Arthur O'Connor (1 October 1844 – 30 March 1923), was an
Irish politician and
Member of Parliament (MP) in the
Parliament
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of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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from 1880 to 1900.
He was elected to the
House of Commons
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as MP. for
Queen's County at the
1880 general election, until the constituency was divided at the
1885 general election.
He then contested both the new
Queen's County Ossory seat and
East Donegal for the
Irish Parliamentary Party
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in 1885 and was elected for both. He chose to sit for East Donegal.
He was elected as an
Anti-Parnellite
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MP in the
1892 general election, holding that seat through the
1895 general election for Donegal East until the
1900 general election when as a
QC., he was defeated standing as an
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 m ...
for Donegal North.
[Walker, Brian M. (ed.): ''Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922'', p. 159, Royal Irish Academy Press, Dublin (1978) ]
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1844 births
1923 deaths
Irish Parliamentary Party MPs
Anti-Parnellite MPs
Healyite Nationalist MPs
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Queen's County constituencies (1801–1922)
UK MPs 1880–1885
UK MPs 1885–1886
UK MPs 1886–1892
UK MPs 1892–1895
UK MPs 1895–1900
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Donegal constituencies (1801–1922)
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