Isaac George Hawthorne (12 November 1912 – December 1992) was a Unionist politician in

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. Hawthorne was schooled in

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and

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before becoming a farmer. He was elected to

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in 1947 as an

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member, holding his seat until 1958. In 1955, he was elected to the

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in a by-election in Central Armagh.Northern Ireland Parliamentary Elections Results: Biographies
/ref> From 1959 to 1963, Hawthorne served as

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, a position which was accompanied by the title Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Finance. From 1965, he served as an Assistant

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then, in 1966, he became Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Development. In September 1967, he was convicted of

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and resigned his post. He was unable to secure reselection by his constituency party for the 1969 Northern Ireland general election, and decided to stand down from Parliament.

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1912 births 1992 deaths Farmers from Northern Ireland Members of Armagh County Council Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1953–1958 Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1958–1962 Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1962–1965 Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1965–1969 Northern Ireland junior government ministers (Parliament of Northern Ireland) Ulster Unionist Party members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland for County Armagh constituencies Ulster Unionist Party councillors {{Parliament-of-Northern-Ireland-member-stub