Eugene O'Sullivan (Irish politician)

Eugene O'Sullivan (1879 – 19 May 1942) was an Irish nationalist politician and farmer, who as an Independent Nationalist was elected Member of Parliament of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in January 1910, but was unseated on petition shortly afterwards.

O'Sullivan was elected as Member of Parliament for East Kerry at the January 1910 general election, defeating the incumbent Nationalist member John Murphy by 489 votes. Elected as an independent, O'Sullivan chose to immediately join the Irish Parliamentary Party. The defeated member, Murphy, launched an election petition, alleging intimidation and irregularities at the election.

The petition was heard in June 1910, at Killarney before Mr. Justices Madden and Kenny. After 7 days of hearings the judges found for Murphy, and O'Sullivan was unseated ["The Times", 30 June, 1910] . However, the Nationalists failed to move the writ for a by-election, and the seat remained vacant until the December 1910 general election ["The Times", 21 November, 1910] .

At that election, O'Sullivan's cousin, Timothy O'Sullivan, held the seat for the Irish Parliamentary Party.

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List of United Kingdom MPs with the shortest service

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