Thomas Lyons (18 February 1896 – 16 May 1985) was a
unionist politician in
Northern Ireland.
Lyons studied at
Albert Agricultural College
Albert College was an agricultural college in the northern suburbs of Dublin, Ireland. Today its former main building, known as the ''Albert College Building'', built 1851, is the oldest building on the Glasnevin campus of Dublin City Univer ...
in
Glasnevin, then emigrated to Australia in 1922. He returned to Ireland in 1939, and was elected for the
Ulster Unionist Party in
North Tyrone in 1943. At the
1945 general election
The following elections occurred in the year 1945.
Africa
* 1945 South-West African legislative election
Asia
* 1945 Indian general election
Australia
* 1945 Fremantle by-election
Europe
* 1945 Albanian parliamentary election
* 1945 Bulgaria ...
, he stood unsuccessfully in
Fermanagh and Tyrone. He served as Chairman of Ways and Means and
Deputy Speaker of the Northern Ireland House of Commons
The Speaker of the Northern Ireland House of Commons was the presiding officer of the lower house of Parliament in Northern Ireland from 1921 to 1972.
The Speaker had an official residence, Stormont House. All the Speakers were members of the ...
from 1955 until 1969, when he was deselected by his constituency association and stood down. In 1961, he served as
High Sheriff of County Tyrone.
Biographies of Members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons
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References
1896 births
1985 deaths
High Sheriffs of Tyrone
Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1938–1945
Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1945–1949
Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1949–1953
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
Ulster Unionist Party members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland
Irish emigrants (before 1923) to Australia
Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland for County Tyrone constituencies
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