Queen's County (UK Parliament constituency)

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Queen's County
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
County Queen's County
1801–1885
Seats2
Created from Queen's County (IHC)
Replaced by Queen's County Leix and Queen's County Ossory
1918–1922
Seats1
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.

Contents

Boundaries

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

MPs 1801–1885

Year1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party
1801 Sir John Parnell, Bt Charles Coote
1801, 28 December Hon. William Wellesley-Pole Tory [1]
1802, 5 April Henry Parnell Whig [1]
1802, 23 July Sir Eyre Coote
1806, 17 February Sir Henry Parnell Whig [1]
1821, 27 August Sir Charles Coote, Bt Tory [1] [2]
1832, 24 December Patrick Lalor Repeal Association [2]
1834, 18 December Conservative [1] [2]
1835, 20 January Hon. Thomas Vesey Conservative [1] [2]
1837, 15 August John FitzPatrick Whig [1] [3] [4]
1841, 10 July Hon. Thomas Vesey Conservative [1] [2]
1847, 7 August John FitzPatrick Whig [1] [3] [4]
1852, 19 July Michael Dunne Ind. Irish [2] Sir Charles Coote, Bt Conservative [2]
1857, 11 April Whig
1859, 10 May Liberal [2] Francis Plunkett Dunne Conservative [2]
1865, 22 July John FitzPatrick Liberal [2]
1868, 23 November Kenelm Thomas Digby Liberal [2]
1870, 4 January Edmund Dease [5] Liberal [2]
1874, 7 February Home Rule League [2] Home Rule League [2]
1880, 8 April Richard Lalor Parnellite Home Rule League [2] Arthur O'Connor Parnellite Home Rule League [2]
1885 Constituency divided: see Queen's County Leix and Queen's County Ossory

MPs 1918–1922

ElectionMemberPartyNote
1918Single member constituency created
1918, 14 December 1 Kevin O'Higgins Sinn Féin Did not take his seat at Westminster
1922, 26 OctoberUK constituency abolished

Note:-

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Queen's County [2] [1] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
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.

By-election, 16 April 1831: Queen's County [2] [1] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig Henry Parnell Unopposed
Whig hold
General election 1831: Queen's County [2] [1] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig Henry Parnell 393 43.9
Tory Charles Coote 312 34.9
Whig Thomas Brown Kelly19021.2
Turnout c. 448c. 37.8
Registered electors 1,184
Majority819.0
Whig hold
Majority12213.7
Tory hold
General election 1832: Queen's County [2] [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Repeal Patrick Lalor 772 35.6 New
Tory Charles Coote 694 32.0 −2.9
Irish Repeal Peter Gale68331.5New
Whig Edward Dunne180.8−64.3
Turnout 1,38093.8c. +56.0
Registered electors 1,471
Majority 75434.8N/A
Irish Repeal gain from Whig
Majority 110.5−13.2
Tory hold
General election 1835: Queen's County [2] [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Coote 787 28.2 +12.2
Conservative Thomas Vesey 695 24.9 +8.9
Irish Repeal (Whig) Patrick Lalor 67324.2−11.4
Irish Repeal (Whig)Robert Cassidy63122.6−8.9
Majority 220.7+0.2
Turnout 1,44585.4−8.4
Registered electors 1,692
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Irish Repeal Swing
General election 1837: Queen's County [2] [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Coote 1,224 39.4 +11.2
Whig John FitzPatrick 943 30.4 N/A
Conservative Thomas Vesey 89428.8+3.9
Conservative Sir Charles Henry Coote, 10th Baronet401.3N/A
Whig John Michael Henry Fock, 3rd Baron de Robeck40.1N/A
Turnout 1,88578.6−6.8
Registered electors 2,397
Majority 2819.0+8.3
Conservative hold
Majority 491.6N/A
Whig gain from Conservative

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Queen's County [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Coote Unopposed
Conservative Thomas Vesey Unopposed
Registered electors 1,657
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Whig
General election 1847: Queen's County [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Thomas Vesey Unopposed
Whig John FitzPatrick Unopposed
Registered electors 1,166
Conservative hold
Whig gain from Conservative

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Queen's County [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Coote Unopposed
Independent Irish Michael Dunne Unopposed
Registered electors 2,727
Conservative hold
Independent Irish gain from Whig
General election 1857: Queen's County [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Coote 1,850 41.0 N/A
Whig Michael Dunne 1,424 31.6 N/A
Whig John FitzPatrick 1,23927.5N/A
Majority 61113.5N/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
General election 1859: Queen's County [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Francis Plunkett Dunne Unopposed
Liberal Michael Dunne Unopposed
Registered electors 3,489
Conservative hold
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: Queen's County [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Francis Plunkett Dunne 1,800 42.5 N/A
Liberal John FitzPatrick 1,515 35.8 N/A
Liberal Patrick McDonald91621.6N/A
Majority 2856.7N/A
Turnout 3,016 (est)87.7 (est)N/A
Registered electors 3,438
Conservative hold Swing N/A
Liberal hold Swing N/A
General election 1868: Queen's County [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John FitzPatrick Unopposed
Liberal Kenelm Thomas Digby Unopposed
Registered electors 3,726
Liberal hold
Liberal gain from Conservative

Elections in the 1870s

FitzPatrick was made Lord Castletown, causing a by-election.

By-election, 4 Jan 1870: Queen's County [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Edmund Dease Unopposed
Liberal hold

4358

General election 1874: Queen's County [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Home Rule Kenelm Thomas Digby 1,726 39.6 New
Home Rule Edmund Dease 1,639 37.6 N/A
Liberal George Dunne99322.8N/A
Majority 64614.8N/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

General election 1880: Queen's County [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
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 Cosby89921.2New
Home Rule Kenelm Thomas Digby 1092.6−37.0
Majority 64615.2+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

1918 general election: Queen's County [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Sinn Féin Kevin O'Higgins 13,452 67.5
Irish Parliamentary Patrick Meehan 6,48032.5
Majority 6,97235.0
Turnout 19,93276.5
Registered electors 26,063
Sinn Féin win (new seat)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 238. Retrieved 7 October 2018– via Google Books.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 235–236, 308–309, 395. ISBN   0901714127.
  3. 1 2 Dod, Charles Roger; Dod, Robert Phipps (1847). Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Volume 15. Dod's Parliamentary Companion. p. 166. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Morning Post" . 19 August 1837. p. 2. Retrieved 7 October 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "The Grattan Connection". Archived from the original on 20 September 2007. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  6. 1 2 3 Salmon, Philip. "Queen's Co". The History of Parliament. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
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