Nicholas Mahon Power

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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 Whig 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 Whigs who joined the new Independent Irish Party. The new party did not survive, and Power was re-elected as a Whig in 1857.[2]

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

References[]

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 1)
  2. ^ a b c d 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.
  3. ^ "No. 21354". The London Gazette. 31 August 1852. p. 2363.
  4. ^ Burke, Bernard (1863). "Power of Faithlegg". A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland. Harrison. p. 1218.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Waterford County
1847–1859
With: Robert Keating 1847–52
John Esmonde from 1852 		Succeeded by
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