Thomas MacPartlin explained

Office:Senator
Term Start:11 December 1922
Term End:20 October 1923
Party:Labour Party
Birth Date:22 August 1879
Birth Place:County Sligo, Ireland
Death Place:Geneva, Switzerland
Nationality:Irish
Spouse:Hannah MacPartlin
Children:9

Thomas MacPartlin (22 August 1879 – 20 October 1923) was an Irish Labour Party politician.[1] He was a member of Seanad Éireann from 1922 to 1923.[2]

A trade union official from County Sligo, he was a member of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners union and served as the president of the Irish Trades Union Congress (ITUC) in 1917. He was a signatory of the 1914 ITUC manifesto opposing inclusion of a partition option in the draft home rule bill and asserting workers' right to arm and fight for 'economic freedom'. He was elected to the Free State Seanad for 9 years at the 1922 election.[3]

He died in office in October 1923, while on a visit to Geneva.[4] The by-election to fill the vacancy was held on 28 November 1923, and was won by Thomas Foran of the Labour Party.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Thomas MacPartlin. Oireachtas Members Database. 4 January 2013.
  2. Web site: MacPartlin, Thomas. Dictionary of Irish Biography. White. Lawrence William. 30 December 2023.
  3. Web site: Members of the First Seanad: Biographies – MacPartlin, Thomas. Houses of the Oireachtas. 30 December 2023.
  4. Web site: Deaths of Deputy P. Cosgrave and Senator McPartlin.. Houses of the Oireachtas. 23 October 1923. 30 December 2023.