Thomas Lawlor (politician) explained

Thomas Lawlor
Office:Teachta Dála
Term Start:July 1937
Term End:June 1938
Term Start1:June 1927
Term End1:September 1927
Constituency2:Dublin South
Party:Labour Party
Birth Place:Dublin, Ireland
Death Place:Dublin, Ireland

Thomas Lawlor (died 29 October 1945)[1] was an Irish Labour Party politician and trade union official.

In 1925 the Labour Party identified high taxation as a government weakness and decided to contest the Dublin South and Dublin North by-elections. Lawlor, as general secretary of the Irish Municipal Employees' Trade Union was the candidate in Dublin South, with Denis Cullen of the Irish Bakers Union running in Dublin North.[2] Neither of them were elected.

Lawlor was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South constituency at the June 1927 general election.[3] He lost his seat at the September 1927 general election.[4] He was an unsuccessful candidate at the 1932 general election but re-gained his seat at the 1937 general election. He lost his seat again at the 1938 general election.

At the 1943 general election he was an unsuccessful independent candidate in the Carlow–Kilkenny East constituency.

Notes and References

  1. News: Obituary: Mr Thomas Lawlor. Irish Times. 30 October 1945.
  2. Taxation In Irish Free State. The Times. 19 January 1925.
  3. Web site: Thomas Lawlor. Oireachtas Members Database. 11 November 2008.
  4. Web site: Thomas Lawlor. ElectionsIreland.org. 11 November 2008.