King's County | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | King's County |
1801–1885 | |
Seats | 2 |
Created from | King's County (IHC) |
Replaced by | |
1918–1922 | |
Created from | King's County Birr and King's County Tullamore (IHC) |
Replaced by | Laois–Offaly (in Dáil Éireann) |
King's County was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) from 1801 to 1885 and one from 1918 to 1922.
Boundaries
[edit]This constituency comprised the whole of King's County now known as County Offaly.
Members of Parliament
[edit]MPs 1801–1885
[edit]Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1801, 1 January | Sir Lawrence Parsons, Bt | Denis Bowes Daly | ||||
1802, 22 July | Thomas Bernard | Tory[1][2] | ||||
1807, 22 May | Hardress Lloyd | |||||
1818, 30 June | John Clere Parsons | |||||
1821, 30 July | William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse Lord Oxmantown | Tory[3] | ||||
1830, 12 August | Whig[1] | |||||
1833, 1 January | Nicholas Fitzsimon | Repeal Association[1][4] | ||||
1835, 16 January | Hon. John Westenra | Whig[1][5][6] | ||||
1841, 24 February | Sir Andrew Armstrong | Whig[1][5][6] | ||||
1852, 26 July | Sir Patrick O'Brien, Bt | Independent Irish[4][7] | Loftus Henry Bland | Independent Irish[4][8] | ||
1857, 11 April | Whig[9] | Whig[9] | ||||
1859, 19 May | Liberal[4] | John Pope Hennessy | Conservative[4] | |||
1865, 24 July | John Gilbert King | Conservative[4] | ||||
1868, 23 November | David Sherlock | Liberal[4] | ||||
1874, 11 February | Home Rule | Home Rule[4] | ||||
1880, 13 April[4] | Bernard Charles Molloy | Home Rule | ||||
1885 | Constituency divided: see King's County Birr and King's County Tullamore |
MPs 1918–1922
[edit]Year | Member | Party | |
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1918 | Patrick McCartan | Sinn Féin | |
1922 | Constituency abolished |
Elections
[edit]- Note: Turnout estimated by dividing votes cast by 2. This will underestimate turnout to the extent that electors only used one of their two possible votes. Where there are two seats available but one party fields just one candidate, the turnout is estimated as the sum of the highest vote for each party. This method may overestimate turnout.
Elections in the 1830s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Parsons | Unopposed | |||
Tory | Thomas Bernard | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,139 | ||||
Whig gain from Tory | |||||
Tory hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Parsons | 411 | 46.5 | ||
Tory | Thomas Bernard | 316 | 35.8 | ||
Whig | John Westenra | 156 | 17.7 | ||
Turnout | c. 600 | c. 52.7 | |||
Registered electors | 1,139 | ||||
Majority | 95 | 10.7 | |||
Whig hold | |||||
Majority | 160 | 18.1 | |||
Tory hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Repeal | Nicholas Fitzsimon | 755 | 44.8 | New | |
Whig | William Parsons | 471 | 27.9 | −18.6 | |
Tory | Thomas Bernard | 460 | 27.3 | −8.5 | |
Turnout | 1,043 | 79.6 | c. +26.9 | ||
Registered electors | 1,310 | ||||
Majority | 284 | 16.9 | N/A | ||
Irish Repeal gain from Tory | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 11 | 0.6 | −10.1 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | −5.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Repeal (Whig) | Nicholas Fitzsimon | Unopposed | |||
Whig | John Westenra | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,514 | ||||
Irish Repeal hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Repeal (Whig) | Nicholas Fitzsimon | Unopposed | |||
Whig | John Westenra | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,877 | ||||
Irish Repeal hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Elections in the 1840s
[edit]Fitzsimon resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Andrew Armstrong | 426 | 67.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Thomas Bernard | 210 | 33.0 | New | |
Majority | 216 | 34.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 636 | 59.0 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,078 | ||||
Whig gain from Irish Repeal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Westenra | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Andrew Armstrong | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,078 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig gain from Irish Repeal |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Westenra | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Andrew Armstrong | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,370 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Elections in the 1850s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Irish | Patrick O'Brien | 1,264 | 40.1 | N/A | |
Independent Irish | Loftus Henry Bland | 1,191 | 37.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Thomas Bernard | 697 | 22.1 | New | |
Majority | 494 | 15.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,925 (est) | 80.3 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 2,397 | ||||
Independent Irish gain from Whig | Swing | N/A | |||
Independent Irish gain from Whig | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Patrick O'Brien | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Loftus Henry Bland | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,228 | ||||
Whig gain from Independent Irish | |||||
Whig gain from Independent Irish |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Pope Hennessy | 1,301 | 27.8 | New | |
Liberal | Patrick O'Brien | 1,293 | 27.6 | N/A | |
Liberal | Loftus Henry Bland | 1,216 | 26.0 | N/A | |
Liberal | Tristram Kennedy | 867 | 18.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 8 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,339 (est) | 70.4 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 3,324 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1860s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Gilbert King | 2,182 | 46.7 | +32.8 | |
Liberal | Patrick O'Brien | 1,246 | 26.7 | −45.4 | |
Conservative | John Pope Hennessy | 1,240 | 26.6 | +12.7 | |
Turnout | 2,957 (est) | 87.5 (est) | +17.1 | ||
Registered electors | 3,380 | ||||
Majority | 936 | 20.0 | +19.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +27.8 | |||
Majority | 6 | 0.1 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | −45.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Patrick O'Brien | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | David Sherlock | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,435 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal gain from Conservative |
Elections in the 1870s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Home Rule | Patrick O'Brien | 2,009 | 48.8 | New | |
Home Rule | David Sherlock | 1,264 | 30.7 | New | |
Home Rule | Bernard Charles Molloy | 758 | 18.4 | New | |
Home Rule | William Arnett Gowing[11] | 82 | 2.0 | New | |
Majority | 506 | 12.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,057 (est) | 60.4 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 3,407 | ||||
Home Rule gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Home Rule gain from Liberal | Swing |
Elections in the 1880s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Home Rule | Patrick O'Brien | 1,893 | 43.0 | +5.8 | |
Home Rule | Bernard Charles Molloy | 1,712 | 38.9 | +8.2 | |
Conservative | Henry Vincent Jackson | 801 | 18.2 | New | |
Majority | 911 | 20.7 | +8.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,694 (est) | 84.0 (est) | +23.6 | ||
Registered electors | 3,208 | ||||
Home Rule hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Home Rule hold | Swing | N/A |
- Constituency abolished 1885 and re-created as a single member constituency 1918
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sinn Féin | Patrick McCartan | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
- Constituency abolished 1922
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 35. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ Salmon, Philip. "BERNARD, Thomas (?1769-1834), of Castle Bernard, King's Co". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ Salmon, Philip. "PARSONS, William, Lord Oxmantown (1800-1867)". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 222–223, 288–289, 391. ISBN 0901714127.
- ^ a b "King's County". Shipping and Mercantile Gazette. 28 July 1847. p. 3. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b "The Irish Members". Dublin Weekly Nation. 14 August 1847. p. 4. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Kings County Chronicle". 21 July 1852. p. 2. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Kings County Chronicle". 14 July 1852. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b "King's County Chronicle". 18 May 1859. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b Salmon, Philip. "King's County". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ "The General Election". Freeman's Journal. 12 February 1874. p. 3. Retrieved 2 January 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.