The Business and Professional Group (also known as the Businessmen's Party) was a minor political party in the Irish Free State

Irish Free State

The Irish Free State was the state established as a Dominion on 6 December 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty, signed by the British government and Irish representatives exactly twelve months beforehand...

 that existed between 1922 and 1923. It largely comprised ex-Unionist

Unionism in Ireland

Unionism in Ireland is an ideology that favours the continuation of some form of political union between the islands of Ireland and Great Britain...

 businessmen and professionals., fielding five candidates in Dublin and Cork

Cork (city)

Cork is the second largest city in the Republic of Ireland and the island of Ireland's third most populous city. It is the principal city and administrative centre of County Cork and the largest city in the province of Munster. Cork has a population of 119,418, while the addition of the suburban...

 at the 1922 general election

Irish general election, 1922

The Irish general election of 1922 took place in Southern Ireland on 16 June 1922, under the provisions of the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty to elect a constituent assembly paving the way for the formal establishment of the Irish Free State...

, one of whom was elected. At the 1923 general election

Irish general election, 1923

The Irish general election of 1923 was held on 27 August 1923. The newly elected members of the 4th Dáil assembled at Leinster House on 19 September when the new President of the Executive Council and Executive Council of the Irish Free State were appointed. The election was held just after the end...

, company directors John Good

John Good

John Good was an Irish politician and company director. He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Businessmen's Party Teachta Dála for the Dublin County constituency at the 1923 general election. He was re-elected at the June 1927, September 1927, 1932 and 1933 general elections as an independent. He...

 and William Hewat

William Hewat

William Hewat was an Irish politician and company director. He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Businessmen's Party Teachta Dála for the Dublin North constituency at the 1923 general election. He did not contest the June 1927 general election.-References:...

 were elected in Dublin under the label of Businessmen's Party. The woollen mill owner Andrew O'Shaughnessy

Andrew O'Shaughnessy (politician)

Andrew O'Shaughnessy was an Irish politician and industrialist. O'Shaughnessy started his career with the opening of a creamery in Newmarket in 1895. He then added other creamries in Cork and Tipperary to build the Newmarket Dairy Company which eventually had twenty four branches.In 1903 he...

 won under the label of Cork Progressive Association. Its support base was largely Protestant; its policies were pro-Treaty

Anglo-Irish Treaty

The Anglo-Irish Treaty , officially called the Articles of Agreement for a Treaty Between Great Britain and Ireland, was a treaty between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and representatives of the secessionist Irish Republic that concluded the Irish War of...

 and pro-economic orthodoxy, including low taxes and the Treasury View

Treasury View

In macroeconomics, particularly in the history of economic thought, the Treasury view is the assertion that fiscal policy has no effect on the total amount of economic activity and unemployment, even during times of economic recession. This view was most famously advanced in the 1930s by the staff...

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