Matthew Minch

Matthew Joseph Minch (1857 – 5 June 1921) was an Irish nationalist politician from County Kildare who sat in the United Kingdom House of Commons as Member of Parliament (MP) for South Kildare from 1892 to 1903.^[1]

Minch was first elected at the 1892 general election as an Anti-Parnellite candidate, unseating the sitting Parnellite MP James Leahy.^[2] He was re-elected unopposed in 1895^[3] and also in 1900, on the latter occasion as an Irish Parliamentary Party candidate,^[4] since the split in the party had been resolved earlier that year. He resigned his seat on 12 May 1903, by the procedural device of taking the post of Steward of the Manor of Northstead.^[5]

Minch was also one of the first councillors elected to Kildare County Council, when it was created in 1899.^[6][7][8]

He died at his residence, Rockfield House, Athy, County Kildare, in 1921.

References

1. "Historical list of MPs: constituencies beginning with "K", part 1". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
2. Brian M. Walker, ed. (1978). Parliamentary election results in Ireland 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. p. 147. ISBN 0-901714-12-7.
3. Walker, op. cit., page 154
4. Walker, op. cit, page 161
5. Department of Information Services (9 June 2009). "Appointments to the Chiltern Hundreds and Manor of Northstead Stewardships since 1850" (PDF). House of Commons Library. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
6. "Minutes Of Centenary Meeting Of The Council Held On 22nd April, 1999 At St. Mary’s, Naas". Kildare County Council. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
7. "Centenary meeting of Kildare County Council held yesterday". Kildare Net News. 23 April 1999. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
8. "Centenary of Kildare County Council". Kildare Nationalist. 30 April 1999. Retrieved 5 December 2009.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Matthew Minch