James Everett was an Irish Labour Party politician who served as Minister for Justice from 1954 to 1957, Minister for Posts and Telegraphs from 1948 to 1951 and Leader of the National Labour Party from 1944 to 1950.
11 Facts About James Everett
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James Everett served as a Teachta Dala from 1922 to 1967.
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James Everett was leader of the short-lived National Labour Party, which briefly split away from the Labour Party over a dispute relating to support for James Larkin as a candidate in Dublin.
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On leaving school Everett became an organiser with County Wicklow Agricultural Union, which later merged with the ITGWU.
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James Everett was a member of Sinn Fein and served as a justice in the Republican courts for Kildare and Wicklow from 1919.
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James Everett was one of the six TDs who left the Labour Party in 1944, because of its alleged infiltration by communists, and formed the National Labour Party.
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In 1948, the National Labour Party joined the Cabinet of John A Costello in the First Inter-Party Government and Everett was appointed Minister for Posts and Telegraphs.
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Allegations of political jobbery were denied but James Everett's actions became a national issue.
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Farrell resigned in December 1950 and James Everett bowed to the pressure and appointed Cooke.
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James Everett served in government again between 1954 and 1957 as Minister for Justice and in that capacity he granted Albert Luykx Irish citizenship.
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James Everett died aged 77, during the 1967 Dail Christmas Recess, when with 44 years service as a TD, he was joint Father of the Dail with Frank Aiken and Paddy Smith.