Queen's County (UK Parliament constituency)

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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.

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

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

MPs 1918–1922

Election Member Party Note
1918 Single member constituency created
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1918, 14 December 1 Kevin O'Higgins Sinn Féin Did not take his seat at Westminster
1922, 26 October UK constituency abolished

Note:-

  • 1 Date of polling day. The result was declared on 28 December 1918, to allow time for votes cast by members of the armed forces to be included in the count.

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

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General election 1830: Queen's County[2][1][6]
Party Candidate Votes %
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Parnell was appointed as Secretary of State for War, requiring a by-election.

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By-election, 16 April 1831: Queen's County[2][1][6]
Party Candidate Votes %
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General election 1831: Queen's County[2][1][6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Henry Parnell Script error: No such module "string". 43.9
Script error: No such module "Political party". Charles Coote Script error: No such module "string". 34.9
Script error: No such module "Political party". Thomas Brown Kelly Script error: No such module "string". 21.2
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General election 1832: Queen's County[2][1]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Peter Gale 683 31.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Edward Dunne 18 0.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 1,380 93.8 Script error: No such module "String".
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Majority 754 34.8 Script error: No such module "String".
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Majority 11 0.5 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1835: Queen's County[2][1]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". (Script error: No such module "Political party".) Patrick Lalor 673 24.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". (Script error: No such module "Political party".) Robert Cassidy 631 22.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 22 0.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 1,445 85.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors Template:Ifnumber Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1837: Queen's County[2][1]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Thomas Vesey 894 28.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Sir Charles Henry Coote, 10th Baronet 40 1.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". John Michael Henry Fock, 3rd Baron de Robeck 4 0.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 1,885 78.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors Template:Ifnumber Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 281 9.0 Script error: No such module "String".
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Majority 49 1.6 Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1840s

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General election 1841: Queen's County[2]
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Registered electors Template:Ifnumber Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1847: Queen's County[2]
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Registered electors Template:Ifnumber Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1850s

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General election 1852: Queen's County[2]
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Registered electors Template:Ifnumber Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1857: Queen's County[2]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". John FitzPatrick 1,239 27.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 611 13.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 2,257 (est) 66.0 (est) Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors Template:Ifnumber Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing N/A
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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General election 1859: Queen's County[2]
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Registered electors Template:Ifnumber Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1860s

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General election 1865: Queen's County[2]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Patrick McDonald 916 21.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 285 6.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 3,016 (est) 87.7 (est) Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors Template:Ifnumber Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing N/A
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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General election 1868: Queen's County[2]
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Registered electors Template:Ifnumber Script error: No such module "String".
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections in the 1870s

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

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By-election, 4 Jan 1870: Queen's County[2]
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General election 1874: Queen's County[2]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". George Dunne 993 22.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 646 14.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 2,676 (est) 74.5 (est) Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors Template:Ifnumber Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". gain from Script error: No such module "Political party". Template:Yesno Swing N/A
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections in the 1880s

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General election 1880: Queen's County[2]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Robert Ashworth Godolphin Cosby 899 21.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Kenelm Thomas Digby 109 2.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 646 15.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 2,585 (est) 81.0 (est) Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors Template:Ifnumber Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing N/A
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections in the 1910s

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1918 general election: Queen's County[2]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Patrick Meehan 6,480 32.5
Majority 6,972 35.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 19,932 76.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors Template:Ifnumber Script error: No such module "String".
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References

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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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