The 1880 Parliament
He was re-elected for the two-member Mayo constituency in the 1880 general election, topping the poll.
On 28 May 1880, O'Connor Power introduced the Compensation for Disturbance Bill in the House of Commons:
'That being the scheme which yesterday in connection with the Compensation for Disturbance Bill, I pointed out to your Lordships was formally introduced in the House of Commons at the instance of the Land League by Mr O'Connor Power, then one of the members for Mayo, and the principle of which was afterwards adopted by the Government of the day and passed, by the second reading of the Compensation for Disturbance Bill through that House.'
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