Thomas Carson (politician)

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

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.[1]

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.[2] 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.[1]

Carson held his Armagh seat on the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention in 1975.[2] Outside politics, he spent his time gardening and birdwatching.[1]

References

  1. Ted Nealon, Ireland: a Parliamentary Directory, 1973–1974, p.187
  2. "Armagh 1973–1983", Northern Ireland Elections
Northern Ireland Assembly (1973)
New assembly Assembly Member for Armagh
1973–1974
Assembly abolished
Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention
New convention Member for Armagh
1975–1976
Convention dissolved
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