http://debianws.lexgopc.com/wiki143/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=William_Aird_%28Cumann_na_nGaedheal_politician%29William Aird (Cumann na nGaedheal politician) - Revision history2026-06-02T04:52:11ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.1http://debianws.lexgopc.com/wiki143/index.php?title=William_Aird_(Cumann_na_nGaedheal_politician)&diff=7814417&oldid=previmported>Spleodrach: ce2025-02-20T18:08:57Z<p>ce</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Irish politician (died 1931)}}<br />
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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = William Aird<br />
| image = William Aird (cropped).jpg<br />
| caption = Aird, c.1920s<br />
| office = [[Teachta Dála]]<br />
| term_start = [[September 1927 Irish general election|September 1927]]<br />
| term_end = 31 October 1931<br />
| constituency = [[Laois–Offaly (Dáil constituency)|Leix–Offaly]]<br />
| party = [[Cumann na nGaedheal]]<br />
| birth_date = 1892<br />
| birth_place = [[Portlaoise]], [[County Laois]], Ireland<br />
| death_date = 31 October 1931<br />
| death_place = [[Dublin]], Ireland<br />
| alma_mater = <br />
| education = <br />
| spouse = Madge Duane<br />
| children = <br />
| relatives = [[William Aird (Fine Gael politician)|William Aird]] (grandson)<br />
}}<br />
'''William Patrick Aird''' (1892 - 31 October 1931)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Meehan |first1=Patrick F. |title=The T.D.'s and Senators for Laois & Offaly (1921-1986) |date=1987 |publisher=Leinster Express Newspapers Ltd. |isbn=0863350014 |pages=135}}</ref> was an [[Irish people|Irish]] politician.<ref name=oireachtas_db>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/William-Patrick-Aird.D.1927-10-11/|title=William Aird|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=18 January 2009}}</ref> An auctioneer, farmer, and merchant, he was elected to [[Dáil Éireann]] as a [[Cumann na nGaedheal]] [[Teachta Dála]] (TD) for the [[Laois–Offaly (Dáil constituency)|Leix–Offaly]] constituency at the [[September 1927 Irish general election|September 1927 general election]].<ref name=elecs_irl>{{cite web|url=http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=9011|title=William Aird|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=18 January 2009}}</ref> He died during the [[6th Dáil]] following a failed medical operation, but no [[by-election]] was held for his seat, as a general election was held less than three months later.<br />
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His grandson also called [[William Aird (Fine Gael politician)|William Aird]] was elected as a [[Fine Gael]] TD for the [[Laois (Dáil constituency)|Laois]] constituency at the [[2024 Irish general election|2024 general election]].<br />
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