Thomas MacPartlin (22 August 1879 – 20 October 1923) was an Irish Labour Party politician. He was a member of

Seanad Éireann Seanad Éireann ( ; ; "Senate of Ireland") is the senate of the Oireachtas (the Irish legislature), which also comprises the President of Ireland and Dáil Éireann (defined as the house of representatives). It is commonly called the Seanad or ...

from 1922 to 1923. A

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official from

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, he was a member of the

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union and served as the president of the

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(ITUC) in 1917. He was a signatory of the 1914 ITUC manifesto opposing inclusion of a partition option in the draft

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and asserting workers' right to arm and fight for 'economic freedom'. He was elected to the Free State Seanad for 9 years at the 1922 election. He died in office in October 1923, while on a visit to

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. The

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to fill the vacancy was held on 28 November 1923, and was won by

Thomas Foran Thomas Foran (26 January 1883 – 18 March 1951) was an Irish Labour Party politician and trade union official. He was a member of Seanad Éireann from 1923 to 1936, and from 1938 to 1948. He was a member of the Irish Transport and General W ...

of the Labour Party.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:MacPartlin, Thomas 1879 births 1923 deaths Labour Party (Ireland) senators Members of the 1922 Seanad Trade unionists from County Sligo Politicians from County Sligo