William Norton

William Norton

Infobox Politician
name = William Norton


birth_date = 1900
birth_place = Dublin, Ireland
death_date = death date and age|1963|12|4|1900|1|1|df=y
death_place = Dublin, Ireland
office = Tánaiste
term_start = 18 February 1948
term_end = 13 June 1951
predecessor = Seán Lemass
successor = Seán Lemass
office2 = Tánaiste & Minister for Industry & Commerce
term_start2 = 2 June 1954
term_end2 = 20 March 1957
predecessor2 = Seán Lemass
successor2 = Seán Lemass
party = Labour Party

William Norton (1900 – 4 December 1963) was an Irish Labour Party politician, and leader of the party from 1932 to 1960. [cite web
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Norton was born in Dublin in 1900. He joined the postal service in 1916. By 1920 he was a prominent member in the trade union movement in Ireland. From 1924 to 1948 he served as secretary of the Post Office Workers' Union. He became a Teachta Dála (TD) for Dublin County in 1926. He represented Kildare from 1932 until his death.cite web
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In 1932 he became leader of the Labour Party. In the First Inter-Party Government (1948–1951), Norton became Tánaiste and Minister for Social Welfare. In the Second Inter-Party Government (1954–1957), Norton served as Tánaiste and Minister for Industry and Commerce.

William Norton died in Dublin in 1963. His son Patrick Norton served as a TD for Kildare from 1965 to 1969.

ee also

*Families in the Oireachtas

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