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.
This constituency comprised the whole of Queen's County, now known as County Laois, except for the parliamentary borough of Portarlington 1801–1885.
Election | Member | Party | Note | |
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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:-
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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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 | % | ||
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Whig | Henry Parnell | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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 |
FitzPatrick was made Lord Castletown, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edmund Dease | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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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