Bernard Collery

Bernard Collery (1838 - 5 July 1907)[1] was an Irish businessman and politician.

He was a member of Sligo Borough Council and Mayor of the city from 1882 to 1884.[2] In 1882, he presented the city with a Mayor's chain of office, which is still used today.[3]

In 1891 he was nominated as candidate of the Anti-Parnellite faction of the Irish Parliamentary Party in a by-election in North Sligo. He won by a substantial majority over the Parnellite candidate,[4] and remained as member for North Sligo until resigning in late January 1900.[5]

Endnotes

  1. ↑ Leigh Rayment's House of Commons page
  2. ↑ Sligo Borough Council, Mayors of the Borough:
  3. ↑ Sligo Borough Council, History of the Borough:
  4. ↑ The Times, 4 April 1891
  5. ↑ The Times, 30 January 1900

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Peter McDonald		 Member of Parliament for North Sligo
1891 – 1900 		Succeeded by
John O'Dowd
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