{{Short description|Irish politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=December 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = George Gavin |honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MP}} |alt = |caption = |office = Member of Parliament <br> for Limerick City |parliament = |majority = |term_start = 5 May 1859 |term_end = 9 February 1874 |predecessor = James Spaight<br />Francis William Russell |alongside = Isaac Butt <small>(1871–1874)</small><br />Francis William Russell <small>(1859–1871)</small> |successor = Isaac Butt<br />Richard O'Shaughnessy |term_start2 = 15 February 1858 |term_end2 = 10 May 1858 |predecessor2 = James O'Brien<br />Francis William Russell |alongside2 = Francis William Russell |successor2 = James Spaight<br />Francis William Russell |birth_date = 1810 |birth_place = |death_date = {{death date and given age|df=yes|1880|10|23|70}} |death_place = |party = Liberal |other_party = Independent Irish |children = |parents = |relations = |alma_mater = }}
Major '''George Gavin''' (1810 – 23 October 1880)<ref>{{Rayment-hc|l|3|date=February 2018}}</ref> was an Irish Independent Irish Party<ref name="gavinball">{{cite news|title=Gavin and Ball|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001311/18580224/056/0004|accessdate=25 February 2018|work=Kilkenny Journal, and Leinster Commercial and Literary Advertiser|location=County Kilkenny, Ireland|date=24 January 1858|page=4|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}</ref> and Liberal politician.
Gavin was first elected MP as an Independent Irish representative for Limerick City at a by-election in February 1858<ref name="gavinball"/> but was unseated under three months later due to bribery through his agent.<ref>{{cite news|title=Limerick Election|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001285/18580515/067/0004|accessdate=25 February 2018|work=Westmeath Independent|date=15 May 1858|location=County Westmeath, Ireland|page=4|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
He was re-elected for the seat as Liberal representative in 1859 and held the seat until he stood down in 1874.<ref name="walker">{{cite book|editor1-last=Walker|editor1-first=B.M.|title=Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922|date=1978|publisher=Royal Irish Academy|location=Dublin|isbn=0901714127}}</ref>
He served as High Sheriff of Limerick City in 1857.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}
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{{s-start}} {{s-par|uk}} {{s-bef| before = James Spaight |before2 = Francis William Russell }} {{s-ttl| | title = Member of Parliament for Limerick City | years = 1859 – 1874 |with = Isaac Butt <small>(1871–1874)</small> |with2 = Francis William Russell <small>(1859–1871)</small> }} {{s-aft| after = Isaac Butt |after2 = Richard O'Shaughnessy }} {{s-bef| before = James O'Brien |before2 = Francis William Russell }} {{s-ttl| | title = Member of Parliament for Limerick City | years = February 1858 – May 1858 |with = Francis William Russell }} {{s-aft| after = James Spaight |after2 = Francis William Russell }}
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