James Gibney was an Irish Nationalist

Irish nationalism

Irish nationalism manifests itself in political and social movements and in sentiment inspired by a love for Irish culture, language and history, and as a sense of pride in Ireland and in the Irish people...

 politician. An anti-Parnellite, he was Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

 (MP) for North Meath

North Meath (UK Parliament constituency)

North Meath was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885–1922.Prior to the United Kingdom general election, 1885 the area was part of the Meath constituency. From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament....

 from 1893 to 1900.

He was elected to the United Kingdom House of Commons at an unopposed by-election

By-election

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 on 21 February 1893, after the result of the 1892 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1892

The 1892 United Kingdom general election was held from 4 July to 26 July 1892. It saw the Conservatives, led by Lord Salisbury, win the greatest number of seats, but not enough for an overall majority as William Ewart Gladstone's Liberals won many more seats than in the 1886 general election...

 in North Meath was overturned on petition at the next general election, in 1895

United Kingdom general election, 1895

The United Kingdom general election of 1895 was held from 13 July - 7 August 1895. It was won by the Conservatives led by Lord Salisbury who formed an alliance with the Liberal Unionist Party and had a large majority over the Liberals, led by Lord Rosebery...

, Gibney was re-elected with a narrow majority over the Parnellite candidate John Sweetman

John Sweetman

John Sweetman was an Irish nationalist politician who served as an anti-Parnellite Member of Parliament in the 1890s, but later radicalised...

. At the 1900 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1900

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, when the Irish Parliamentary Party

Irish Parliamentary Party

The Irish Parliamentary Party was formed in 1882 by Charles Stewart Parnell, the leader of the Nationalist Party, replacing the Home Rule League, as official parliamentary party for Irish nationalist Members of Parliament elected to the House of Commons at...

 reunited after its 9-year split, Gibney stood as a Healyite Nationalist

Healyite Nationalist

The Healyite Nationalists were Irish Nationalist politicians who supported Timothy Healy MP.Healy was the most outspoken member of the anti-Parnellite majority in the Irish Parliamentary Party...

 and lost seat to the Irish Parliamentary Party

Irish Parliamentary Party

The Irish Parliamentary Party was formed in 1882 by Charles Stewart Parnell, the leader of the Nationalist Party, replacing the Home Rule League, as official parliamentary party for Irish nationalist Members of Parliament elected to the House of Commons at...

 candidate Patrick White

Patrick White (politician)

Patrick White was an Irish Nationalist politician. A member of the Irish Parliamentary Party, he was Member of Parliament for North Meath from 1900 to 1918....

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