Kilkenny City (UK Parliament constituency)
Kilkenny City | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1801–1918 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | North Kilkenny |
Kilkenny City was an Irish Borough constituency in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 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, and remained in existence until its abolition for the 1918 general election.
Boundaries
This constituency was the Parliamentary borough of Kilkenny in County Kilkenny.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 1850s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Irish | Michael Sullivan | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 664 | ||||
Independent Irish gain from Irish Repeal |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Irish | Michael Sullivan | 218 | 55.2 | N/A | |
Whig | Francis Harvey Devereux[5] | 177 | 44.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 41 | 10.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 395 | 74.4 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 531 | ||||
Independent Irish hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Michael Sullivan | 236 | 52.9 | −2.3 | |
Liberal | Matthew O'Donnell | 210 | 47.1 | +2.3 | |
Majority | 26 | 5.8 | −4.6 | ||
Turnout | 446 | 76.2 | +1.8 | ||
Registered electors | 585 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.3 |
Elections in the 1860s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Gray | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 574 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Gray | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 739 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1870s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Home Rule | John Gray | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 709 | ||||
Home Rule gain from Liberal |
Gray's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Home Rule | Benjamin Whitworth | 290 | 55.6 | N/A | |
Home Rule | Edmund Dwyer-Gray | 120 | 23.0 | N/A | |
Home Rule | Edward Marum | 112 | 21.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 170 | 32.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 522 | 75.7 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 690 | ||||
Home Rule hold |
Elections in the 1880s
Whitworth's resignation caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Home Rule | John Francis Smithwick | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 675 | ||||
Home Rule hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Home Rule | John Francis Smithwick | 316 | 60.8 | N/A | |
Home Rule | William James Doherty | 204 | 39.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 112 | 21.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 520 | 77.0 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 675 | ||||
Home Rule hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | John Francis Smithwick | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,899 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | Thomas Quinn | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,899 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish National Federation | Thomas Bartholomew Curran | 744 | 55.2 | N/A | |
Irish National League | John O'Connor | 604 | 44.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 140 | 10.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,348 | 74.6 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,806 | ||||
Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish National League | Pat O'Brien | 681 | 50.5 | +5.7 | |
Irish National Federation | James Patrick Farrell | 667 | 49.5 | −5.7 | |
Majority | 14 | 1.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,348 | 76.2 | +1.6 | ||
Registered electors | 1,769 | ||||
Irish National League gain from Irish National Federation | Swing | +5.7 | |||
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | Pat O'Brien | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,556 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | Pat O'Brien | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,533 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | Pat O'Brien | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,742 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | Pat O'Brien | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,742 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sinn Féin | W. T. Cosgrave | 772 | 66.3 | N/A | |
Irish Parliamentary | John Magennis | 392 | 33.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 380 | 32.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,164 | 68.4 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,702 | ||||
Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A | |||
References
- 1 2 3 4 Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. pp. 230–231. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via Google Books.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
- ↑ "Kilkenny—The County Election". Wexford Independent. 14 August 1847. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "Cork Examiner". 22 December 1847. p. 3. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "The Evening Freeman". 8 April 1857. p. 2. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
- 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 "K" (part 2)
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