Thomas Lavery Explained

Thomas Lavery
Office1:Member of the Senate of Northern Ireland
Term1:1930-1938
Office2:Member of Parliament for Down
Term2:1921-1929
Alongside2:J. M. Andrews, James Craig, Éamon de Valera, Robert McBride, Thomas McMullan, Harry Mulholland, Patrick O'Neill
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. 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]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Ewart. Wilfrid. A Journey in Ireland. 1922. D. Appleton. 228. 30 July 2017. en.
  2. http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/biographies.html Biographies of Members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons