Thomas James Stanislaus Harbison (8 November 1864 – 22 November 1930) was an Irish

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. He was born in

Cookstown Cookstown ( ga, An Chorr Chríochach, IPA: �anˠˈxoːɾˠɾˠˈçɾʲiːxəx is a small town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is the fourth largest town in the county and had a population of 11,599 in the 2011 census. It, along with Magh ...

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, to John Harbison, a general merchant, and Isabella Daly. Harbison studied at

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. He became active in the

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, acting from 1906 until 1910 as the

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for William Redmond and

Tom Kettle Thomas Michael Kettle (9 February 1880 – 9 September 1916) was an Irish economist, journalist, barrister, writer, war poet, soldier and Home Rule politician. As a member of the Irish Parliamentary Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for ...

. In 1911, he was elected to

Tyrone County Council Tyrone County Council was the authority responsible for local government in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. History Tyrone County Council was formed under orders issued in accordance with the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 which came into ef ...

. After attending the

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, he was elected to Westminster at the 1918 East Tyrone by-election, after Redmond resigned it to contest Waterford City. At the 1918 general election, Harbison was elected in North East Tyrone. At the 1921 Northern Ireland general election, Harbison was elected on an abstentionist platform in Fermanagh and Tyrone. In

1922 Events January * January 7 – Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64–57 votes. * January 10 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éireann, the day after Éamon de Valera ...

, 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.

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* * 1864 births 1930 deaths 19th-century Irish people Members of Tyrone County Council Irish Parliamentary Party MPs Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1921–1925 Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1925–1929 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Tyrone constituencies (1801–1922) Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Fermanagh and Tyrone (1922–1950) Nationalist Party (Ireland) members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland People from Cookstown UK MPs 1910–1918 UK MPs 1918–1922 UK MPs 1922–1923 UK MPs 1923–1924 UK MPs 1929–1931 Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland for Fermanagh and Tyrone {{Parliament-of-Northern-Ireland-member-stub