Hugh Law (Cumann na nGaedheal politician)

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For the former Lord Chancellor of Ireland, see Hugh Law.

Hugh Alexander Law (28 Jul 1872 – 1 April 1943) was an Irish nationalist politician.[1] He represented constituencies in County Donegal as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom House of Commons and later as a Teachta Dála (TD) in Dáil Éireann.

A barrister, Law was the second son of Hugh Law, who had been Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1881 to 1883,[2] and his wife Helen White, and was educated in England at Wixenford School.[3] He was returned as an Irish Parliamentary Party member of the Westminster parliament for Donegal West at an unopposed by-election in April 1902,[4][5] and was unopposed at successive general elections until he stood down at the 1918 general election,[5] when the seat was won by Joseph Sweeney of Sinn Féin.

At the 1923 Irish general election he was an unsuccessful Farmers' Party candidate for the 5th Dáil in the Donegal constituency.[6] He stood again as a Cumann na nGaedheal candidate at the June 1927 general election and was elected to the 6th Dáil.[7] Law was re-elected at the September 1927 general election, but lost his seat at the 1932 general election, and did not stand again.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "Historical list of MPs: constituencies beginning with "D", part 2". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2009.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ Irish News (Belfast), 3 April 2012
  3. ^ Frederick Pethick-Lawrence, 1st Baron Pethick-Lawrence, Fate Has Been Kind (1943), p. 20
  4. ^ "No. 27429". The London Gazette. 29 April 1902. p. 2860.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Brian M. Walker, ed. (1978). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 978-0-901714-12-1.
  6. ^ Brian M. Walker, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 978-0-901714-96-1. ISSN 0332-0286.
  7. ^ "Hugh Law". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  8. ^ "Hugh Law". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 8 June 2012.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
James Boyle 		Member of Parliament for West Donegal
– 1918 		Succeeded by
Joseph Sweeney
(Sinn Féin)
Oireachtas
Preceded by
Denis McCullough
(Cumann na nGaedheal) 		Cumann na nGaedheal Teachta Dála for Donegal
1927–1932 		Succeeded by
Brian Brady
(Fianna Fáil)


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