Later Life
Running under the Independent Republican banner, Mitchell unsuccessfully attempted to retake the seat at the three subsequent general elections in 1959, 1964 and 1966. In the 1969 Mid-Ulster by-election he supported and canvassed for Bernadette Devlin.
In 2006, Mitchell delivered an oration at the funeral of veteran IRA member, Frank Morris.
When the House of Commons authorities compiled a list of living former MPs in 2011, Mitchell's name was included on it.
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