King's County (UK Parliament constituency)

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King's County
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
Local government in Ireland King's County
1801–1885
Number of members2
Replaced by King's County Birr and King's County Tullamore
Created from King's County
1918–1922
Number of members1
Replaced by Laois–Offaly (in Dáil Éireann)
Created from King's County Birr and King's County Tullamore

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.

Contents

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of King's County now known as County Offaly.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1801–1885

Election1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party
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

MPs 1918–1922

YearMemberParty
1918 Patrick McCartan Sinn Féin
1922 Constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: King's County (2 seats) [4] [1] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig William Parsons Unopposed
Tory Thomas Bernard Unopposed
Registered electors 1,139
Whig gain from Tory
Tory hold
General election 1831: King's County (2 seats) [4] [1] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig William Parsons 411 46.5
Tory Thomas Bernard 316 35.8
Whig John Westenra 15617.7
Turnout c. 600c. 52.7
Registered electors 1,139
Majority9510.7
Whig hold
Majority16018.1
Tory hold
General election 1832: King's County (2 seats) [4] [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Repeal Nicholas Fitzsimon 755 44.8 New
Whig William Parsons 471 27.9 −18.6
Tory Thomas Bernard 46027.3−8.5
Turnout 1,04379.6c. +26.9
Registered electors 1,310
Majority28416.9N/A
Irish Repeal gain from Tory Swing N/A
Majority110.6−10.1
Whig hold Swing −5.1
General election 1835: King's County (2 seats) [4] [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Irish Repeal (Whig)Nicholas FitzsimonUnopposed
Whig John Westenra Unopposed
Registered electors 1,514
Irish Repeal hold
Whig hold
General election 1837: King's County (2 seats) [4] [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Irish Repeal (Whig)Nicholas FitzsimonUnopposed
Whig John Westenra Unopposed
Registered electors 1,877
Irish Repeal hold
Whig hold

Elections in the 1840s

Fitzsimon resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.

By-election, 24 February 1841: King's County [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Andrew Armstrong 426 67.0 N/A
Conservative Thomas Bernard21033.0New
Majority21634.0N/A
Turnout 63659.0N/A
Registered electors 1,078
Whig gain from Irish Repeal Swing
General election 1841: King's County (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig John Westenra Unopposed
Whig Andrew Armstrong Unopposed
Registered electors 1,078
Whig hold
Whig gain from Irish Repeal
General election 1847: King's County (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig John Westenra Unopposed
Whig Andrew Armstrong Unopposed
Registered electors 1,370
Whig hold
Whig hold

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: King's County (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Irish Patrick O'Brien 1,264 40.1 N/A
Independent Irish Loftus Henry Bland 1,191 37.8 N/A
Conservative Thomas Bernard69722.1New
Majority49415.7N/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
General election 1857: King's County (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Patrick O'Brien Unopposed
Whig Loftus Henry Bland Unopposed
Registered electors 3,228
Whig gain from Independent Irish
Whig gain from Independent Irish
General election 1859: King's County (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Pope Hennessy 1,301 27.8 New
Liberal Patrick O'Brien 1,293 27.6 N/A
Liberal Loftus Henry Bland 1,21626.0N/A
Liberal Tristram Kennedy 86718.5N/A
Majority80.2N/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

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: King's County (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Gilbert King 2,182 46.7 +32.8
Liberal Patrick O'Brien 1,246 26.7 −45.4
Conservative John Pope Hennessy 1,24026.6+12.7
Turnout 2,957 (est)87.5 (est)+17.1
Registered electors 3,380
Majority93620.0+19.8
Conservative hold Swing +27.8
Majority60.1N/A
Liberal hold Swing −45.5
General election 1868: King's County (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Patrick O'Brien Unopposed
Liberal David Sherlock Unopposed
Registered electors 3,435
Liberal hold
Liberal gain from Conservative

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: King's County (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Home Rule Patrick O'Brien 2,009 48.8 New
Home Rule David Sherlock 1,264 30.7 New
Home Rule Bernard Charles Molloy 75818.4New
Home Rule William Arnett Gowing [11] 822.0New
Majority50612.3N/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

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: King's County (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
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 Jackson80118.2New
Majority91120.7+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

Elections in the 1910s

1918 general election: King's County
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Sinn Féin Patrick McCartan Unopposed N/AN/A

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