Timothy O'Sullivan (7 January 1879 – 5 August 1950) was an Irish

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politician who was

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(MP) for East Kerry from December 1910 to 1918, taking his seat in the

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of what was then the

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. The East Kerry seat had been won at the

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by his cousin Eugene O'Sullivan, who had been unseated in June by an electoral court which found that he had used intimidation to win the election. No

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was called, and the seat remained vacant until the

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, when Timothy O'Sullivan was elected as an

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candidate. He won the seat with 66% of the votes, defeating the

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candidate Patrick Guiney. (Guiney had been MP for North Cork since January 1910, and contested two constituencies in the December elections. He returned for North Cork). O'Sullivan did not stand at the 1918 general election, when

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was elected unopposed.Walker, op. cit., page 189

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* , - 1879 births 1950 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Kerry constituencies (1801–1922) UK MPs 1910–1918 Irish Parliamentary Party MPs {{Ireland-UK-MP-stub