Edward Mitchell (Irish politician) explained

Edward Mitchell (1859–1921)^[1] was an Irish Russellite Unionist politician.

He defeated James Craig^[2] to be elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Fermanagh at a by-election on 20 March 1903 after the resignation of the Unionist MP Edward Archdale.^[3]

At the next general election, in January 1906 the Russellites did not manage to hold their early by-election gains. They won one new seat, but lost to mainstream Unionists both of the seats gained at by-elections, including Mitchell's. He did not stand again.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Historical list of MPs: constituencies beginning with "F" . Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages . 15 December 2009 . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20120211100955/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Fcommons.htm . 11 February 2012 .
2. D. George Boyce, ‘Craig, James, first Viscount Craigavon (1871–1940)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2011
3. Book: Parliamentary election results in Ireland 1801–1922 . Brian M. Walker . Royal Irish Academy . Dublin . 1978 . 0-901714-12-7 . 164.
4. Walker, op. cit., page 167