Tullamore (UK Parliament constituency)

Tullamore
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Seats	1
Created from	King's County and Portarlington
Replaced by	King's County

Tullamore, a division of King's County, was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, that returned one Member of Parliament from 1885 to 1918.

Prior to the 1885 United Kingdom general election and after the dissolution of Parliament in 1918 the area was part of the King's County constituency.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the north-eastern part of King's County now known as County Offaly. It consisted of the baronies of Ballycowen, Coolestown, Geashill, Kilcoursey, Phillipstown Lower, Phillipstown Upper and Warrenstown.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Joseph Francis Fox	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1892		Anti-Parnellite Nationalist
	1900	Edmund Haviland-Burke	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1914 by-election	Edward John Graham	Independent Nationalist
	1918 by-election	Patrick McCartan	Sinn Féin
	1918	Constituency merged into King's County

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General election 4 December 1885: Tullamore ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Joseph Francis Fox	3,700	92.0
	Liberal	Walter Hussey Walsh	323	8.0
Majority			3,377	84.0
Turnout			4,023	77.9
Registered electors			5,162
	Irish Parliamentary win (new seat)

General election 3 July 1886: Tullamore ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Joseph Francis Fox	Unopposed
Registered electors			5,162
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1890s

General election 8 July 1892: Tullamore ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Joseph Francis Fox	Unopposed
Registered electors			5,295
	Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary

General election 15 July 1895: Tullamore ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Joseph Francis Fox	Unopposed
Registered electors			5,081
	Irish National Federation hold

Elections in the 1900s

General election 2 October 1900: Tullamore ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Edmund Haviland-Burke	Unopposed
Registered electors			4,939
	Irish Parliamentary hold

General election 16 January 1906: Tullamore ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Edmund Haviland-Burke	Unopposed
Registered electors			4,605
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1910s

General election 17 January 1910: Tullamore ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Edmund Haviland-Burke	Unopposed
Registered electors			4,472
	Irish Parliamentary hold

General election 5 December 1910: Tullamore ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Edmund Haviland-Burke	Unopposed
Registered electors			4,472
	Irish Parliamentary hold

By-election, 8 December 1914: Tullamore ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Nationalist	Edward John Graham	1,667	51.2	New
	Irish Parliamentary	Patrick F. Adams	1,588	48.8	N/A
Majority			79	2.4	N/A
Turnout			3,255	71.6	N/A
Registered electors			4,547
	Ind. Nationalist gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing	N/A

By-election, 19 April 1918: Tullamore ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Sinn Féin	Patrick McCartan	Unopposed
Registered electors			4,601
	Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary

References

1. Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 358–359. ISBN   0901714127.

• Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN   0901714127.
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 2)