James Delahunty
James Delahunty (1808 – 15 June 1885)[1] was an Irish Liberal Party politician from Waterford.
He was elected at the 1868 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Waterford City,[2] but was defeated at the 1874 general election, when both the city's seats were won by candidates of the Home Rule Party.[2]
He returned to the House of Commons three years later, when he was elected at a by-election in January 1877 as MP for County Waterford following the death of Sir John Esmonde, Bt.[3] This time Delahunty was himself a Home Rule candidate, and he defeated his Liberal opponent by a margin of more than 3:1.[4]
Delahunty "was laughed at because of the dullness of his oratory".[5] In 1878 he caused amusement in the Commons by spreading on his bench sundry personal items taken from his bag in a long search for the notes for his speech on the Money Laws (Ireland) Bill.[6][7]
References
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 1)[self-published source][better source needed]
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- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 24409. p. 369. 26 January 1877. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
- ↑ Walker, op. cit. page 319
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External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by James Delahunty
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Waterford City 1868 – 1874 With: John Aloysius Blake to 1869 Sir Henry Barron, Bt 1869–70 Ralph Bernal Osborne 1870–74 |
Succeeded by Richard Power Purcell O'Gorman |
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for County Waterford 1877 – 1880 With: Lord Charles Beresford |
Succeeded by John Aloysius Blake Henry Villiers-Stuart |
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