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Martin Joseph Murphy (1862 – 4 September 1919) 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 elected unopposed as an
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 ...
MP at East Waterford by-election on 15 February 1913, following the death of the incumbent Irish Parliamentary Party MP,
Patrick Joseph Power Patrick Joseph Power (17 November 1850 – 8 January 1913) was an Irish Catholic landlord and Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), MP. He was elected Home Rule MP for County Waterford (UK Parliament constituency), County Waterford in 1884. Afte ...
. He did not contest the 1918 general election.


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* 1862 births 1919 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Waterford constituencies (1801–1922) UK MPs 1910–1918 Politicians from County Waterford Irish Parliamentary Party MPs {{Ireland-UK-MP-stub