County Dublin
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
Map of constituency
CountyCounty Dublin
Major settlementsBlanchardstown, Swords, Balbriggan
1801–1885
Seats2
Created fromCounty Dublin constituency (IHC)
Replaced byNorth Dublin and South Dublin

County Dublin was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created under the Acts of Union 1800, replacing the constituency of County Dublin in the Irish House of Commons. Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, before the 1885 general election, it was replaced with two new county divisions, South Dublin and North Dublin.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of County Dublin, except for the area of the borough constituency of Dublin City. The borough comprised the whole of the county of the city of Dublin and the portion of the county at large within the Circular Road.

A Topographical Directory of Ireland, published in 1837, describes some aspects of the Parliamentary history of the county.

Two knights of the shire are returned to the Imperial parliament, who are elected at the county court-house at Kilmainham : the number of electors registered under the 2d of William IV., c. 88, up to Feb. 1st, 1837, is 2728, of which 788 were £50, 407 £20, and 622 £10, freeholders; 18 £50, 427 £20, and 423 £10, leaseholders; and 12 £50, 30 £20, and 1 £10, rent-chargers : the number that voted at the last general election was 1480. Prior to the Union, the boroughs of Swords and Newcastle sent each two members to the Irish House of Commons.

Members of Parliament

Year 1st Member 1st Party 2nd Member 2nd Party
1801, 1 January Hans Hamilton Tory[1] Sir Frederick Falkiner, Bt Tory[1]
1807, 26 May Richard Talbot Whig[1]
1823, 11 February Henry White Whig[1]
1830, 16 August William Brabazon Whig[1][2]
1832, 22 December Christopher Fitzsimon Repeal Association George Hampden Evans Whig[1]
1837, 7 August William Brabazon Whig[2]
1841, 16 July James Hans Hamilton Conservative[1] Thomas Edward Taylor Conservative[1]
1863, 22 April Ion Hamilton Conservative
1883, 27 February Edward King-Harman Conservative
1885 Constituency divided: see South Dublin and North Dublin

Elections

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Elections in the 1880s

By-election, 27 Feb 1883: County Dublin[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Conservative Edward King-Harman 2,514 63.6 N/A
Irish Parliamentary Edward MacMahon 1,428 36.1 New
Irish Conservative Thomas Hosea Guinness[4] 13 0.3 N/A
Majority 1,086 27.5 N/A
Turnout 3,955 79.0 N/A
Registered electors 5,008
Irish Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election 1880: County Dublin[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Conservative Thomas Edward Taylor Unopposed
Irish Conservative Ion Hamilton Unopposed
Registered electors 3,539
Irish Conservative hold
Irish Conservative hold

Elections in the 1870s

By-election, 18 Mar 1874: Dublin County[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Conservative Thomas Edward Taylor 2,183 63.9 N/A
Home Rule Charles Stewart Parnell 1,235 36.1 New
Majority 948 27.8 N/A
Turnout 3,418 81.5 N/A
Registered electors 4,193
Irish Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election 1874: County Dublin[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Conservative Thomas Edward Taylor Unopposed
Irish Conservative Ion Hamilton Unopposed
Registered electors 4,193
Irish Conservative hold
Irish Conservative hold

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1868: County Dublin[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Conservative Ion Hamilton 2,174 39.4 +3.7
Irish Conservative Thomas Edward Taylor 2,163 39.2 +3.2
Liberal Peter Paul McSwiney 1,183 21.4 −6.8
Majority 980 17.8 +10.3
Turnout 3,352 (est) 75.1 (est) −3.7
Registered electors 4,465
Irish Conservative hold Swing +3.6
Irish Conservative hold Swing +3.3
General election 1865: County Dublin[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Conservative Thomas Edward Taylor 2,100 36.0 N/A
Irish Conservative Ion Hamilton 2,083 35.7 N/A
Liberal Charles William White 1,646 28.2 New
Majority 437 7.5 N/A
Turnout 3,738 (est) 78.8 (est) N/A
Registered electors 4,744
Irish Conservative hold Swing N/A
Irish Conservative hold Swing N/A
By-election, 22 April 1863: County Dublin[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Conservative Ion Hamilton Unopposed
Registered electors 4,894
Irish Conservative hold

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1859: County Dublin[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Conservative James Hans Hamilton Unopposed
Irish Conservative Thomas Edward Taylor Unopposed
Registered electors 6,251
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
By-election, 11 March 1858: County Dublin[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Conservative Thomas Edward Taylor Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1857: County Dublin[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Conservative James Hans Hamilton 2,451 38.0 +8.8
Irish Conservative Thomas Edward Taylor 2,338 36.3 +7.3
Whig Charles Compton William Domvile[5] 1,659 25.7 −16.1
Majority 679 10.6 +2.6
Turnout 4,054 (est) 66.2 (est) −2.8
Registered electors 6,123
Conservative hold Swing +8.4
Conservative hold Swing +7.7
General election 1852: County Dublin[3][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Conservative James Hans Hamilton 1,962 29.2 N/A
Irish Conservative Thomas Edward Taylor 1,946 29.0 N/A
Whig Augustus Craven 1,410 21.0 New
Whig John Lentaigne 1,396 20.8 New
Majority 536 8.0 N/A
Turnout 3,357 (est) 69.0 (est) N/A
Registered electors 4,864
Conservative hold Swing N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1847: County Dublin[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Conservative James Hans Hamilton Unopposed
Irish Conservative Thomas Edward Taylor Unopposed
Registered electors 3,278
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
General election 1841: County Dublin[3][1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Conservative James Hans Hamilton 1,051 25.6 New
Irish Conservative Thomas Edward Taylor 1,042 25.4 New
Whig William Brabazon 1,009 24.6 N/A
Whig George Hampden Evans 1,006 24.5 N/A
Majority 33 0.8 N/A
Turnout 2,054 (est) 72.8 (est) N/A
Registered electors 2,820
Conservative gain from Whig Swing N/A
Conservative gain from Whig Swing N/A

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1837: County Dublin[3][1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig William Brabazon Unopposed
Whig George Hampden Evans Unopposed
Registered electors 2,820
Whig hold
Whig gain from Irish Repeal
General election 1835: County Dublin[3][1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Repeal (Whig) Christopher Fitzsimon 878 35.6 +3.9
Whig George Hampden Evans 825 33.4 +5.4
Irish Conservative James Hans Hamilton 764 30.9 +5.2
Irish Conservative John Johnston 2 0.0 N/A
Turnout 1,530 61.7 -22.5
Registered electors 2,478
Majority 53 2.2 −1.5
Irish Repeal hold Swing +0.7
Majority 61 2.5 +0.2
Whig hold Swing +1.4
General election 1832: County Dublin[3][1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Irish Repeal Christopher Fitzsimon 958 31.7
Whig George Hampden Evans 847 28.0
Irish Conservative George Alexander Hamilton 777 25.7
Whig William Brabazon 442 14.6
Turnout 1,705 84.2
Registered electors 2,025
Majority 111 3.7
Irish Repeal gain from Whig
Majority 70 2.3
Whig hold
General election 1831: County Dublin[3][1][7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Henry White Unopposed
Whig William Brabazon Unopposed
Registered electors 1,649
Whig hold
Whig hold
General election 1830: County Dublin[3][1][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig William Brabazon 522 35.9
Whig Henry White 417 28.6
Tory George Alexander Hamilton 343 23.6
Whig Richard Talbot 174 12.0
Majority 74 5.0
Turnout 867 52.6
Registered electors 1,649
Whig hold Swing
Whig hold

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Stooks Smith, Henry (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections: Containing the Uncontested Elections Since 1830. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. pp. 223–224. Retrieved 21 August 2019 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b Churton, Edward (1838). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer. pp. 36–37. Retrieved 21 August 2019 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 211–212, 272–273. ISBN 0901714127.
  4. ^ "County Dublin Election". Gloucester Citizen. 22 February 1883. p. 4. Retrieved 19 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Ireland". London Evening Standard. 16 April 1857. p. 3. Retrieved 30 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "State of Polls". Kilkenny Journal, and Leinster Commercial and Literary Advertiser. 31 July 1852. p. 3. Retrieved 30 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ a b Farrell, Stephen. "Co. Dublin". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 15 May 2020.

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