Alexander Haslett

Alexander Haslett (2 September 1883 – 17 January 1951) was an Irish independent politician.[1] He was an independent Teachta Dála (TD) for the Monaghan constituency in Dáil Éireann from June 1927 to 1932 and from 1933 to 1937.[2] He stood as an "unofficial Protestant candidate".[3] His failure to be elected in both 1937 and 1943 was due to the continuing decline in numbers of the Protestant population in County Monaghan. Fine Gael also ran a Protestant candidate (Ernest Blythe).

Haslett was a Presbyterian – a member of the Ballyalbany Congregation in Monaghan town – who had purchased his own small farm under the 1903 Land Act. He was a very prominent member of the Orange Order and served as Deputy County Grand Master for Monaghan.[4] He has been described as one of those who "were determined not only to stay but with dignity to play their part and make a contribution to the local commercial and political life"[5] "On 12 July 1923 the only Orange demonstration to be held in the Free State that year took place at Killacoonagh near Clones. Alexander Haslett ... addressing the Orangemen that day said: 'We are not going to be sulking in a corner. We have to live in this country and we are going to make the best of it.'",[6] cited in.[5]

References
  1. "Alexander Haslett". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  2. "Alexander Haslett". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  3. "County Monaghan - Mr Duffy loses seat". The Anglo-Celt. 18 June 1927. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  4. Fitzpatrick, David (2002). "The Orange Order and the Border". Irish Historical Studies. 33 (129): 62. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  5. Brown, Lindsay T. (1995). "The Presbyterian Dilemma: A Survey of the Presbyterians and Politics in Counties Cavan and Monaghan over Three Hundred Years: Part II of a Series on the Monaghan Presbyterians". Clogher Record. 15 (2): 65. doi:10.2307/27699389. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  6. The Northern Standard, 20 July 1923
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