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.
This constituency comprised the whole of King's County now known as County Offaly.
Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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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 |
Year | Member | Party | |
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1918 | Patrick McCartan | Sinn Féin | |
1922 | Constituency abolished |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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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 | 295 | 17.5 | 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 | % | ||
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Irish Repeal (Whig) | Nicholas Fitzsimon | Unopposed | |||
Whig | John Westenra | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,877 | ||||
Irish Repeal hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Fitzsimon resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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 | % | ±% | |
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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 | 85 | 1.8 | 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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | +18.2 | ||
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Sinn Féin | Patrick McCartan | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.