Patrick Power (died 25 August 1835) was Whig Party Westminster MP for

County Waterford County Waterford () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and is part of the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. It is named after the city of Waterford. ...

from the 1835 general election until his death. He stood for election with the backing of

Daniel O'Connell Daniel(I) O’Connell (; 6 August 1775 – 15 May 1847), hailed in his time as The Liberator, was the acknowledged political leader of Ireland's Roman Catholic majority in the first half of the 19th century. His mobilisation of Catholic Irelan ...

, who supported

Repeal of the Union A repeal (O.F. ''rapel'', modern ''rappel'', from ''rapeler'', ''rappeler'', revoke, ''re'' and ''appeler'', appeal) is the removal or reversal of a law. There are two basic types of repeal; a repeal with a re-enactment is used to replace the law ...

, and was returned unopposed with Sir Richard Musgrave. He was a justice of the peace, and lived in Bellevue,

County Kilkenny County Kilkenny () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster and is part of the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. It is named after the City status in Ir ...

. He was the younger brother of

Nicholas Mahon Power Nicholas Mahon Power (1787 – 1873) was an Irish nationalist politician. He sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1847 to 1859. Career Nicholas Mahon Power was among the principal lessors in the parishes of Ballynakill and Fai ...

. He was married to Mary Snow; they had four sons and one daughter.

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Politicians from County Waterford Politicians from County Kilkenny UK MPs 1835–1837 Whig (British political party) MPs for Irish constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Waterford constituencies (1801–1922) 1835 deaths {{Ireland-UK-MP-stub