John McKean (6 January 1869 – 14 May 1942) was an Irish

nationalist Nationalism is an idea and movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the state. As a movement, nationalism tends to promote the interests of a particular nation (as in a group of people), Smith, Anthony. ''Nationalism: The ...

politician and

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(MP) in the

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of the

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. He was first elected unopposed as the

Irish Parliamentary Party The Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP; commonly called the Irish Party or the Home Rule Party) was formed in 1874 by Isaac Butt, the leader of the Nationalist Party, replacing the Home Rule League, as official parliamentary party for Irish national ...

(IPP) MP for the South Monaghan constituency at the 1902 South Monaghan by-election, caused by the resignation of James Daly. He was re-elected at the

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, January 1910 and

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general elections. From 1909, having left the IPP, he sat as an

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MP. He did not contest the 1918 general election.

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* * 1869 births 1942 deaths Irish Parliamentary Party MPs Independent Nationalist MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Monaghan constituencies (1801–1922) UK MPs 1900–1906 UK MPs 1906–1910 UK MPs 1910 UK MPs 1910–1918 Politicians from County Monaghan {{Ireland-UK-MP-stub