Queen's County Leix (UK Parliament constituency)

Queen's County Leix
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1885 (1885)–1918 (1918)
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Portarlington and Queen's County
Created from	Queen's County

Leix, a division of Queen's County, was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885–1918.

Prior to the 1885 general election and after the dissolution of Parliament in 1918 the area was part of the Queen's County constituency. From the time of Irish independence, it was not represented in the UK Parliament, as Laois was no longer part of the United Kingdom.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the eastern part of Queen's County now known as County Laois.

The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 defined the division as including the Baronies of Ballyadams, Cullenagh, Maryborough East, Slievemargy, and Stradbally, and part of the Barony of Portnahinch.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Richard Lalor	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1892	Dr Mark Antony MacDonnell	Anti-Parnellite Nationalist
	1900		Irish Parliamentary Party
	1906	Patrick Aloysius Meehan	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1913	Patrick Joseph Meehan	Irish Parliamentary Party
1918		Constituency merged into Queen's County

Elections

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• 9 June 1913: On the death of the incumbent, Patrick Meehan, he was succeeded as MP by his son, a solicitor, who was returned unopposed to the constituency.

References

• 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 "L" (part 2)