Queen's County (UK Parliament constituency)
Queen's County | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Queen's County |
1801–1885 | |
Seats | 2 |
Created from | Queen's County (IHC) |
Replaced by | Queen's County Leix and Queen's County Ossory |
1918–1922 | |
Seats | 1 |
Created from | Queen's County Leix and Queen's County Ossory (IHC) |
Replaced by | Leix–Offaly |
Queen's County was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning two Members of Parliament from 1801 to 1885 and one from 1918 to 1922.
Boundaries
[edit]This constituency comprised the whole of Queen's County, now known as County Laois, except for the parliamentary borough of Portarlington 1801–1885.
Members of Parliament
[edit]MPs 1801–1885
[edit]MPs 1918–1922
[edit]Election | Member | Party | Note | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1918 | Single member constituency created | |||
1918, 14 December 1 | Kevin O'Higgins | Sinn Féin | Did not take his seat at Westminster | |
1922, 26 October | UK constituency abolished |
Note:-
- 1 Date of polling day. The result was declared on 28 December 1918, to allow time for votes cast by members of the armed forces to be included in the count.
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 1830s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Charles Coote | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Henry Parnell | Unopposed | |||
Tory hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Parnell was appointed as Secretary of State for War, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Henry Parnell | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Henry Parnell | 393 | 43.9 | ||
Tory | Charles Coote | 312 | 34.9 | ||
Whig | Thomas Brown Kelly | 190 | 21.2 | ||
Turnout | c. 448 | c. 37.8 | |||
Registered electors | 1,184 | ||||
Majority | 81 | 9.0 | |||
Whig hold | |||||
Majority | 122 | 13.7 | |||
Tory hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Repeal | Patrick Lalor | 772 | 35.6 | New | |
Tory | Charles Coote | 694 | 32.0 | −2.9 | |
Irish Repeal | Peter Gale | 683 | 31.5 | New | |
Whig | Edward Dunne | 18 | 0.8 | −64.3 | |
Turnout | 1,380 | 93.8 | c. +56.0 | ||
Registered electors | 1,471 | ||||
Majority | 78 | 3.6 | N/A | ||
Irish Repeal gain from Whig | |||||
Majority | 11 | 0.5 | −13.2 | ||
Tory hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Coote | 787 | 28.2 | +12.2 | |
Conservative | Thomas Vesey | 695 | 24.9 | +8.9 | |
Irish Repeal (Whig) | Patrick Lalor | 673 | 24.2 | −11.4 | |
Irish Repeal (Whig) | Robert Cassidy | 631 | 22.6 | −8.9 | |
Majority | 22 | 0.7 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,445 | 85.4 | −8.4 | ||
Registered electors | 1,692 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Irish Repeal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Coote | 1,224 | 39.4 | +11.2 | |
Whig | John FitzPatrick | 943 | 30.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Thomas Vesey | 894 | 28.8 | +3.9 | |
Conservative | Sir Charles Henry Coote, 10th Baronet | 40 | 1.3 | N/A | |
Whig | John Michael Henry Fock, 3rd Baron de Robeck | 4 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,885 | 78.6 | −6.8 | ||
Registered electors | 2,397 | ||||
Majority | 281 | 9.0 | +8.3 | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Majority | 49 | 1.6 | N/A | ||
Whig gain from Conservative |
Elections in the 1840s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Coote | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Thomas Vesey | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,657 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Whig |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Vesey | Unopposed | |||
Whig | John FitzPatrick | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,166 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Whig gain from Conservative |
Elections in the 1850s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Coote | Unopposed | |||
Independent Irish | Michael Dunne | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,727 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Independent Irish gain from Whig |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Coote | 1,850 | 41.0 | N/A | |
Whig | Michael Dunne | 1,424 | 31.6 | N/A | |
Whig | John FitzPatrick | 1,239 | 27.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 611 | 13.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,257 (est) | 66.0 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 3,419 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Whig gain from Independent Irish | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Francis Plunkett Dunne | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | Michael Dunne | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,489 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1860s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Francis Plunkett Dunne | 1,800 | 42.5 | N/A | |
Liberal | John FitzPatrick | 1,515 | 35.8 | N/A | |
Liberal | Patrick McDonald | 916 | 21.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 285 | 6.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,016 (est) | 87.7 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 3,438 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John FitzPatrick | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | Kenelm Thomas Digby | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,726 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal gain from Conservative |
Elections in the 1870s
[edit]FitzPatrick was made Lord Castletown, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edmund Dease | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Home Rule | Kenelm Thomas Digby | 1,726 | 39.6 | New | |
Home Rule | Edmund Dease | 1,639 | 37.6 | New | |
Liberal | George Dunne | 993 | 22.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 646 | 14.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,676 (est) | 74.5 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 3,593 | ||||
Home Rule gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A | |||
Home Rule gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1880s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Parnellite Home Rule League | Richard Lalor | 1,686 | 39.8 | N/A | |
Parnellite Home Rule League | Arthur O'Connor | 1,545 | 36.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Robert Ashworth Godolphin Cosby | 899 | 21.2 | New | |
Home Rule | Kenelm Thomas Digby | 109 | 2.6 | −37.0 | |
Majority | 646 | 15.2 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,585 (est) | 81.0 (est) | +6.5 | ||
Registered electors | 3,190 | ||||
Home Rule hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Home Rule hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sinn Féin | Kevin O'Higgins | 13,452 | 67.5 | ||
Irish Parliamentary | Patrick Meehan | 6,480 | 32.5 | ||
Majority | 6,972 | 35.0 | |||
Turnout | 19,932 | 76.5 | |||
Registered electors | 26,063 | ||||
Sinn Féin win (new seat) |
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 238. Retrieved 7 October 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 235–236, 308–309, 395. ISBN 0901714127.
- ^ a b Dod, Charles Roger; Dod, Robert Phipps (1847). Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Volume 15. Dod's Parliamentary Companion. p. 166. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
- ^ a b "Morning Post". 19 August 1837. p. 2. Retrieved 7 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The Grattan Connection". Archived from the original on 20 September 2007. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- ^ a b c Salmon, Philip. "Queen's Co". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
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- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "Q"