Captain Alexander Crawford Browne (died 11 December 1942) was an Ulster Unionist Party politician.[1]
Crawford Browne attended Methodist College Belfast from 1873 to 1880. He served in the 36th (Ulster) Division from 1914 to 1919 and became a Captain in 1917. In 1924 he was elected as a Belfast City Councillor before becoming a councillor for Princeton Ward in Bangor in 1927.[2] He was elected at the 1931 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for Belfast West, and held the seat until his death.[3]
In 1935, he married Dorothy Dawson. Dorothy was from a family of eight who also attended Methodist College Belfast.[4]
His death triggered a by-election in February 1943, when the formerly safe Unionist seat was won by the Northern Ireland Labour Party candidate Jack Beattie.
References
edit- ^ "Death of M.P." Western Times. 18 December 1942. p. 6. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- ^ Henderson, JW (1939). Methodist College Belfast 1868–1938 a Survey and Retrospect Volume One. Belfast: Methodist College Belfast. p. 48.
- ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 564. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ^ Henderson, JW (1939). Methodist College Belfast 1868-1938 a Survey and Retrospect Volume One. Belfast: Methodist College Belfast. p. 48.
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