Peter Murnoy was a nationalist politician

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 and political activist in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

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.

Murnoy was a farmer

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 and was a volunteer in the Irish Republican Army

Irish Republican Army

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 from 1916 until 1922. In 1926, he was the joint founder of the National Defence Association, which opposed recognition of Stormont

Parliament Buildings (Northern Ireland)

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. In 1937, Murnoy launched the National Council of Unity, which aimed to apply the new Constitution of Ireland

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 to the whole of the island.

Murnoy was elected to the Parliament of Northern Ireland

Parliament of Northern Ireland

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 as the Nationalist Party

Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)

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 MP for South Down

South Down (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

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 at the 1945 general election. He was active in the Irish Anti-Partition League, but controversially refused to condemn T. J. Campbell

Thomas Joseph Campbell

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 leaving the Parliament to become a judge

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. Murnoy was defeated at the South Down Nationalist selection convention before the Northern Ireland general election, 1949

Northern Ireland general election, 1949

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, and stood down.