Trust on the physical welfare of mothers and children in Ireland.[3] He was the Crown Representative for Ireland on the British General Medical Council from 1917 to 1927.[1]

One of his brothers was Francis Joseph Bigger. His son Joseph Warwick Bigger was a senator from 1947 to 1951.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bigger, Sir Edward Coey. Dictionary of Irish Biography. Dempsey. Pauric J.. 20 January 2024.
  2. Web site: Edward Coey Bigger. Oireachtas Members Database. 22 January 2012.
  3. Obituary. British Medical Journal. 13 June 1942. 2162218. 740. 1. 4249. 10.1136/bmj.1.4249.740.