Thomas Edward McConnell

Thomas Edward McConnell (7 April 186822 May 1938) was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.

McConnell studied at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution before becoming the managing director of a horse and cattle sales firm. He was elected to the Belfast Corporation as a councillor and then an alderman, for the Ulster Unionist Party. He was also successful at the Belfast Duncairn by-election, 1922, and when his seat was abolished later in the year, he won Belfast North, for which he sat until 1929.[1]

References

  1. John F. Harbinson, The Ulster Unionist Party, 1882-1973, p.181

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Edward Carson
Member of Parliament for Belfast Duncairn
19221922
Constituency abolished
New constituency Member of Parliament for Belfast North
19221929
Succeeded by
Thomas Somerset
Honorary titles
Preceded by
George Ruddell Black
High Sheriff of Belfast
19361937
Succeeded by
Thomas Loftus Cole


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