Gerald Fitzgibbon Brunskill
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Gerald Fitzgibbon Brunskill (1866–1918) was an Irish Unionist Party
politician who served briefly as Member of Parliament
(MP) for Mid Tyrone
. He was elected in the general election of January 1910, but narrowly lost the seat in the December 1910 general election to Richard McGhee
.
Irish Unionist Party
The Irish Unionist Alliance was a Unionist party founded in Ireland in 1891 to oppose plans for Gladstonian and Parnellite Home Rule for Ireland. The party was led for much of its life by Colonel Edward James Saunderson and later by the William St John Brodrick, Earl of Midleton...
politician who served briefly as 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 Mid Tyrone
Mid Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency)
Mid Tyrone was a UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland. It returned one Member of Parliament to the British House of Commons 1885–1918.Before the 1885 general election the area was part of the Tyrone constituency...
. He was elected in the general election of January 1910, but narrowly lost the seat in the December 1910 general election to Richard McGhee
Richard McGhee
Richard McGhee was an Irish Protestant Nationalist home rule politician. A Land League and trade union activist, he was a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for more than 20 years.-Family and education:McGhee was born in Lurgan, County...
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