Patrick Power (died 25 August 1835) was Whig Party Westminster MP for

County Waterford County Waterford ( ga, Contae Phort Láirge) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and is part of the South-East Region, Ireland, South-East Region. It is named ...

from the 1835 general election until his death. He stood for election with the backing of

Daniel O'Connell Daniel O'Connell (I) ( ga, Dónall Ó Conaill; 6 August 1775 – 15 May 1847), hailed in his time as The Liberator, was the acknowledged political leader of Ireland's Roman Catholic majority in the first half of the 19th century. His mobilizat ...

, who supported

Repeal of the Union The Repeal Association was an Irish mass membership political movement set up by Daniel O'Connell in 1830 to campaign for a repeal of the Acts of Union of 1800 between Great Britain and Ireland. The Association's aim was to revert Ireland to th ...

, and was returned unopposed with Sir Richard Musgrave. He was a

justice of the peace A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or ''puisne'' court, elected or appointed by means of a commission ( letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the sa ...

, and lived in Bellevue,

County Kilkenny County Kilkenny ( gle, Contae Chill Chainnigh) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the South-East Region. It is named after the city of Kilkenny. Kilkenny County Council is the local authority for the cou ...

. He was the younger brother of

Nicholas Mahon Power Nicholas Mahon Power (1787 – 1873) was an Irish nationalist politician. He sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1847 to 1859. Career Nicholas Mahon Power was among the principal lessors in the parishes of Ballynakill and Fa ...

. He was married to Mary Snow; they had four sons and one daughter.

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Politicians from County Waterford Politicians from County Kilkenny UK MPs 1835–1837 Whig (British political party) MPs for Irish constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Waterford constituencies (1801–1922) 1835 deaths {{Ireland-UK-MP-stub