Name Nicholas Power Role Politician | Died 1873 | |
Nicholas Mahon Power (1787 – 1823) was an Irish nationalist politician. He sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1847 to 1859.
Career
Standing as a Repeal Association candidate, he was elected at the 1847 general election as one of the two Members of Parliament (MPs) for County Waterford.
He was re-elected at the 1852 general election. Power and his fellow Waterford MP John Esmonde were elected as candidates of the Irish Liberal Party, which had been in alliance with nationalists. Power's brother Patrick had represented Waterford in 1835.
After the election, and Power and Esmonde were among the 40 Irish Liberals who joined the new Independent Irish Party. The new party did not survive, and Power was re-elected as a Liberal in 1857.
He did not contest the 1859 election, and retired from Parliament.