John Clarke Davison
John Clarke Davison (19 April 1875 – 19 February 1946) was a barrister and Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.
Davison was educated at Coleraine Academical Institution and Trinity College, Dublin and was called to the Irish Bar in 1898. He was a legal adviser to the Government of Northern Ireland from 1922 to 1925, and Senior Crown Prosecutor for County Louth and County Antrim. In 1925, he was elected in a by-election as a Unionist to the Parliament of Northern Ireland from County Armagh, and then from 1929 from Mid-Armagh until resigning his seat shortly after the 1938 general election upon appointment as Recorder of Londonderry.[1] Davison was an opponent of the Irish language, considering it "political propaganda" and "disloyal". He called upon the government to ban the Irish language in schools.[2]
He was Chairman of Ways and Means and Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons from March – June 1937 and Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Home Affairs from 1937 – 1938. He died on 19 February 1946.[1]
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- ^ a b Northern Ireland Parliamentary Elections Results: Biographies
- ^ Walker, Brian M. (2012). A Political History of the Two Irelands: From Partition to Peace. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 27.
- 1875 births
- 1946 deaths
- Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
- Barristers from Northern Ireland
- Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1925–1929
- Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1929–1933
- Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1933–1938
- Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1938–1945
- Northern Ireland junior government ministers (Parliament of Northern Ireland)
- Ulster Unionist Party members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland
- Judges in Northern Ireland
- People educated at Coleraine Academical Institution
- Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland for County Armagh constituencies