John Carron

John Carron (1909–1998) was a nationalist politician in Ireland.

Carron was born in Kinawley, County Fermanagh in 1909. He became a farmer and a publican before becoming a founder member and Vice-Chairman of the Irish Anti-Partition League in Lisnaskea in May 1946. [http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/biographies.html Biographies of Members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons] ] He was elected to Lisnaskea Rural District Council and also became the Chairman of the Enniskillen Fisheries Board.Brendan Lynn, "Holding the Ground: The Nationalist Party in Northern Ireland, 1945 - 72" (1997), ISBN 1855219808]

At the Northern Ireland general election, 1949, Carron unsuccessful stood for the Nationalist Party in Lisnaskea. He next stood for South Fermanagh in 1965 and was successful, holding the seat until the abolition of the Parliament of Northern Ireland in 1972. In 1969, he was appointed Opposition Spokesman on Community Relations. He was invited to join the Social Democratic and Labour Party on its formation, but chose to remain a Nationalist Party member.

Frank Maguire, Member of Parliament for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, was Carron's nephew and worked in Carron's pub in his youth. [David Beresford, " [http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/events/hstrike/beresford.htm Ten Men Dead] "] Sinn Féin activist Owen Carron was another nephew of John Carron's. [Liam Clarke, "Broadening the Battlefield"]

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