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Bernard Collery

Bernard Collery

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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]

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  1. [1]
    Leigh Rayment's House of Commons page [usurped]
  2. [2]
    Sligo Borough Council, Mayors of the Borough
  3. [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. [4]
    The Times, 4 April 1891
  5. [5]
    The Times, 30 January 1900
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