Bernard Collery

Bernard Collery (1838 – 5 July 1907)[1] was an Irish businessman and politician.

He was a member of Sligo Borough Council and Mayor of the city from 1882 to 1884.[2] In 1882, he presented the city with a Mayor's chain of office, which is still used today.[3]

In 1891 he was nominated as candidate of the Anti-Parnellite Irish National Federation faction of the Irish Parliamentary Party in a by-election in North Sligo. He won by a substantial majority over the Parnellite candidate,[4] and remained as member for North Sligo until resigning in late January 1900.[5]

Endnotes
  1. Leigh Rayment's House of Commons page [Usurped!]
  2. Sligo Borough Council, Mayors of the Borough
  3. Sligo Borough Council, History of the Borough: "History of the Borough, Sligo Borough Council". Archived from the original on 31 July 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  4. The Times, 4 April 1891
  5. The Times, 30 January 1900
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