John Thomas Donovan (1878 – 17 January 1922) was an
Irish barrister and
nationalist politician who sat in the
House of Commons from 1914 to 1918.
Born in
Belfast, Donovan was called to the bar at the
King's Inns
The Honorable Society of King's Inns ( ir, Cumann Onórach Óstaí an Rí) is the "Inn of Court" for the Bar of Ireland. Established in 1541, King's Inns is Ireland's oldest school of law and one of Ireland's significant historical environment ...
in 1914.
He was elected as the
Member of Parliament (MP) for
West Wicklow at a
by-election in August 1914, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
Edward Peter O'Kelly.
He did not defend his seat at the
1918 general election,
when it was won by the
Sinn Féin candidate. He stood instead in
South Donegal, where he was defeated by Sinn Féin's
Peter J. Ward
Peter Joseph Ward (1 November 1891 – 6 January 1970) was an Irish Sinn Féin (later Cumann na nGaedheal) politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) in the Dáil Éireann from 1919 to 1924.
Ward was born Faiafannan, County Donegal on 1 No ...
.
[Walker, op. cit., page 387]
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1878 births
1922 deaths
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Wicklow constituencies (1801–1922)
UK MPs 1910–1918
Irish Parliamentary Party MPs
Irish barristers
Politicians from Belfast
Alumni of King's Inns
Lawyers from Belfast
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