Portarlington (UK Parliament constituency)

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Portarlington was a rotten borough and is a former United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland, returning one MP. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801.

Boundaries

This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Portarlington in Queen's County, now called County Laois.

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1801 Frederick Trench[1]
March 1801 William Elliot
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | July 1802 Henry Parnell Whig
December 1802 Thomas Tyrwhitt
March 1806 John Langston
November 1806 Sir Oswald Mosley, Bt
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1807 Hon. William Lamb Whig
1812 Arthur Shakespeare
1816 Richard Sharp Whig
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1819 David Ricardo Whig
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1824 James Farquhar Tory[2]
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1830 Sir Charles Ogle, Bt Tory[3]
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1831 Sir William Rae, Bt Tory[3]
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1832 Thomas Gladstone Tory[3][4]
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1834 Conservative[3][4]
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1835 George Dawson-Damer Conservative[3][4]
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1846 Peelite[5][6]
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1847 Francis Plunkett Dunne Whig[5][6][7]
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1852 Conservative[4]
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1857 Lionel Dawson-Damer Conservative[4]
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1865 James Anthony Lawson Liberal[4]
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1868 Lionel Dawson-Damer Conservative[4]
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1880 Bernard FitzPatrick Conservative[4]
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1883 Robert French-Brewster Conservative[4]
1885 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

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General election 1830: Portarlington[4][3][8]
Party Candidate Votes %
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General election 1831: Portarlington[4][3][8]
Party Candidate Votes %
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General election 1832: Portarlington[4][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Thomas Gladstone Script error: No such module "string". 50.4
Script error: No such module "Political party". George Dawson-Damer Script error: No such module "string". 49.6
Turnout 131 95.6
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General election 1835: Portarlington[4][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
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General election 1837: Portarlington[4][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". George Dawson-Damer Script error: No such module "string". 55.2
Script error: No such module "Political party". Francis Plunkett Dunne Script error: No such module "string". 44.8
Turnout 145 66.8
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Elections in the 1840s

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General election 1841: Portarlington[4]
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Dawson-Damer was appointed Comptroller of the Household, requiring a by-election.

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By-election, 27 September 1841: Portarlington[4]
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General election 1847: Portarlington[4]
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Elections in the 1850s

Dunne was appointed Clerk of the Ordnance, requiring a by-election.

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By-election, 8 March 1852: Portarlington[4]
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General election 1852: Portarlington[4]
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General election 1857: Portarlington[4]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Lionel Dawson-Damer Template:Replace 53.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Francis Plunkett Dunne 36 46.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 6 7.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 78 83.9 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1859: Portarlington[4]
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Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: Portarlington[4]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". James Anthony Lawson Template:Replace 56.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Lionel Dawson-Damer 35 43.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 11 13.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 81 76.4 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1868: Portarlington[4]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Lionel Dawson-Damer Template:Replace 57.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". James Anthony Lawson 51 42.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 18 15.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 120 89.6 Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Portarlington[4]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Lionel Dawson-Damer Template:Replace 59.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". William D Barnett[9] 52 40.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 24 18.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 128 94.1 Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Portarlington[4]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Bernard FitzPatrick Template:Replace 86.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Robert Keating Clay 18 13.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 98 73.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 134 91.2 Script error: No such module "String".
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FitzPatrick succeeded to the peerage, becoming Lord Castletown, causing a by-election.

By-election, 28 Feb 1883: Portarlington[4]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Robert French-Brewster Template:Replace 55.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Thomas Mayne 57 44.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 13 10.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 127 92.0 Script error: No such module "String".
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See also

References

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  1. ↑ Trench was created a peer in 1800, and so did not take up his seat at Westminster
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  • The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844–50), 2nd edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)
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