- Kildare (UK Parliament constituency)
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Kildare Former County constituency for the House of Commons 1801–1885 Number of members Two Replaced by North Kildare and South Kildare A former UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning two Members of Parliament.
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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 Keating John La Touche Whig 1802, 20 July Lord Robert Stephen FitzGerald Whig Peter La Touche 1806, 21 November Robert La Touche Whig 1807, 21 May Lord Henry FitzGerald [1] Whig 1813, 23 March Lord William Charles O'Brien FitzGerald Whig 1830, 18 August Richard More O'Ferrall [2] Whig 1831, 9 May Sir Josiah William Hort, Bt Whig 1832, 21 December Edward Ruthven [3] Repeal Association 1837, 11 August Robert Archbold Whig 1847, 18 August Marquess of Kildare Whig Richard Southwell Bourke (became Lord Naas) Conservative 1852, 13 March William Henry Ford Cogan [4] Whig 1852, 26 July David O'Connor Henchy [5] Whig 1859, 19 May Richard More O'Ferrall [6] Whig 1859, 6 June Liberal Liberal 1865, 19 July Lord Otho Augustus FitzGerald [7] Liberal 1874, 12 February Charles Henry Meldon [8] Home Rule League 1880, 5 April James Leahy [9] Home Rule League 1882 Irish Parliamentary Irish Parliamentary - ^ Resigned, 1813
- ^ Re-elected in a by-election, on 26 May 1835, after being appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury.
- ^ Re-elected in the 1835 general election, as a candidate of a Whig/Repealer electoral pact
- ^ Pledged support to the formation of an Independent Irish Opposition, at the 1852 election. Re-elected as a Whig in 1857 and 1859. Became a Liberal on the formal creation of that party, soon after the 1859 general election. Re-elected as a Liberal in 1865, 1868 and 1874.
- ^ Pledged support to the formation of an Independent Irish Opposition, at the 1852 election. Re-elected as a Whig in 1857.
- ^ Became a Liberal on the formal creation of that party, soon after the 1859 general election.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Became a member of the Irish Parliamentary Party, when it was created in 1882.
- ^ 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
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References
- 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 1)
Parliamentary constituencies in County Kildare Parliament of Ireland
to 1800Athy (1614–1800) · Harristown (1684–1800) · Kildare Borough (????–1800) · Kildare County (????–1800) · Naas (1570–1800)
Westminster 1801–1922
and First Dáil 1918Kildare (1801–1885) · North Kildare (1885–1922) · South Kildare (1885–1922)
Dáil Éireann
1918–presentKildare–Wicklow (1921–1923) · Kildare (1923–1937, 1948–2002) · Carlow–Kildare (1937–1948) · Kildare North (2002– ) · Kildare South (2002– )
European Parliament
1979–presentIrish counties: Carlow · Cavan · Clare · Cork · Donegal · Dublin · Galway · Kerry · Kildare · Kilkenny · Laois · Leitrim · Limerick · Longford · Louth · Mayo · Meath · Monaghan · Offaly · Roscommon · Sligo · Tipperary · Waterford · Westmeath · Wexford · WicklowCategories:- Historic constituencies in County Kildare
- Westminster constituencies in the Republic of Ireland (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1801
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1885
- Historic Westminster constituency in Ireland stubs
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