Kildare (UK Parliament constituency)
















Kildare
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1801–1885
Number of members Two
Replaced by
North Kildare and South Kildare

A former UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning two Members of Parliament.




Contents






  • 1 Boundaries


  • 2 Members of Parliament


  • 3 Elections


    • 3.1 Elections in the 1850s


    • 3.2 Elections in the 1860s


    • 3.3 Elections in the 1870s


    • 3.4 Elections in the 1880s




  • 4 References





Boundaries


This constituency comprised the whole of County Kildare.



Members of Parliament









































































































































Date First member First party Second member Second party


1801, 1 January
 Maurice Keatinge
John La Touche
Whig


1802, 20 July
 Lord Robert FitzGerald
Whig
Robert La Touche


1806, 21 November
Whig


1807, 21 May
Lord Henry FitzGerald [1]
Whig


1813, 23 March
 Lord William FitzGerald
Whig[2]


1830, 18 August
Richard More O'Ferrall [3]
Whig[2]


1831, 9 May
 Sir Josiah Hort, Bt
Whig[2]


1832, 21 December
Edward Ruthven [4]
Repeal Association[2][5]


1837, 11 August
 Robert Archbold
Whig[2]


1847, 18 August
 Charles FitzGerald
Whig[6][7][8]
 Richard Bourke
Conservative[5][6][7][8]


1852, 13 March
 William Cogan
Radical[9][10]



1852, 26 July
 David O'Connor Henchy
Ind. Irish[5]
Ind. Irish[5]



1857, 7 April
Whig[11]
Radical[9][10]


1859, 19 May
Richard More O'Ferrall [12]
Whig

1859, 6 June
Liberal
Liberal


1865, 19 July
Lord Otho FitzGerald [13]
Liberal


1874, 12 February
Charles Henry Meldon [14]
Home Rule League


1880, 5 April
James Leahy [15]
Home Rule League

1882
Irish Parliamentary
Irish Parliamentary






  1. ^ Resigned, 1813


  2. ^ abcde Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. pp. 229–230. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via Google Books..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  3. ^ Re-elected in a by-election, on 26 May 1835, after being appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury.


  4. ^ Re-elected in the 1835 general election, as a candidate of a Whig/Repealer electoral pact


  5. ^ abcd Cite error: The named reference walker was invoked but never defined (see the help page).



  6. ^ ab "County of Kildare". Dublin Evening Packet and Correspondent. 19 August 1847. p. 3. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).


  7. ^ ab The Protestant Elector. p. 197. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via Google Books.


  8. ^ ab "General Election". London Evening Standard. 18 August 1847. p. 3. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).


  9. ^ ab "Ireland". London Evening Standard. 1 March 1852. p. 1. Retrieved 2 October 2018.


  10. ^ ab "The Evening Freeman". 4 March 1852. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).


  11. ^ "Defeat of the Ministry". Wexford Independent. 7 March 1857. p. 2. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).


  12. ^ Became a Liberal on the formal creation of that party, soon after the 1859 general election.


  13. ^ Re-elected in a by-election, on 21 May 1866, after being appointed Treasurer of the Household. Re-elected in a by-election, on 11 January 1869, after being appointed Comptroller of the Household.


  14. ^ Became a member of the Irish Parliamentary Party, when it was created in 1882.


  15. ^ A supporter of the Parnellite faction of the Home Rule League, at the 1880 general election. Became a member of the Irish Parliamentary Party, when it was created in 1882.




Elections



Elections in the 1850s


Bourke was appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland, requiring a by-election.
























By-election, 13 March 1852: Kildare[1]
Party
 Candidate
 Votes
 %
 ±


Radical
William Cogan
Unopposed


Radical gain from Conservative





































































General Election 1852: Kildare[1]
Party
 Candidate
 Votes
 %
 ±


Independent Irish
William Cogan

1,431

41.6




Independent Irish
David O'Connor Henchy

1,392

40.5




Conservative
Charles Edward Bayly Kennedy
 616
 17.9
Majority
 776
 22.6

Turnout
 2,028 (est)
 73.1 (est)

Registered electors
 2,774



Independent Irish gain from Whig
Swing



Independent Irish gain from Conservative
Swing








































General Election 1857: Kildare[1]
Party
 Candidate
 Votes
 %
 ±


Radical
William Cogan
Unopposed


Whig
David O'Connor Henchy
Unopposed

Registered electors
 3,080



Radical gain from Independent Irish


Whig gain from Independent Irish







































General Election 1859: Kildare[1]
Party
 Candidate
 Votes
 %
 ±


Liberal
William Cogan
Unopposed


Liberal
Richard More O'Ferrall
Unopposed

Registered electors
 3,143



Liberal hold


Liberal hold


Elections in the 1860s








































General Election 1865: Kildare[1]
Party
 Candidate
 Votes
 %
 ±


Liberal
William Cogan
Unopposed


Liberal
Otho FitzGerald
Unopposed

Registered electors
 3,055



Liberal hold


Liberal hold

FitzGerald was appointed Treasurer of the Household, requiring a by-election.






























By-election, 21 May 1866: Kildare[1]
Party
 Candidate
 Votes
 %
 ±


Liberal
Otho FitzGerald
Unopposed

Registered electors
 3,055



Liberal hold







































General Election 1868: Kildare[1]
Party
 Candidate
 Votes
 %
 ±


Liberal
William Cogan
Unopposed


Liberal
Otho FitzGerald
Unopposed

Registered electors
 2,999



Liberal hold


Liberal hold

Fitzgerald was appointed Comptroller of the Household, requiring a by-election.






























By-election, 11 January 1869: Kildare[1]
Party
 Candidate
 Votes
 %
 ±


Liberal
Otho FitzGerald
Unopposed

Registered electors
 2,999



Liberal hold


Elections in the 1870s




















































































General Election 1874: Kildare[1]
Party
 Candidate
 Votes
 %
 ±


Home Rule
Charles Henry Meldon

1,296

40.3




Liberal
William Cogan

964

30.0




Liberal
Otho FitzGerald
 727
 22.6


Home Rule
 Hill Falconer Morgan[2]
 226
 7.0

Turnout
 1,607 (est)
 54.8 (est)

Registered electors
 2,930

Majority
 332
 10.3
N/A


Home Rule gain from Liberal
Swing
N/A
Majority
 738
 23.0


Liberal hold
Swing



Elections in the 1880s














































































General Election 1880: Kildare[1]
Party
 Candidate
 Votes
 %
 ±


Home Rule
Charles Henry Meldon

1,245

38.6

−1.7


Home Rule League (Parnellite)
James Leahy

1,004

31.1

+24.1


Liberal
Richard More O'Ferrall
 684
 21.2
 −8.8


Home Rule
 Alfred W Harris
 295
 9.1
 −13.5
Majority
 320
 9.9
 −0.4

Turnout
 1,929 (est)
 69.1 (est)
 +14.3

Registered electors
 2,793



Home Rule hold
Swing
 +3.6


Home Rule gain from Liberal
Swing
 +18.8

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References




  • 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)


  • Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)

  • Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 1)





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


  2. ^ "The General Election". Freeman's Journal. 7 February 1874. p. 3. Retrieved 19 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).








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