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Kildare
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
1801–1885
SeatsTwo
Replaced byNorth Kildare and South Kildare

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

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of County Kildare.

Members of Parliament

Date First member First party Second member Second party
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | style="background-color: Template:Whig Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1801, 1 January Maurice Keatinge John La Touche Whig
style="background-color: Template:Whig Party (UK)/meta/color" rowspan="2" | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1802, 20 July Lord Robert FitzGerald Whig Robert La Touche
style="background-color: Template:Whig Party (UK)/meta/color" rowspan="3" | 1806, 21 November Whig
style="background-color: Template:Whig Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1807, 21 May Lord Henry FitzGerald [1] Whig
style="background-color: Template:Whig Party (UK)/meta/color" rowspan="2" | 1813, 23 March Lord William FitzGerald Whig[2]
style="background-color: Template:Whig Party (UK)/meta/color" rowspan="4" | 1830, 18 August Richard More O'Ferrall [3] Whig[2]
style="background-color: Template:Whig Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1831, 9 May Sir Josiah Hort, Bt Whig[2]
style="background-color: Template:Repeal Association/meta/color" | 1832, 21 December Edward Ruthven [4] Repeal Association[2][5]
style="background-color: Template:Whig Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1837, 11 August Robert Archbold Whig[2]
style="background-color: Template:Whig Party (UK)/meta/color" rowspan="2" | style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1847, 18 August Charles FitzGerald Whig[6][7][8] Richard Bourke Conservative[5][6][7][8]
style="background-color: Template:Radicals (UK)/meta/color" | 1852, 13 March William Cogan Radical[9][10]
style="background-color: Template:Independent Irish Party/meta/color" | style="background-color: Template:Independent Irish Party/meta/color" | 1852, 26 July David O'Connor Henchy Ind. Irish[5] Ind. Irish[5]
style="background-color: Template:Whig Party (UK)/meta/color" | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Radicals (UK)/meta/color" | 1857, 7 April Whig[11] Radical[9][10]
style="background-color: Template:Whig Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1859, 19 May Richard More O'Ferrall [12] Whig
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" rowspan="3" | 1859, 6 June Liberal Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1865, 19 July Lord Otho FitzGerald [13] Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Home Rule League/meta/color" rowspan="2" | 1874, 12 February Charles Henry Meldon [14] Home Rule League
style="background-color: Template:Home Rule League/meta/color" | 1880, 5 April James Leahy [15] Home Rule League
style="background-color: Template:Irish Parliamentary Party/meta/color" | style="background-color: Template:Irish Parliamentary Party/meta/color" | 1882 Irish Parliamentary Irish Parliamentary


  1. ^ Resigned, 1813
  2. ^ a b c d e 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.
  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. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference walker was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ a b "County of Kildare". Dublin Evening Packet and Correspondent. 19 August 1847. p. 3. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ a b The Protestant Elector. p. 197. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ a b "General Election". London Evening Standard. 18 August 1847. p. 3. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ a b "Ireland". London Evening Standard. 1 March 1852. p. 1. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  10. ^ a b "The Evening Freeman". 4 March 1852. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ "Defeat of the Ministry". Wexford Independent. 7 March 1857. p. 2. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (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
Parnellite Home Rule League 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

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j 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. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
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