Patrick Joseph Whitty
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Patrick Joseph Whitty (1894 – 28 July 1967) was, for a brief period, an Irish nationalist politician and MP in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and as member of the Irish Parliamentary Party he represented North Louth from 1916 until 1918. Practised as an accountant.
Whitty was born in Waterford in 1894, the son of Dr. Patrick Joseph Whitty. He was educated at St. Vincent's College, Castleknock, Dublin and trained as an accountant.
On 24 February 1916 he was elected in the Commons by-election as MP for the constituency of North Louth. He was aged just 21, becoming the youngest MP at the time.
The constituency was abolished in 1918, and Whitty retired from Parliament at the general election later that year.
He died in Birmingham on 28 July 1967.
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| Preceded by Augustine Roche |
Member of Parliament for North Louth 1916–1918 |
Succeeded by seat abolished |
