James Everett

James Everett ( Irish Séamus Eabhróid , born May 1, 1894 , † December 18, 1967 ) was an Irish politician of the Irish Labor Party and the National Labor Party .

biography

Everett, who served as union secretary, began his national political career as a candidate for the Irish Labor Party in 1922 with the first election to the deputy ( Teachta Dála ) of the House of Commons ( Dáil Éireann ). After accepting the mandate on February 21, 1923, he first represented the constituency of Kildare-Wicklow and then until 1944 after six re-elections the constituency of Wicklow .

In 1944 he resigned from the Irish Labor Party and founded the National Labor Party, of which he remained chairman from 1944 to 1950. At the same time he was re-elected to the House of Commons as a representative of the Wicklow constituency from 1944 to 1951. During his tenure as party leader, the National Labor Party increased its number of seats from 4 in 1948 to 5 in 1948.

After the formation of a coalition government of Fine Gael and Irish Labor Party and National Labor Party, Everett was appointed Minister of Post and Telegraphy by Prime Minister ( Taoiseach ) John A. Costello on February 18, 1948 and held this post until the end of Costello's term on June 13, 1951.

In 1950 he again joined the Irish Labor Party and was again elected for this in 1951 as a member of the Dáil, to which he now belonged as a representative of the Wicklow constituency until his death.

When John A. Costello again formed a coalition government made up of Fine Gael and Irish Labor Party on June 2, 1954, he was appointed Minister of Justice by the latter and held this position until March 20, 1957.

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