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King's County (UK Parliament constituency)

UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland, 1801–1885 and 1918-1922

Summary

UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland, 1801–1885 and 1918-1922

Field	Value
name	King's County
type	county
region	Ireland
county	King's County
parliament	uk
year	1801
abolished	1885
seats	2
previous	King's County (IHC)
next
year2	1918
abolished2	1922
seat2	1
previous2	King's County Birr and King's County Tullamore
next2	Laois–Offaly (in Dáil Éireann)

(IHC) 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.

Boundaries

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

Members of Parliament

MPs 1801–1885

Election	First member	First party	Second member	Second party
1801, 1 January		Sir Lawrence Parsons, Bt
1802, 22 July	Tories (British political party)}}"		Thomas Bernard	Tory
1807, 22 May		Hardress Lloyd
1818, 30 June		John Clere Parsons
1821, 30 July	Tories (British political party)}}"		William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse Lord Oxmantown	Tory
1830, 12 August	Whigs (British political party)}}" rowspan="2"		Whig
1833, 1 January	Repeal Association}}"		Nicholas Fitzsimon	Repeal Association
1835, 16 January	Whigs (British political party)}}"		Hon. John Westenra	Whig
1841, 24 February	Whigs (British political party)}}"		Sir Andrew Armstrong	Whig
1852, 26 July	Independent Irish Party}}"		Sir Patrick O'Brien, Bt	Independent Irish	Independent Irish Party}}"
1857, 11 April	Whigs (British political party)}}"		Whig	Whigs (British political party)}}"		Whig
1859, 19 May	Liberal Party (UK)}}"		Liberal	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		John Pope Hennessy
1865, 24 July	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		John Gilbert King	Conservative
1868, 23 November	Liberal Party (UK)}}"		David Sherlock	Liberal
1874, 11 February	Home Rule League}}"		Home Rule	Home Rule League}}"		Home Rule
1880, 13 April	Home Rule League}}"		Bernard Charles Molloy	Home Rule
1885	Constituency divided: see King's County Birr and King's County Tullamore

MPs 1918–1922

Year	Member	Party
Sinn Féin}}"		1918	Patrick McCartan
	1922	Constituency abolished

Elections

Note: Turnout estimated by dividing votes cast by 2. This will underestimate turnout to the extent that electors only used one of their two possible votes. Where there are two seats available but one party fields just one candidate, the turnout is estimated as the sum of the highest vote for each party. This method may overestimate turnout.

Elections in the 1830s

|reg. electors = 1,139

|reg. electors = 1,310

|reg. electors = 1,514

|reg. electors = 1,877

Elections in the 1840s

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

|reg. electors = 1,078

|reg. electors = 1,370

Elections in the 1850s

|reg. electors = 2,397

|reg. electors = 3,228

|reg. electors = 3,324

Elections in the 1860s

|reg. electors = 3,380

|reg. electors = 3,435

Elections in the 1870s

|reg. electors = 3,407

Elections in the 1880s

|reg. electors = 3,208

Constituency abolished 1885 and re-created as a single member constituency 1918

Elections in the 1910s

Constituency abolished 1922

References

"BERNARD, Thomas (?1769-1834), of Castle Bernard, King's Co.".
"PARSONS, William, Lord Oxmantown (1800-1867).".
(1842). "The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections". Simpkin, Marshall & Company.
(28 July 1847). "King's County". Shipping and Mercantile Gazette.
(14 August 1847). "The Irish Members". Dublin Weekly Nation.
(21 July 1852). "Kings County Chronicle".
(14 July 1852). "Kings County Chronicle".
(18 May 1859). "King's County Chronicle".
"King's County".
(12 February 1874). "The General Election". [[Freeman's Journal]].
(1978). "Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922". Royal Irish Academy.

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