Thomas Lawlor (politician)

Thomas Lawlor was an Irish Labour Party politician and trade union official.[1]

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 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.[1] He lost his seat at the September 1927 general election.[3] 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.

References

  1. 1 2 "Mr. Thomas Lawlor". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 11 November 2008.
  2. ↑ Taxation In Irish Free State. The Times. 19 January 1925.
  3. ↑ "Thomas Lawlor". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 11 November 2008.


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