Tralee (UK Parliament constituency)

Tralee
Tralee
Former borough constituency; for the House of Commons
1801–1885
Seats	one
Replaced by	West Kerry

Tralee was a constituency in Ireland of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, returning one Member of Parliament (MP). It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801. The borough constituency continued to be represented until it was disfranchised in 1885.

Boundaries

This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Tralee in County Kerry.

Members of Parliament

The list below includes a line for every UK Parliament election held in the constituency, even if the incumbent MP was re-elected.

Election		Member	Party	Note
	1801-01-01	Arthur Moore		1801: Co-opted ^a
	1802-07-24	Rt Hon. George Canning	Tory	Appointed Treasurer of the Navy
	1804-06-04	Rt Hon. George Canning	Tory	Later Prime Minister 1827
	1806-11-17	Rt Hon. Maurice FitzGerald (The 18th Knight of Kerry)	Whig	Also returned by and elected to sit for County Kerry
	1807-01-17	Samuel Boddington	Tory
	1807-05-21	Sir Arthur Wellesley	Tory	Also returned by and elected to sit for Newport (Isle of Wight). Later Prime Minister (as the 1st Duke of Wellington) 1828–30 and 1834.
	1807-07-27	Evan Foulkes	Tory	Resigned
	1808-02-25	James Stephen	Tory
	1812-10-27	Henry Arthur Herbert	Whig	Resigned
	1813-06-17	James Evan Baillie	Whig
	1818-06-29	Edward Denny	Tory	Later 4th Baronet. Resigned.
	1819-05-29	James Cuffe	Tory^[1]	Died 29 July 1828
	1820-03-20
	1826
	1828-09-12	Sir Edward Denny, Bt	Tory^[2]	3rd Baronet. Resigned.
	1829-06-09	Robert Vernon Smith	Whig^[3]
	1831-05-07	Walker Ferrand	Tory^[3]
	1832-12-14	Maurice O'Connell	Repeal Association^[3]^[4]
	1837-08-07	John Bateman	Conservative^[3]^[4]	Unseated on petition
	1838-03-12	Maurice O'Connell	Repeal Association^[3]^[4]
	1852-07-15	Maurice O'Connell	Radical^[5]	Died 18 June 1853
	1853-07-04	Daniel O'Connell Jnr	Whig^[6]^[7]
	1859-05-02	Daniel O'Connell Jnr	Liberal^[4]	Resigned
	1863-05-15	Rt Hon. Thomas O'Hagan	Liberal^[4]	Appointed Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Ireland
	1865-02-14	Daniel O'Donoghue (The O'Donoghue)	Liberal^[4]
	1880-04-01	Daniel O'Donoghue (The O'Donoghue)	Home Rule League^[4]	Last MP for the constituency
1885-11-18		Constituency abolished

Note:

^a Member of the former Parliament of Ireland chosen by lot to sit in the UK House of Commons from 1801.

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Tralee^[4]^[3]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Whig	Robert Vernon Smith	Unopposed
Registered electors			13
	Whig gain from Tory

Vernon Smith was appointed as a Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 4 December 1830: Tralee^[4]^[3]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Whig	Robert Vernon Smith	Unopposed
Registered electors			13
	Whig hold

General election 1831: Tralee^[4]^[3]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Tory	Walker Ferrand	Unopposed
Registered electors			13
	Tory gain from Whig

General election 1832: Tralee^[4]^[3]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Repeal	Maurice O'Connell	91	56.2
	Tory	Edward Denny, Jnr.	71	43.8
Majority			20	12.4
Turnout			162	90.0
Registered electors			180
	Irish Repeal gain from Tory

General election 1835: Tralee^[4]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Repeal (Whig)	Maurice O'Connell	85	51.2	−5.0
	Conservative	William Denny	81	48.8	+5.0
Majority			4	2.4	−10.0
Turnout			166	63.1	−26.9
Registered electors			263
	Irish Repeal hold		Swing	−5.0

General election 1837: Tralee^[4]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Bateman (Tralee MP)	75	54.0	+5.2
	Irish Repeal (Whig)	Maurice O'Connell	64	46.0	−5.2
Majority			11	8.0	N/A
Turnout			139	33.6	−29.5
Registered electors			414
	Conservative gain from Irish Repeal		Swing	+5.2

On petition, tendered votes were allowed, altering total votes to 133 for O'Connell and 111 for Bateman, allowing O'Connell to be declared elected.

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Tralee^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Repeal	Maurice O'Connell	Unopposed
Registered electors			258
	Irish Repeal gain from Conservative

General election 1847: Tralee^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Repeal	Maurice O'Connell	Unopposed
Registered electors			511
	Irish Repeal hold

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Tralee^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Radical	Maurice O'Connell	103	81.1	*New*
	Conservative	William Denny	24	18.9	New
	Conservative	George Herbert Kinderley	0	0.0	New
Majority			79	62.2	N/A
Turnout			127	55.7	N/A
Registered electors			228
	Radical gain from Irish Repeal		Swing	N/A

O'Connell's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 4 July 1853: Tralee^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Daniel O'Connell Jnr	150	93.8	*New*
	Independent Irish	Thomas Fitzgerald	10	6.3	New
Majority			140	87.5	N/A
Turnout			160	50.8	−4.9
Registered electors			315
	Whig gain from Radical		Swing	N/A

General election 1857: Tralee^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Whig	Daniel O'Connell Jnr	Unopposed
Registered electors			248
	Whig gain from Radical

General election 1859: Tralee^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Daniel O'Connell Jnr	Unopposed
Registered electors			244
	Liberal hold

Elections in the 1860s

O'Connell resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 15 May 1863: Tralee^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas O'Hagan	Unopposed
Registered electors			238
	Liberal hold

O'Hagan resigned after being appointed a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, causing a by-election.

By-election, 14 February 1865: Tralee^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Daniel O'Donoghue	115	59.3	*N/A*
	Liberal	Joseph Neale McKenna	79	40.7	N/A
Majority			36	18.6	N/A
Turnout			194	81.5	N/A
Registered electors			238
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1865: Tralee^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Daniel O'Donoghue	Unopposed
Registered electors			238
	Liberal hold

General election 1868: Tralee^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Daniel O'Donoghue	Unopposed
Registered electors			263
	Liberal hold

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Tralee^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Daniel O'Donoghue	143	50.5	*N/A*
	Home Rule	John Daly	140	49.5	New
Majority			3	1.0	N/A
Turnout			283	77.3	N/A
Registered electors			366
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Tralee^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Home Rule	Daniel O'Donoghue	187	58.4	+8.9
	Conservative	Samuel Murray Hussey	133	41.6	New
Majority			54	16.8	N/A
Turnout			320	90.1	+12.8
Registered electors			355
	Home Rule gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

References

^ Farrell, Stephen; Fisher, David R. "CUFFE, James (?1778-1828), of Deal Castle, co. Mayo". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
^ Farrell, Stephen. "DENNY, Sir Edward, 3rd bt. (?1774-1831), of Kingsend House, Powick, Worcs". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 240.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
^ The Irish Franchise and Registration Question. London: Ridgways. 1841. p. 9.
^ "Shrewsbury Chronicle". 1 July 1853. p. 2. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Answers to Correspondents". Dublin Weekly Nation. 9 July 1853. p. 8. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Farrell, Stephen. "Tralee". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 24 May 2020.

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 "T" (part 2)

[1] Farrell, Stephen; Fisher, David R. "CUFFE, James (?1778-1828), of Deal Castle, co. Mayo". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 24 May 2020.

[2] Farrell, Stephen. "DENNY, Sir Edward, 3rd bt. (?1774-1831), of Kingsend House, Powick, Worcs". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 24 May 2020.

[stookssmith1842-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 240.

[walker-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.

[5] The Irish Franchise and Registration Question. London: Ridgways. 1841. p. 9.

[6] "Shrewsbury Chronicle". 1 July 1853. p. 2. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[7] "Answers to Correspondents". Dublin Weekly Nation. 9 July 1853. p. 8. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[hop1820-1832-8] Farrell, Stephen. "Tralee". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 24 May 2020.

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