Ernest Blythe | |
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![]() Blythe in 1922 | |
Minister for Posts and Telegraphs | |
In office 12 October 1927 – 9 March 1932 | |
President | W. T. Cosgrave |
Preceded by | J. J. Walsh |
Succeeded by | Joseph Connolly |
Vice-President of the Executive Council | |
In office 14 July 1927 – 9 March 1932 | |
President | W. T. Cosgrave |
Preceded by | Kevin O'Higgins |
Succeeded by | Seán T. O'Kelly |
Minister for Finance | |
In office 21 September 1923 – 9 March 1932 | |
President | W. T. Cosgrave |
Preceded by | W. T. Cosgrave |
Succeeded by | Seán MacEntee |
Minister for Local Government | |
In office 30 August 1922 – 15 October 1923 | |
President | W. T. Cosgrave |
Preceded by | W. T. Cosgrave |
Succeeded by | Séamus Burke |
Senator | |
In office 14 March 1934 – 29 May 1936 | |
Constituency | Labour Panel |
Teachta Dála | |
In office May 1921 – January 1933 | |
Constituency | Monaghan |
In office December 1918 – November 1922 | |
Constituency | Monaghan North |
Personal details | |
Born | Lisburn, County Antrim, Ireland | 13 April 1889
Died | 23 February 1975 Phibsborough, Dublin, Ireland | (aged 85)
Political party | Fine Gael |
Spouse |
Anne McHugh
(m. 1907; died 1958) |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | Queen's University, Belfast |
Ernest William Blythe (Irish: Earnán de Blaghd; 13 April 1889 – 23 February 1975) was an Irish journalist, managing director of the Abbey Theatre,[1] and politician who served as Minister for Finance from 1923 to 1932, Minister for Posts and Telegraphs and Vice-President of the Executive Council from 1927 to 1932 and Minister for Local Government from 1922 to 1923. He was a Senator for the Labour Panel from 1934 to 1936. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Monaghan constituency from 1921 to 1933 and Member of Parliament (MP) for Monaghan North from 1918 to 1922.[2][3]