James Christopher Flynn
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James Christopher Flynn was an Irish nationalist politician who served for 25 years as a member of the Irish Parliamentary Party
in the House of Commons of what was then the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
.
Flynn was elected at the 1885 general election
as the Member of Parliament
(MP) for North Cork
, and was re-elected unopposed at the next 5 general elections. When the Irish Party split in 1891, Flynn sided with the Anti-Parnellite majority, and rejoined the united party when the split was resolved in 1900. He held his seat until he stood down from the Commons at the January 1910 general election.
He argued for Parliament's working hours to be altered. He was arrested under the Crimes Act in February 1888 for conspiracy.
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...
in the House of Commons of what was then the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the formal name of the United Kingdom during the period when what is now the Republic of Ireland formed a part of it....
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Flynn was elected at the 1885 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1885
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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 Cork
North Cork (UK Parliament constituency)
North Cork , a division of County Cork, was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1885 to 1922 it returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.Until the 1885 general...
, and was re-elected unopposed at the next 5 general elections. When the Irish Party split in 1891, Flynn sided with the Anti-Parnellite majority, and rejoined the united party when the split was resolved in 1900. He held his seat until he stood down from the Commons at the January 1910 general election.
He argued for Parliament's working hours to be altered. He was arrested under the Crimes Act in February 1888 for conspiracy.