Timothy O'Sullivan (nationalist politician)
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Timothy O'Sullivan was an Irish
nationalist
politician who was Member of Parliament
(MP) for East Kerry from December 1910 to 1918, taking his seat in the House of Commons of what was then the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
.
The East Kerry seat had been won at the January 1910 general election by his cousin Eugene O'Sullivan
, who had been unseated in June by an electoral court which found that he had used intimidation to win the election. No by-election
was called, and the seat remained vacant until the December 1910 general election, when Timothy O'Sullivan was elected as an Irish Parliamentary Party
candidate. He won the seat with 66% of the votes, defeating the All-for-Ireland League
candidate Patrick Guiney
. (Guiney had been MP for North Cork
since January 1910, and contested two constituencies in the December elections. He returned for North Cork).
O'Sullivan did not stand at the 1918 general election, when Piaras Béaslaí
of Sinn Féin
was elected unopposed.
Ireland
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Irish nationalism
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politician who was Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for East Kerry from December 1910 to 1918, taking his seat in the House of Commons of what was then the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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.
The East Kerry seat had been won at the January 1910 general election by his cousin Eugene O'Sullivan
Eugene O'Sullivan (Irish politician)
Eugene O'Sullivan was an Irish nationalist politician and farmer, who was elected Member of Parliament for East Kerry in January 1910, but was unseated on petition shortly afterwards....
, who had been unseated in June by an electoral court which found that he had used intimidation to win the election. No by-election
By-election
A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....
was called, and the seat remained vacant until the December 1910 general election, when Timothy O'Sullivan was elected as an 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. He won the seat with 66% of the votes, defeating the All-for-Ireland League
All-for-Ireland League
The All-for-Ireland League , was an Irish, Munster-based political party . Founded by William O'Brien MP, it generated a new national movement to achieve agreement between the different parties concerned on the historically difficult aim of Home Rule for the whole of Ireland...
candidate Patrick Guiney
Patrick Guiney
Patrick Guiney was an Irish Nationalist politician and a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland....
. (Guiney had been MP for North Cork
North Cork (UK Parliament constituency)
North Cork , a division of County Cork, was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1885 to 1922 it returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.Until the 1885 general...
since January 1910, and contested two constituencies in the December elections. He returned for North Cork).
O'Sullivan did not stand at the 1918 general election, when Piaras Béaslaí
Piaras Béaslaí
Piaras Béaslaí was a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, a member of Dáil Éireann and also an Irish author, playwright, biographer and translator....
of Sinn Féin
Sinn Féin
Sinn Féin is a left wing, Irish republican political party in Ireland. The name is Irish for "ourselves" or "we ourselves", although it is frequently mistranslated as "ourselves alone". Originating in the Sinn Féin organisation founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith, it took its current form in 1970...
was elected unopposed.