Daniel Boyle (politician)
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Daniel Boyle was an Irish Parliamentary Party
politician. He was elected at the January 1910 general election as the Member of Parliament
(MP) for North Mayo
, and held the seat until his defeat at the 1918 general election by the Sinn Féin
candidate, Dr John Crowley
.
Irish Parliamentary Party
The Irish Parliamentary Party was formed in 1882 by Charles Stewart Parnell, the leader of the Nationalist Party, replacing the Home Rule League, as official parliamentary party for Irish nationalist Members of Parliament elected to the House of Commons at...
politician. He was elected at the January 1910 general election as the Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) for North Mayo
North Mayo (UK Parliament constituency)
North Mayo was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1922....
, and held the seat until his defeat at the 1918 general election by the Sinn Féin
Sinn Féin
Sinn Féin is a left wing, Irish republican political party in Ireland. The name is Irish for "ourselves" or "we ourselves", although it is frequently mistranslated as "ourselves alone". Originating in the Sinn Féin organisation founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith, it took its current form in 1970...
candidate, Dr John Crowley
John Crowley (Irish politician)
John Crowley was an Irish Sinn Féin politician and medical practitioner.-Education and medical career:Crowley received his early education in his home town of Cork. He attended the University of Glasgow and the Royal University of Edinburgh in Scotland where he obtained a medical degree...
.