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William Norton (2 November 1900 – 4 December 1963) was an Irish Labour Party politician, and leader of the party from 1932 to 1960.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=William Norton )〕 Norton was born in Dublin in 1900. He joined the postal service in 1916. By 1920 he was a prominent member in the trade union movement in Ireland. From 1924 to 1948 he served as secretary of the Post Office Workers' Union. He was elected as a Teachta Dála (TD) for Dublin County at a by-election in 1926, but was defeated at the June 1927 general election. In Professor Tom Garvin's review of the 1950s 'News from a New Republic', he comes in for praise as a moderniser. Garvin places him with a cross party group including Gerard Sweetman and Daniel Morrissey of Fine Gael as well as Seán Lemass of Fianna Fáil who were pushing a modernising agenda. He represented Kildare from 1932 until his death.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mr. William Norton )〕 In 1932 he became leader of the Labour Party. In the First Inter-Party Government (1948–1951), Norton became Tánaiste and Minister for Social Welfare. In the Second Inter-Party Government (1954–1957), Norton served as Tánaiste and Minister for Industry and Commerce. William Norton died in Dublin in 1963. His son Patrick Norton served as a TD for Kildare from 1965 to 1969. ==See also== *Families in the Oireachtas 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Norton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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