- Photos
- Works
- Photos
- Works
William Abraham
Edit ProfileMember of Parliament in the United Kingdom
Career
He served as Chairman of Limerick Board of Guardians (who administered the Poor Law in their district) 1882-1883 and 1885-1886. Abraham represented three constituencies at the Palace of Westminster. When the Party split over the leadership of Charles Stewart Parnell in December 1890 he went with the Anti-Parnell majority, and was in fact the proposer of the vote of no confidence in Parnell as leader in the proceedings in Committee Room 15.
In 1893, he was elected unopposed as an Anti-Parnellite Nationalist at a by-election for North-East Cork, succeeding Michael Davitt, and sat until he was defeated in the January 1910 general election by the dissident Nationalist William O"Brien, by the wide margin of 2,984 votes to 1,510.
He represented Dublin Harbour until his death in 1915. According to the Irish Independent, he was assiduous in his duties at Westminster, and spoke at one time or another in every constituency in Great Britain, including Orkney and Shetland.
However, in Patrick Maume"s view (1999, p 223), his age and lack of local contacts made him ineffective in his final role as a Dublin Member of Parliament
Achievements
Politics
He was involved in the Irish Land League in 1881 and was at one stage imprisoned as a political suspect. He was elected unopposed as Member of Parliament for West Limerick at the 1885 general election as a Nationalist supporter of the Irish Parliamentary Party, and served until he retired in 1892.
Membership
23rd United Kingdom Parliament. 24th United Kingdom Parliament. 25th United Kingdom Parliament.
26th United Kingdom Parliament.
27th United Kingdom Parliament. 28th United Kingdom Parliament.
29th United Kingdom Parliament. 30th United Kingdom Parliament]
He was a Treasurer of his party, and a prominent member of the Public Accounts Committee of the House of Commons.
