William O'Doherty


William O'Doherty was an Irish nationalist politician and Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Biography

O'Doherty was born in 1868 in Carndonagh, County Donegal. He attended St Columb's College in Derry. In 1893 he became a solicitor, and a year later became the coroner for Inishowen. In 1896 he was elected to the West Ward constituency on Londonderry Corporation. He was elected as the Irish Parliamentary Party MP for North Donegal constituency at the 1900 general election. In 1902 O'Doherty was criticised by the United Irish League for attending the coronation of King Edward VII and called on him to resign. He responded to the criticism but stating the separation policy of the party was impractical.
On 18 May 1905, while in the House of Commons, O'Doherty suffered a paralytic stroke and later succumbed to a haemorrhage. The subsequent by-election for his vacant seat was won by John Muldoon.

Personal life

In 1894 he married Margaret Mitchell.