Joseph Andrew Woods (1870–1925) was a
unionist politician
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in
Northern Ireland
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.
Woods worked as a shipyard carpenter, and then as an insurance secretary. Despite having no political experience, he was elected as an
Ulster Unionist Party
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member of the first
Senate of Northern Ireland
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in 1921, serving until his death just over four years later.
[John F. Harbinson, ''The Ulster Unionist Party, 1882-1973'', p.205]
References
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1870 births
Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1921–1925
Ulster Unionist Party members of the Senate of Northern Ireland
1925 deaths