Andrew Carew O'Dwyer (1800 – 15 November 1877) was an Irish politician. Born in

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, O'Dwyer trained as a barrister, while writing articles for periodicals. After qualifying, he lived on Upper Mount Street in

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. He stood in

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at the

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. He made great efforts before the election to register voters newly eligible under the

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, and just before the election was endorsed by

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as a

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candidate. He won the seat, and was re-elected at the

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, but was then unseated on petition. He stood in the resulting 1835 Drogheda by-election and was re-elected, but as he had already been deemed ineligible, his opponent, Randall Edward Plunkett, was instead awarded the seat. In 1837, O'Dwyer was appointed as the filacer of the exchequer, serving until the office was abolished in 1845, and then received a substantial pension. At the 1857 UK general election, he stood in

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, but took last place.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:O'Dwyer, Andrew 1800 births 1877 deaths Irish Repeal Association MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Louth constituencies (1801–1922) Lawyers from Cork (city) UK MPs 1832–1835 UK MPs 1835–1837 19th-century Irish lawyers Politicians from Cork (city) Irish barristers