Martin Flavin (politician)

Martin Flavin (1841 – 1916) ^{[1] [2]} was an Irish nationalist politician, butter merchant and prominent businessman ^[2] from Cork. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1891 to 1892 .

Flavin was chairman of the Cork-Macroom Railway Co. and was a director of the Cork Imperial Hotel Co. ^[2] Being an Alderman on Cork Corporation in 1891, he was selected to stand for election ^[2] to the United Kingdom House of Commons as an Anti-Parnellite candidate at a by-election held on 6 November 1891 for the Cork City constituency, to fill the vacancy caused by Parnell's death.^[3] He won the by-election with a large majority,^[3] defeating both the future Irish nationalist leader, John Redmond and a Unionist candidate, ^[2] but due to ill-health ^[2] he did not stand at the next general election, held in July 1892, when both of Cork City's two seats were won by Anti-Parnellites.^[4]

He died at his Summerhill, Cork residence on 30 December 1916. ^[2]

Notes

1. ^ "Historical list of MPs: House of Commons constituencies beginning with "C", part 5". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ccommons5.htm. Retrieved 04 December 2009. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} Cadogan, Tim & Falvey, Jeremiah: A Biographical Dictionary of Cork, Four Courts Press (2006), ISBN 1-84682-030-8
3. ^ ^{a b} Brian M. Walker, ed (1978). Parliamentary election results in Ireland 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. p. 143. ISBN 0 901714 12 7. 
4. ^ Walker, op. cit., page 145

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Martin Flavin

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Charles Stewart Parnell Maurice Healy	Member of Parliament for Cork City 1891 – 1892 With: Maurice Healy	Succeeded by William O'Brien Maurice Healy

Persondata
Name	Flavin, Martin
Alternative names
Short description	businessman and politician
Date of birth	1841
Place of birth	Cork
Date of death	1916
Place of death	Cork