Michael McGurk (ca. 1883 – 23 June 1948) was a

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politician and farmer in Northern Ireland. McGurk became active in the Irish

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campaign in the early 1900s. He was subsequently elected to Tyrone County Council and

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.Brendan Lynn, ''Holding the Ground: The Nationalist Party in Northern Ireland, 194–72'' (1997), McGurk was elected to the

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as an

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Nationalist and Farmers' candidate at a by-election in Mid Tyrone in 1941. He held the seat at the

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,Biographies of Members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons
/ref> and was active mainly on agricultural issues. In Parliament, he sat with the Nationalist Party group.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:McGurk, Michael 1948 deaths Members of Tyrone County Council Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1938–1945 Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1945–1949 Nationalist Party (Ireland) politicians Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland for County Tyrone constituencies Year of birth uncertain