James Everett

James Everett
Minister for Justice
In office 2 June 1954 – 20 March 1957
Taoiseach	John A. Costello
Preceded by	Gerald Boland
Succeeded by	Oscar Traynor
Minister for Posts and Telegraphs
In office 18 February 1948 – 13 June 1951
Taoiseach	John A. Costello
Preceded by	Patrick Little
Succeeded by	Erskine H. Childers
Leader of the National Labour Party
In office 23 March 1944 – 19 August 1950
Preceded by	New postilion
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Teachta Dála
In office August 1923 – 18 December 1967
Constituency	Wicklow
In office June 1922 – August 1923
Constituency	Kildare–Wicklow
Personal details
Born	(1890-02-14)14 February 1890 Rathdrum, County Wicklow, Ireland
Died	18 December 1967(1967-12-18) (aged 77) Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland
Political party	Labour Party
Other political affiliations	National Labour Party (1944–1950)
Spouse	Ellen Olahan

James Everett (14 February 1890 – 18 December 1967) was an Irish Labour Party politician who served as Minister for Justice from 1954 to 1957, Minister for Posts and Telegraphs from 1948 to 1951 and Leader of the National Labour Party from 1944 to 1950. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1922 to 1967.^[1]

He was leader of the short-lived National Labour Party, which briefly split away from the Labour Party over a dispute relating to support for James Larkin as a candidate in Dublin.