Patrick White (1860–1935)
was an
Irish Nationalist politician. A member of the
Irish Parliamentary Party, he was
Member of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...
(MP) for
North Meath from 1900 to 1918.
He was elected to the
United Kingdom House of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the upper house, the House of Lords, it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London, England.
The House of Commons is an elected body consisting of 650 mem ...
at the
general election in October 1900, narrowly defeating (by 2324 votes to 2292) the outgoing MP
James Gibney
James Gibney (14 December 1847 – 25 May 1908) was an Irish Nationalist politician. An Anti-Parnellite, he was an Irish National Federation Member of Parliament (MP) for North Meath from 1893 to 1900.
He was elected to the United Kingdom House ...
, who had stood as a
Healyite Nationalist
In Irish politics of the 1890s and 1900s, the Healyite Nationalists (sometimes also known as Independent Nationalists) were Irish nationalist politicians who supported Tim Healy MP.
Healy was the most outspoken member of the Anti-Parnellite ma ...
.
White was re-elected unopposed at the next three general elections,
but did not stand again in
1918
This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide.
Events
Below, the events ...
.
[Walker, op. cit., page 190]
References
External links
*
1860 births
1935 deaths
Irish Parliamentary Party MPs
UK MPs 1900–1906
UK MPs 1906–1910
UK MPs 1910
UK MPs 1910–1918
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Meath constituencies (1801–1922)
{{Ireland-UK-MP-stub