Anthony O'Flaherty

Anthony O'Flaherty
Member of Parliament
for Galway Borough
In office
2 August 1847 – 13 July 1857
Serving with Ulick de Burgh (Apr. 1857–Jul. 1857)
Martin Joseph Blake (1847–Apr. 1857)
Preceded by James Henry Monahan
Martin Joseph Blake
Succeeded by Ulick de Burgh
John Orrell Lever
Personal details
Born 1800
Died 1866 (aged 65–66)
Nationality Irish
Political party Whig
Other political
affiliations		 Independent Irish Party
Repeal Association

Anthony O'Flaherty (1800 – 1866)[1] was an Irish Whig, Independent Irish Party and Repeal Association politician.[2][3]

O'Flaherty was first elected Repeal Association MP for Galway Borough at the 1847 general election and—elected for the Independent Irish Party in 1852, and the Whigs in April 1857—held the seat until July 1857 when he was unseated due to bribery by his agents.[2][4]

References

  1. ↑ Rayment, Leigh (13 September 2018). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "G"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 30 September 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  2. 1 2 Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. p. 282. ISBN 978-0901714121.
  3. ↑ Ollivier, John (1841). Ollivier's parliamentary and political directory for the Session 1841, 1848, Volume 1. p. 27. Retrieved 30 September 2018 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ "Imperial Parliament". The Ipswich Journal. 18 July 1857. p. 4. Retrieved 30 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
James Henry Monahan
Martin Joseph Blake		 Member of Parliament for Galway Borough
1847–1857
With: Ulick de Burgh (Apr. 1857–Jul. 1857)
Martin Joseph Blake (1847–Apr. 1857)		 Succeeded by
Ulick de Burgh
John Orrell Lever
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