James Larkin Jnr | |
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| Teachta Dála | |
| In office February 1948 – March 1957 | |
| Constituency | Dublin South-Central |
| In office June 1943 – February 1948 | |
| Constituency | Dublin South |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1904-08-20)20 August 1904 Liverpool, England |
| Died | 18 February 1969(1969-02-18) (aged 64) Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland |
| Political party | Labour Party |
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| Spouse | Josie Larkin |
| Children | 4 |
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| Relatives | Denis Larkin (brother) |
| Education | St. Enda's School |
James Larkin Jnr (20 August 1904[1] – 18 February 1969) was an IrishLabour Party politician andtrade union official.
He was born inLiverpool, England, the eldest of four sons ofJames Larkin, trade union leader, and Elizabeth Larkin (née Brown), daughter of a baptist lay preacher fromCounty Down. After the family's move to Dublin in 1909, James was educated atSt. Enda's School,Rathfarnham, the only school that would accept the young Larkins owing to the reputation of their father. James endured much hardship as a child during the period of his father's intense union activity, including eviction from the family home in Auburn Street.[2]
He first stood for election as anIrish Worker League candidate at theSeptember 1927 general election for theDublin County constituency but was unsuccessful. His father, James Larkin, was a successful candidate for theDublin North constituency at the same general election. The younger Larkin was one of two candidates for theRevolutionary Workers' Groups in the 1930 newly reformed Dublin City Council elections, and he was elected.[3]He was also an unsuccessful independent candidate at the1932 general election for theDublin South constituency. On the foundation of theCommunist Party of Ireland in 1933, Larkin became its chairman.
He attended theInternational Lenin School[4] withPadraic Breslin andSean Murray.[5]
He was first elected toDáil Éireann as a Labour PartyTeachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South constituency at the1943 general election, where he sat in thesame Dáil as his father.[6] He was re-elected at the1944 general election for the same constituency. At the1948 general election, when the constituency was divided, he was elected for theDublin South-Central constituency and was re-elected at the1951 and1954 general elections.[7] He did not contest the1957 general election.[7]
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| Preceded by | General Secretary of theWorkers' Union of Ireland 1947–1969 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | President of theIrish Trades Union Congress 1949 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | President of the Irish Trades Union Congress 1952 | Succeeded by Con Connolly |
| Preceded by | President of theIrish Congress of Trade Unions 1960 | Succeeded by |
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