Richard Hazleton
Richard Hazleton | |
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Timothy Michael Healy | |
Succeeded by | Augustine Roche |
Personal details | |
Born | 5 December 1879 |
Died | 26 January 1943 | (aged 63)
Political party | Irish Parliamentary Party |
Richard Hazleton (5 December 1879 โ 26 January 1943) was an
Early life
He was born at Gresham Buildings, Dollymount, Dublin, on 5 December 1879, the son of Thomas Hazleton, a draper originally from Dungannon, County Tyrone, and Bridget Rose Ryan.[1] He was educated at Blackrock College.[2]
Political career
He was one of the founders of the Young Ireland Branch of the
In 1901, he was elected a member of
At the 1906 general election, the 25-year-old Hazelton contested the South Dublin constituency, where he lost by a wide margin to the Unionist Walter Long,[5] a former Chief Secretary for Ireland. However, Thomas Higgins, the nationalist candidate in North Galway, had died the night before counting of the votes commenced and was elected posthumously, thereby creating an immediate vacancy. Hazelton was the only candidate nominated for the resulting by-election, and was therefore elected unopposed when nominations closed on 28 February.[6]
At the
On 24 May 1914, he
He was honorary secretary to the Irish Parliamentary Party from 1907 to 1918.
He lost his seat in the 1918 general election, when he came to within a few hundred votes of retaining the Louth seat for the Irish Party.[3]
He later emigrated to England[3] In the 1923 British general election, he unsuccessfully stood as a candidate for the Liberal Party in the Rotherhithe constituency.[4]
He worked as an engineer and, in 1925 was secretary to the Society of Technical Engineers. From 1928 until his death, he served as general secretary of the Institution of Production Engineers.[15]
He was briefly engaged to the singer Margaret Burke Sheridan.
He died, after an operation, in London.
References
- ^ "General Register Office" (PDF). IrishGenealogy.ie. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- ^ a b c Obituary. R. Hazleton, ex-MP, Irish Times, 27 January 1943.
- ^ ISBN 0-7171-2744-3
- ^ a b Mr Richard Hazleton, Irish Independent, 27 January 1943.
- ISBN 0-901714-12-7.
- ^ Walker, op. cit, p. 170
- ^ Walker, op. cit, p. 174
- ^ Walker, op. cit, p. 175
- ^ Walker, op. cit, p. 179
- ^ a b Walker, op. cit, p. 180
- ^ "Phil Woolas case: last MP to have election overturned was in 1911; The last time an MP saw their election victory overturned for corrupt practices was Richard Hazleton, in 1911, following bribery, violence and slander at the polls," by Martin Beckford, London Telegraph, 05 Nov 2010
- ^ Resignation of Mr Hazleton, MP, Irish Times, 30 May 1914.
- ^ Commons debate (Hansard) 8 July 1914
- ^ Mr Hazleton re-elected, Irish Times, 22 July 1914.
- ^ The Times, 27 January 1943.
External links
- Hansard 1803โ2005: contributions in Parliament by Richard Hazleton
- Alexander Thom and Son Ltd. 1923. p. – via Wikisource. . . Dublin: