Edward Charles Thompson (1 April 1851 – 20 January 1933) was an Irish

nationalist Nationalism is an idea or movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the State (polity), state. As a movement, it presupposes the existence and tends to promote the interests of a particular nation,Anthony D. Smith, Smith, A ...

politician and member of parliament (MP) in the

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of the

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. He was elected unopposed as the

Irish Parliamentary Party The Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP; commonly called the Irish Party or the Home Rule Party) was formed in 1874 by Isaac Butt, the leader of the Nationalist Party, replacing the Home Rule League, as official parliamentary party for Irish nati ...

MP for the North Monaghan constituency at the 1900 by-election, which was caused by the death of Daniel MacAleese. He did not contest the

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* * 1851 births 1933 deaths Irish Parliamentary Party MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Monaghan constituencies (1801–1922) UK MPs 1900–1906 People from County Monaghan {{Ireland-UK-MP-stub