Nicholas Daniel Murphy

Nicholas Daniel Murphy (1811– 6 January 1889)[1][2] was an Irish politician from Cork. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1865 to 1880.

Standing as a Liberal, he was elected to the Parliament of the United Kingdom at a by-election on 14 February 1865 for Cork City, after the resignation from the House of Commons of the Liberal MP Francis Lyons.[3] He was re-elected unopposed at the general election in July 1865,[4] and held the seat against Irish Conservative Party candidates at the 1868 general election.[5] In 1874, having joined the new Home Rule League (founded in 1873), he was returned to the House of Commons for a fourth time, defeating both Conservative candidates and an independent nationalist.[6]

However, at the 1880 general election, he stood once again as a Liberal, but lost his seat.[7]

References

  1. Bridget Hourican (2009), "Murphy, Nicholas Daniel" in the Dictionary of Irish Biography. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
  2. "Historical list of MPs: House of Commons constituencies beginning with "C", part 5". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
  3. Brian M. Walker, ed. (1978). Parliamentary election results in Ireland 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. p. 100. ISBN 0-901714-12-7.
  4. Walker, op. cit., page 102
  5. Walker, op. cit., page 108
  6. Walker, op. cit., pages 115–116
  7. Walker, op. cit., pages 123
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Francis Lyons
Francis Beamish
Member of Parliament for Cork City
18651880
With: Francis Beamish to July 1865
John Maguire 1865–1872
Joseph Philip Ronayne 1872–1876
William Goulding 1876–1880
Succeeded by
John Daly
Charles Stewart Parnell


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