William Sears (politician)

William Frederick Sears (1861/62,[1] Neale, County Mayo–23 March 1929) was an Irish Sinn Féin and later Cumann na nGaedheal politician.

For other people named William Sears, see William Sears (disambiguation).

British Army intelligence file for William Sears

He was elected as a Sinn Féin MP for the Mayo South constituency at the 1918 general election.[2] In January 1919, Sinn Féin MPs refused to recognise the Parliament of the United Kingdom and instead assembled at the Mansion House in Dublin as a revolutionary parliament called Dáil Éireann, though Sears did not attend as he was in prison.[3] He was elected unopposed as a Sinn Féin Teachta Dála (TD) for the Mayo South–Roscommon South constituency at the 1921 elections.

He supported the Anglo-Irish Treaty and voted for it. He was re-elected unopposed for the same constituency at the 1922 general election, this time as a pro-Treaty Sinn Féin TD. He was elected as a Cumann na nGaedheal TD for Mayo South constituency at the 1923 general election.[4] He lost his seat at the June 1927 general election but was elected to the Seanad in 1928. He died in office in 1929 and the by-election for his seat was won by Sir Nugent Everard.

References
  1. "Castle File No. 1407: Sears, William" (PDF). War Office: Army of Ireland: Administrative and Easter Rising Records. p. 5. Retrieved 26 October 2020. Age 59 (in) 1921
  2. "William Sears". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 10 April 2009.
  3. "Roll call of the first sitting of the First Dáil". Dáil Éireann Historical Debates (in Irish). 21 January 1919. Retrieved 29 March 2008.
  4. "William Sears". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 April 2009.
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