Thomas Harbison

Thomas James Stanislaus Harbison (1864 – 22 November 1930) was an Irish nationalist politician.

After growing up in Cookstown, Harbison studied at St Malachy's College in Belfast. He became active in the Irish Parliamentry Party, acting from 1906 until 1910 as the election agent for William Redmond and Tom Kettle. In 1911, he was elected to Tyrone County Council.

After attending the Irish Convention, he was elected to Westminster at the East Tyrone by-election, 1918, after Redmond resigned it to contest Waterford City. At the 1918 UK general election, Harbison was elected in North East Tyrone.

At the Northern Ireland general election, 1921, Harbison was elected on an abstentionist platform in Fermanagh and Tyrone. In 1922, he was elected in the Westminster constituency of Fermanagh and Tyrone for the Nationalist Party. He stood down from the Westminster seat at the 1924 election, and in 1927 took his seat at Stormont. In 1929, he stood down from his Stormont seat, but was again elected to Westminster, serving until his death a year later.

References

• Northern Ireland Parliament Elections Results: Biographies

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Thomas Harbison

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William Redmond	Member of Parliament for East Tyrone 1918 – 1918	Constituency abolished
New constituency	Member of Parliament for North East Tyrone 1918–1922	Constituency abolished
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Fermanagh & Tyrone 1922–1924 With: Cahir Healy	Succeeded by James Pringle Charles Falls
Preceded by James Pringle Charles Falls	Member of Parliament for Fermanagh & Tyrone 1929–1930 With: Joseph Devlin	Succeeded by Cahir Healy
Parliament of Northern Ireland
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Fermanagh & Tyrone 1921–1929 With: Alexander Donnelly Cahir Healy John McHugh and others	Constituency abolished