County Kildare
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyCounty Kildare
1801–1885
Seats2
Created fromCounty Kildare (IHC)
Replaced byNorth Kildare and South Kildare

County Kildare is a former UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning two MPs to the United Kingdom House of Commons from 1801 to 1885.

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[1]
1807, 21 May Lord Henry FitzGerald[2] Whig
1814, 23 March Lord William FitzGerald Whig[3]
1830, 18 August Richard More O'Ferrall[4] Whig[3][5]
1831, 9 May Sir Josiah Hort, Bt Whig[3]
1832, 21 December Edward Ruthven[6] Repeal Association[3][7]
1837, 11 August Robert Archbold Whig[3][8]
1847, 18 August Charles FitzGerald Whig[9][10][11] Richard Bourke Conservative[7][9][10][11]
1852, 13 March William H. F. Cogan Radical[12][13]
1852, 26 July David O'Connor Henchy Ind. Irish[7] Ind. Irish[7]
1857, 7 April Whig[14] Radical[12][13]
1859, 19 May Richard More O'Ferrall[15] Whig
1859, 6 June Liberal Liberal
1865, 19 July Lord Otho FitzGerald[16] Liberal
1874, 12 February Charles Henry Meldon[17] Home Rule League
1880, 5 April James Leahy[18] Home Rule League
1882 Irish Parliamentary Irish Parliamentary

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Kildare[7][3][19]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Lord William FitzGerald 178 47.1
Whig Richard More O'Ferrall 119 31.5
Whig Marmaduke Cramer Roberts 81 21.4
Majority 38 10.1
Turnout 286 57.7
Registered electors 496
Whig hold
Whig hold
General election 1831: Kildare[7][3][19]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Richard More O'Ferrall Unopposed
Whig Josiah Hort Unopposed
Registered electors 496
Whig hold
Whig hold
General election 1832: Kildare[7][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Irish Repeal Edward Ruthven 262 48.3
Whig Richard More O'Ferrall 216 39.9
Whig Josiah Hort 64 11.8
Turnout 327 29.4
Registered electors 1,112
Majority 46 8.4
Irish Repeal gain from Whig
Majority 152 28.1
Whig hold
General election 1835: Kildare[7][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Richard More O'Ferrall 446 38.2 −1.7
Irish Repeal (Whig) Edward Ruthven 389 33.3 −15.0
Whig Frederick Ponsonby 333 28.5 +16.7
Turnout c. 584 c. 50.7 c. +21.3
Registered electors 1,152
Majority 57 4.9 −23.2
Whig hold Swing +2.9
Majority 56 4.8 −3.6
Irish Repeal hold Swing −15.0

O'Ferrall was appointed as a Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 26 May 1835: Kildare[7][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Richard More O'Ferrall Unopposed
Whig hold
General election 1837: Kildare[7][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Richard More O'Ferrall 762 44.3 +6.1
Whig Robert Archbold 728 42.3 +13.8
Conservative Robert Burke 226 13.1 New
Irish Repeal (Whig) Edward Ruthven 2 0.1 −33.2
Conservative Anthony George Lefroy 2 0.1 New
Turnout 990 70.3 c. +19.6
Registered electors 1,408
Majority 502 29.2 +24.3
Whig hold Swing +11.4
Whig gain from Irish Repeal Swing +15.2

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Kildare[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Richard More O'Ferrall Unopposed
Whig Robert Archbold Unopposed
Registered electors 978
Whig hold
Whig hold
General election 1847: Kildare[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Charles FitzGerald 544 43.2 N/A
Conservative Richard Bourke 413 32.8 New
Irish Repeal John Augustus O'Neill 301 23.9 New
Turnout 629 (est) 22.6 (est) N/A
Registered electors 2,788
Majority 131 10.4 N/A
Whig hold Swing N/A
Majority 112 8.9 N/A
Conservative gain from Whig Swing N/A

Elections in the 1850s

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

By-election, 13 March 1852: Kildare[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Radical William H. F. Cogan Unopposed
Radical gain from Conservative
General election 1852: Kildare[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Irish William H. F. Cogan 1,431 41.6 New
Independent Irish David O'Connor Henchy 1,392 40.5 New
Conservative Sir Charles Edward Bayly Kennedy, 2nd Baronet 616 17.9 −14.9
Majority 776 22.6 N/A
Turnout 2,028 (est) 73.1 (est) +50.5
Registered electors 2,774
Independent Irish gain from Whig Swing N/A
Independent Irish gain from Conservative Swing N/A
General election 1857: Kildare[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Radical William H. F. 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[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William H. F. Cogan Unopposed
Liberal Richard More O'Ferrall Unopposed
Registered electors 3,143
Liberal hold
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: Kildare[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William H. F. 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[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Otho FitzGerald Unopposed
Registered electors 3,055
Liberal hold
General election 1868: Kildare[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William H. F. 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[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Otho FitzGerald Unopposed
Registered electors 2,999
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Kildare[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Home Rule Charles Henry Meldon 1,296 40.3 New
Liberal William H. F. Cogan 964 30.0 N/A
Liberal Otho FitzGerald 727 22.6 N/A
Home Rule Hill Falconer Morgan[20] 226 7.0 New
Turnout 1,607 (est) 54.8 (est) N/A
Registered electors 2,930
Majority 332 10.3 N/A
Home Rule gain from Liberal Swing N/A
Majority 738 7.4 N/A
Liberal hold Swing

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Kildare[7]
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
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

References

  1. ^ Salmon, Philip. "LATOUCHE, Robert (1773-1844), of Harristown, co. Kildare". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  2. ^ Resigned, 1813
  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. pp. 229–230. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Re-elected in a by-election, on 26 May 1835, after being appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury.
  5. ^ Churton, Edward (1838). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer. p. 169. Retrieved 22 August 2019 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ Re-elected in the 1835 general election, as a candidate of a Whig/Repealer electoral pact
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 220, 285–286. ISBN 0901714127.
  8. ^ Mosse, Richard Bartholomew (1837). The Parliamentary Guide: a concise history of the Members of both Houses, etc. p. 130. Retrieved 22 August 2019 – via Google Books.
  9. ^ a b "County of Kildare". Dublin Evening Packet and Correspondent. 19 August 1847. p. 3. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ^ a b The Protestant Elector. p. 197. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via Google Books.
  11. ^ a b "General Election". London Evening Standard. 18 August 1847. p. 3. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. ^ a b "Ireland". London Evening Standard. 1 March 1852. p. 1. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  13. ^ a b "The Evening Freeman". 4 March 1852. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  14. ^ "Defeat of the Ministry". Wexford Independent. 7 March 1857. p. 2. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  15. ^ Became a Liberal on the formal creation of that party, soon after the 1859 general election.
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ Became a member of the Irish Parliamentary Party, when it was created in 1882.
  18. ^ 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.
  19. ^ a b Salmon, Philip. "Co. Kildare". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  20. ^ "The General Election". Freeman's Journal. 7 February 1874. p. 3. Retrieved 19 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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