John O'Connor ( – 12 January 1891) was an Irish

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politician who was elected in 1885 as Lord Mayor of Dublin and also as a

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(MP) for South Kerry. O'Connor was the son of a farmer at

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, and owned several

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s. He married the daughter of a

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, a Mr White. He was an

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and Lord Mayor in 1885. At the general election in December 1885 he won the newly created South Kerry constituency for the Irish Parliamentary Party by more than 20 to 1 over the "Loyalist" candidate, taking his seat in the House of Commons of the

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. O'Connor was re-elected unopposed in 1886,''The Times'', 1 December 1885, states that O’Connor unsuccessfully contested Co. Kildare in 1880, but this is contradicted by Walker (ed.) (1978). but resigned his seat in September 1887.

References

Sources

* ''The Times'' (London), 1 December 1885 * Brian M. Walker (ed.), ''Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922'', Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, 1978

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:OConnor, John 1830s births 1891 deaths Year of birth uncertain Irish Parliamentary Party MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Kerry constituencies (1801–1922) Lord Mayors of Dublin Politicians from County Kildare UK MPs 1885–1886 UK MPs 1886–1892