Richard Hazleton (5 December 1879 – 26 January 1943) was an Irish

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politician of the

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. He was

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(MP) for North Galway from 1906 to 1918, taking his seat in the

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of the

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Early life

He was born at Gresham Buildings,

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, Dublin, on 5 December 1879, the son of Thomas Hazleton, a draper originally from

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, and Bridget Rose Ryan. He was born at

, Dublin, in 1880. He was educated at

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.Obituary. R. Hazleton, ex-MP, ''Irish Times'', 27 January 1943.

Political career

He was one of the founders of the Young Ireland Branch of the

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, which included

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, Rory O'Connor and

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. He was seen as one of the Irish Party's most promising young members.Maume, Patrick: ''The long Gestation, Irish Nationalist Life 1891-1918'', Dublin: Gill & Macmillan, 1999, pp. 230-31. In 1901, he was elected a member of

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and Rathdown Board of Guardians.Mr Richard Hazleton, ''Irish Independent'', 27 January 1943. At the

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, the 25-year-old Hazelton contested the

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constituency, where he lost by a wide margin to the Unionist Walter Long, a former Chief Secretary for Ireland. However, Thomas Higgins, the nationalist candidate in North Galway, had died the night before counting of the votes commenced and was elected posthumously, thereby creating an immediate vacancy. Hazelton was the only candidate nominated for the resulting by-election, and was therefore elected unopposed when nominations closed on 28 February. At the next general election, in January 1910, Hazelton was returned unopposed in North Galway, but also stood in North Louth, where he narrowly failed to unseat the sitting MP Tim Healy, of the

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. However, at the December 1910 election, he was again returned unopposed in North Galway, but also stood again in North Louth. This time he defeated Tim Healy in a bitter contest, by 2,509 votes to 2,021,Walker, op. cit, p. 180 but the North Louth result was subsequently overturned on petition, the reason cited being corrupt and defamatory conduct. On 24 May 1914, he resigned his seat in Parliament, citing health and financial reasons. On 21 July 1914, he was re-elected to the same constituency in a by-election, in which he was the only candidate - a comeback to Parliament for the same constituency after 28 days. He was honorary secretary to the

from 1907 to 1918. He lost his seat in the 1918 general election, when he came to within a few hundred votes of retaining the Louth seat for the Irish Party. He later emigrated to

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In the 1923 British general election, he unsuccessfully stood as a candidate for the

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in the

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constituency. He worked as an engineer and, in 1925 was secretary to the Society of Technical Engineers. From 1928 until his death, he served as general secretary of the Institution of Production Engineers.''The Times'', 27 January 1943. He was briefly engaged to the singer Margaret Burke Sheridan. He died, after an operation, in London. He was buried in St Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery,

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hazleton, Richard 1879 births 1943 deaths Irish Parliamentary Party MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Galway constituencies (1801–1922) Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Louth constituencies (1801–1922) UK MPs 1906–1910 UK MPs 1910 UK MPs 1910–1918 Politicians from County Dublin