William Duffy (politician) explained

William Duffy
Office:Teachta Dála
Term Start:June 1927
Term End:September 1927
Constituency:Galway
Office2:Member of Parliament
Term Start2:October 1900
Term End2:December 1918
Constituency2:South Galway
Birth Date:7 April 1865
Birth Place:County Galway, Ireland
Death Place:County Galway, Ireland
Nationality:Irish
Party:National League Party
Otherparty:Irish Parliamentary Party

William John Duffy (7 April 1865 – 1 January 1945) was an Irish nationalist politician from County Galway.[1] He was one of the few people to have served both in the United Kingdom House of Commons and in Dáil Éireann.

His parents were Laurence Duffy from Lisduff, County Galway (1827–1872) and Mary Higgins of Athenry, County Galway (1827–1899).

Duffy was elected at the 1900 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for South Galway,[2] as an Irish Parliamentary Party candidate, and held the seat until his defeat at the 1918 general election by the Sinn Féin candidate Frank Fahy.[3]

At the June 1927 Irish general election, he was elected as National League Party Teachta Dála (TD) for Galway.[4] He did not contest the September 1927 Irish general election.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Historical list of MPs: constituencies beginning with "M", part 2. https://web.archive.org/web/20090810231355/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Gcommons1.htm. 10 August 2009. Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. usurped. 19 December 2009.
  2. Book: Parliamentary election results in Ireland 1801–1922. Brian M. Walker. Royal Irish Academy. Dublin. 1978. 0-901714-12-7. 353.
  3. Walker, op. cit, page 189
  4. Web site: William Duffy. Oireachtas Members Database. 4 June 2012.
  5. Web site: William Duffy. ElectionsIreland.org. 4 June 2012.