John Deasy

John Deasy (1856 – 24 February 1896) was an Irish nationalist politician whose career ended in scandal after nine years as a Member of Parliament (MP).

Political career He was first elected to the United Kingdom House of Commons as an Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP) MP for Cork City, taking the seat at a by-election on 23 February 1884 after the resignation of John Daly.

At the 1885 general election, he stood in the new West Mayo constituency, winning the seat by an overwhelming majority (of 4,790 to 131 votes) over his sole opponent, a candidate of the Irish Conservative Party. He was re-elected unopposed at the 1886 general election. When the party split on the leadership of Charles Stewart Parnell in 1891, he joined the majority Anti-Parnellite Irish National Federation. He was returned with a large majority at the 1892 general election.

On 17 July 1893, a few days after the completion of his trial, Deasy resigned his seat by becoming Steward of the Manor of Northstead.

Death He died of tuberculosis in February 1896, aged 39.