Thomas Francis Smyth (1875–1937) was an Irish

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politician and

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(MP) in the

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of the

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. He was first elected unopposed as the

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MP for the Leitrim South constituency at the 1906 general election, and was again re-elected at the January 1910 and December 1910 general elections.

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* * 1875 births 1937 deaths Irish Parliamentary Party MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Leitrim constituencies (1801–1922) UK MPs 1906–1910 UK MPs 1910 UK MPs 1910–1918 People from County Leitrim {{Ireland-UK-MP-stub