Nicholas Mahon Power

Nicholas Mahon Power (1787 – 1873)[1] was an Irish nationalist politician. He sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1847 to 1859.

Career

Standing as a Repeal Association candidate, he was elected at the 1847 general election as one of the two Members of Parliament (MPs) for County Waterford.[2]

He was re-elected at the 1852 general election.[3] Power and his fellow Waterford MP John Esmonde were elected as candidates of the Irish Liberal Party, which had been in alliance with nationalists.[2] Power's brother Patrick had represented Waterford in 1835.[4]

After the election, and Power and Esmonde were among the 40 Irish Liberals who joined the new Independent Irish Party. The new party did not survive, and Power was re-elected as a Liberal in 1857.[2]

He did not contest the 1859 election, and retired from Parliament.[2]

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gollark: Wildly guessing what things are ethical, of course.

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References

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 1)
Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland 1801–1922. A New History of Ireland. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. p. 318. ISBN 0901714127. ISSN 0332-0286.
"No. 21354". The London Gazette. 31 August 1852. p. 2363.
Burke, Bernard (1863). "Power of Faithlegg". A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland. p. 1218.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Hon. Robert Carew William Villiers-Stuart	Member of Parliament for Waterford County 1847 – 1859 With: Robert Keating 1847–52 John Esmonde from 1852	Succeeded by John Esmonde Walter Cecil Talbot

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[rayment-1] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 1)

[walker-2] Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland 1801–1922. A New History of Ireland. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. p. 318. ISBN 0901714127. ISSN 0332-0286.

[gazette-1852-ge-3] "No. 21354". The London Gazette. 31 August 1852. p. 2363.

[Burke1863-4] Burke, Bernard (1863). "Power of Faithlegg". A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland. p. 1218.