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when he protested against the enabling of

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- Jewish marriages. He joined to the

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movement of

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which transformed into the National Anti-Semitic Party. He was elected to a member of the House of Representatives in 1884 elections in the colours of his party. He became co-chairman of the group along with

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. Ónody represented the Independence faction (which rejected the Austro-Hungarian Compromise), while Andreánszky was the advocate of the pro-Ausgleich members. Despite this the party divided soon and virtually eliminated in 1892. During 1887 elections he unsuccessfully launched from Moderate Opposition list but soon in a by-election he was elected to MP as a representative of Nógrád. He could repeated his success in 1892 (the party renamed itself to National Party).

References

*''Magyar életrajzi lexikon I. (A–K).'' ed. Kenyeres, Ágnes. Budapest.

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. 1967. p. 35. *''Magyar nagylexikon II. (And–Bag).'' ed. Élesztős, László, Rostás, Sándor. Budapest.

. 1994. p. 28. {{DEFAULTSORT:Andreanszky, Gabor 1848 births 1908 deaths Politicians from Vienna People from Austria-Hungary