Thomas Harbison

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

He was born in Cookstown, County Tyrone, to John Harbison, a general merchant, and Isabella Daly.[1]

Harbison studied at St Malachy's College in Belfast. He became active in the Irish Parliamentary Party, acting from 1906 until 1910 as the election agent for William Redmond and Tom Kettle. In 1911, he was elected to Tyrone County Council.

After attending the Irish Convention, 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, 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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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William Redmond	Member of Parliament for East Tyrone Apr. 1918–Nov. 1918	Constituency abolished
New constituency	Member of Parliament for North East Tyrone 1918–1922	Constituency abolished
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Fermanagh & Tyrone 1922–1924 With: Cahir Healy	Succeeded by James Pringle Charles Falls
Preceded by James Pringle Charles Falls	Member of Parliament for Fermanagh & Tyrone 1929–1930 With: Joseph Devlin	Succeeded by Cahir Healy
Parliament of Northern Ireland
New parliament	Member of Parliament for Fermanagh and Tyrone 1921–1929 With: Arthur Griffith 1921–1922 William Coote 1921–1924 Seán Milroy 1921–1925 William Thomas Miller 1921–1929 James Cooper 1921–1929 Seán O'Mahony 1921–1925 Alexander Donnelly 1925–1929 Rowley Elliott 1925–1929 Cahir Healy 1925–1929 John McHugh 1925–1929	Constituency divided

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