Thomas Lyons (politician)

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Thomas Lyons (18 February 1896–16 May 1985) was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.

Lyons studied at Albert Agricultural College in Glasnevin, then emigrated to Australia in 1922. He returned to Ireland in 1939, and was elected for the Ulster Unionist Party in North Tyrone in 1943. At the 1945 UK general election, he stood unsuccessfully in Fermanagh and Tyrone. He served as Chairman of Ways and Means and Deputy Speaker of the Northern Ireland House of Commons from 1955 until 1969, when he was deselected by his constituency association and stood down. In 1961, he served as High Sheriff of County Tyrone.^[1]

References

↑ Biographies of Members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons

Parliament of Northern Ireland
Preceded by James Fulton Gamble	Member of Parliament for North Tyrone 1943–1969	Succeeded by William Fyffe
Political offices
Preceded by Terence O'Neill	Chairman of Ways and Means and Deputy Speaker of the Northern Ireland House of Commons 1955–1969	Succeeded by Walter Scott

Persondata
Name	Lyons, Thomas
Alternative names
Short description	British politician
Date of birth	1896
Place of birth
Date of death	1985
Place of death

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