Thomas Carson (politician) explained

Thomas Carson
Office:Member of the Constitutional Convention
for Armagh
Term Start:1975
Term End:1976
Office1:Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for Armagh
Term Start1:1973
Term End1:1974
Birth Date:March 1911
Birth Place:Ballybay, County Monaghan, Ireland
Party:Ulster Vanguard (from 1973)
Otherparty:Ulster Unionist Party (before 1973)

Thomas D. Carson (born March 1911) was a Northern Irish unionist politician.

Background

Born in Ballybay in County Monaghan, Carson studied at Clones High School, Campbell College and Queen's University Belfast. He worked as a medical doctor before retiring in the early 1970s.[1] In retirement, he became politically active, as vice-chairman of the South Armagh Unionist Association in 1971/2, and then President in 1972/3.

In 1973, Carson resigned from the Ulster Unionist Party to join the Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party, and immediately elected in the 1973 Northern Ireland Assembly election for Armagh. Following his election, he joined the Armagh County Executive of Vanguard, and also became a member of the Monday Club and the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.

Carson held his Armagh seat on the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention in 1975.[2] Outside politics, he spent his time gardening and birdwatching.

Notes and References

  1. Ted Nealon, Ireland: a Parliamentary Directory, 1973–1974, p.187
  2. "Armagh 1973–1983", Northern Ireland Elections