E. L. Richardson (trade unionist)

Effingham Lysaght Richardson (1860–1947) was an Irish trade unionist.

Born into a Church of Ireland family, Richardson joined the Roman Catholic church shortly before his marriage in 1883.[1] Richardson became active in the Dublin Typographical Provident Society,[2] and was elected to the Dublin Corporation in 1898 as an independent labour candidate.[3]

Richardson was elected as Secretary of the Irish Trade Union Congress in 1901,[4] serving until 1909, when he resigned to become the superintendent at the Dublin Labour Exchange.[5] He also served a year as President of the Dublin Trades Council in 1903.[6] In this role, he was able to continue his opposition to Jim Larkin, particularly during the Dublin Lockout.[7] Becoming a fierce opponent of the Labour Party, he lost his council seat in the mid-1910s.[8]

Richardson retired in 1934, and died in 1947. He was distantly related to Iris Murdoch.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Peter Conradi, Iris Murdoch: A Life
  2. ↑ Donal Nevin, James Connolly, p.163
  3. ↑ Terence Bowman, People's Champion, p.129
  4. ↑ Donal Nevin, Trade Union Century, p.217
  5. ↑ Vincent Kinane, A history of the Dublin University Press, 1734-1976, p.262
  6. ↑ Séamus Cody, John O'Dowd and Peter Rigney, The Parliament of labour: 100 years of the Dublin Council of Trade Unions, p.251
  7. ↑ Padraig Yeates, Lockout Dublin 1913
  8. ↑ Arthur Mitchell, Labour in Irish Politics, 1890-1930, p.64
Political offices
Preceded by
Hugh McManus		 Secretary of the Irish Trades Union Congress
1901–1909 		Succeeded by
P. T. Daly
Preceded by
John Gibbons		 President of the Dublin Trades Council
1903 		Succeeded by
Francis Farrell
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