Thomas Gavan-Duffy Explained

Thomas Gavan-Duffy (25 September 1867 – 4 August 1932)[1] was an Irish trade unionist and politician. He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Whitehaven from 1922 to 1924.

Born in Dublin, Gavan-Duffy was educated by the Christian Brothers there and became a district delegate for the Shop Assistants' Union. For 23 years he was general secretary of the Cumberland Iron Ore Miners' Association.[2]

He unsuccessfully contested the Whitehaven constituency in 1918, won it in 1922, and lost it again in 1924.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: House of Commons constituencies beginning with "W" (part 3) . Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages . https://web.archive.org/web/20090810231534/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Wcommons3.htm . 10 August 2009 . usurped . 21 April 2009.
  2. 'Mr Thomas Gavan-Duffy', The Times, 5 August 1932, p. 12
  3. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 . 3rd . Craig . F. W. S. . 1983 . F. W. S. Craig . First published 1969 . Parliamentary Research Services . Chichester . 317 . 0-900178-06-X.

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