Isaac George Hawthorne
Isaac George Hawthorne (12 November 1912 – December 1992) was a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.
Hawthorne was schooled in Portadown and Sheffield before becoming a farmer. He was elected to Armagh County Council in 1947 as an Ulster Unionist Party member, holding his seat until 1958. In 1955, he was elected to the Parliament of Northern Ireland in a bye-election in Central Armagh.[1]
From 1959 to 1963, Hawthorne served as Ulster Unionist Chief Whip, a position which was accompanied by the title Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Finance. From 1965, he served as an Assistant Whip then, in 1966, he became Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Development. In September 1967, he was convicted of drink driving 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.[1]
Notes
[edit]
  | This article about a member of the 1921–1973 House of Commons of Northern Ireland or Senate of Northern Ireland is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 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 stubs