Michael Sullivan (MP) explained

Michael Sullivan
Office:Member of Parliament
for Kilkenny City
Term Start:18 December 1847
Term End:13 July 1865
Predecessor:John O'Connell
Successor:John Gray
Birth Date:1809
Nationality:Irish
Party:Liberal
Otherparty:Independent Irish
Repeal Association

Michael Sullivan (1809 – 1878)[1] was an Irish Liberal, Independent Irish Party and Repeal Association politician,[2] and a merchant.[3]

Sullivan was elected Repeal Association Member of Parliament (MP) for Kilkenny City at a by-election in 1847—held because John O'Connell, who had been elected for the seat at the 1847 general election, had opted to sit for Limerick City where he had also been elected. Becoming an Independent Irish candidate in 1852, and a Liberal in 1859, Sullivan held the seat until 1865, when he did not seek re-election.[4]

Sullivan was High Sheriff of County Kilkenny in 1870.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rayment . Leigh . The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "K" . Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page . 2 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181002190829/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Kcommons1.htm . 2 October 2018 . usurped . 29 August 2018 .
  2. News: Cork Examiner . 2 October 2018 . 22 December 1847 . 3 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
  3. Book: Wiebe . M. G. . Millar . Mary S. . Robson . Ann P. . Hawman . Ellen L. . 1982 . Benjamin Disraeli Letters: 1857-1859 . University of Toronto Press . Toronto . 0-8020-8728-0 . 383 . . 2 October 2018.
  4. Book: Walker. B.M.. Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. 1978. Royal Irish Academy. Dublin. 0901714127. 287.