James McCann (Drogheda MP) explained

James McCann
Office:Member of Parliament
for Drogheda
Term Start:13 July 1852
Term End:17 July 1865
Predecessor:William Somerville
Successor:Benjamin Whitworth
Death Date:1873
Nationality:Irish
Party:Liberal/Whig
Otherparty:Independent Irish Party

James McCann (died 1873) was an Irish Liberal, Whig and Independent Irish Party politician.[1]

McCann was first elected Independent Irish Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Drogheda at the 1852 general election and—standing as a Whig in 1857 and Liberal in 1859—held the seat until 1865 when he did not seek re-election.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Wexford Independent . 30 September 2018 . 7 March 1857 . 2 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
  2. Book: Walker. B.M.. Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. 1978. Royal Irish Academy. Dublin. 978-0901714121. 270.
  3. Web site: Rayment . Leigh . The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "D" . Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page . 30 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180930123448/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Dcommons3.htm . 30 September 2018 . usurped . 25 July 2018 .