Vincent Rice (21 April 1875 – 27 May 1959) was an Irish politician and lawyer. A native of

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, he was educated at

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and attended University College Dublin. He entered

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in 1900, and became a barrister in 1904 and senior counsel in 1924. He was first elected to

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as a

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Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South constituency at the June 1927 general election. In August 1927 joined the

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party. Other former independents who joined " Mr Cosgrave's ranks" included Labour independent John Daly and Bryan Cooper."Mr. Cosgrave And The Oath". ''The Times''. 30 August 1927. He lost his seat at the September 1927 general election but was elected as a

TD for the

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constituency at a

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on 3 April 1928 caused by the disqualification of James Larkin due to

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. He lost his seat again at the 1932 general election but was re-elected at the 1933 general election. He stood as a Fine Gael candidate at the 1937 general election but did not retain his seat. He also stood unsuccessfully as a pro-business independent candidate at the 1943 general election. He died in

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, Dublin, on 27 May 1959.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rice, Vincent 1875 births 1959 deaths Independent politicians in Ireland National League Party TDs Cumann na nGaedheal TDs Fine Gael TDs Members of the 5th Dáil Members of the 6th Dáil Members of the 8th Dáil Politicians from County Monaghan People educated at St Mary's College, Dundalk Alumni of University College Dublin Alumni of King's Inns