Jasper Tully (1859 – 16 September 1938) was an Irish

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politician and

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(MP) in the

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of the

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. He was elected as the

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(Anti-Parnellite) MP for the South Leitrim constituency at the 1892 general election, and was re-elected unopposed at the 1895 general election. He was elected as the

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MP at the 1900 general election. He did not contest the 1906 general election, but he did stand unsuccessfully in the North Roscommon by-election of February 1917, when Sinn Fein scored its first parliamentary election victory over the Irish Party. At the declaration of poll on 5 February he said he was delighted that Sinn Fein had won.Freeman's Journal, 6 February 1917, p.5.

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* 1859 births 1938 deaths Irish Parliamentary Party MPs Anti-Parnellite MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Leitrim constituencies (1801–1922) UK MPs 1892–1895 UK MPs 1895–1900 UK MPs 1900–1906 Politicians from County Leitrim {{Ireland-UK-MP-stub