Frank Maguire (politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Publican, politician
Date of Birth: 02-Sep-1929
Place of Birth: County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 05-Mar-1981
Profession: politician
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Frank Maguire (politician)
- Meredith Francis Maguire (2 September 1929 – 5 March 1981) was an Irish Republican who became an Independent Member of the British Parliament.
- Born into an Irish Republican family, he was interned during his youth for Irish Republican Army activities; while he later opposed violence, he remained close to the Republican movement.
- He was running Frank's Bar, a public house in Lisnaskea, County Fermanagh, when in October 1974 he was elected as a unity candidate to represent Fermanagh and South Tyrone.
- While not an abstentionist, Maguire's attendances at Westminster were infrequent and he never made a full speech, but he did cast some crucial votes to support the Labour government of the 1970s.
- He is famous for "abstaining in person" in the no confidence vote which brought down the Callaghan government by a single vote.
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