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Kilkenny County
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
1801–1885
Seatstwo
Replaced byNorth Kilkenny
South Kilkenny

County Kilkenny parliamentary constituency was a former UK Parliament County constituency in County Kilkenny in Ireland. The County constituency returned two Members of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, from 1801 until 1885.

County Kilkenny constituency was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Acts of Union 1800 by Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801, and remained in existence until its abolition in 1885 when it was replaced by North Kilkenny and South Kilkenny.

County Kilkenny constituency was made up of the traditional county except for the borough constituency of Kilkenny City for Kilkenny.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of County Kilkenny, except for the Parliamentary borough of Kilkenny City.

Members of Parliament

Year 1st Member 1st Party 2nd Member 2nd Party
1801, 1 January style="background-color: Template:Whig Party (UK)/meta/color" | William Ponsonby, later Baron Ponsonby Whig rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | James Butler, later Marquess of Ormonde
1806, 12 April style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | George Ponsonby
1806, 21 November rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby
1820, 11 September rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | Charles Clarke Whig[1]
1826, 22 June rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | John Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon, later Earl of Bessborough Whig[1]
1830, 12 August style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | John Butler, Earl of Ossory, later Marquess of Ormonde Whig[1]
1832, 20 December rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Repeal Association/meta/color" | Pierce Butler Repeal Association[1][2] style="background-color: Template:Repeal Association/meta/color" | William Francis Finn Repeal Association[1][2]
1837, 12 August style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | George Bryan Whig[1]
1843, 1 December rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Repeal Association/meta/color" | Pierce Somerset Butler Repeal Association[2][3][4]
1846, 29 July style="background-color: Template:Repeal Association/meta/color" | Richard Smithwicke Repeal Association[2]
1847, 18 August style="background-color: Template:Repeal Association/meta/color" | John Greene Repeal Association[2][3][4]
1852, 26 July rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Independent Irish Party/meta/color" | Ind. Irish[2][5][6] style="background-color: Template:Independent Irish Party/meta/color" | William Shee Ind. Irish[2][5]
1857, 13 April style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | Leopold Agar-Ellis Whig[7]
1859, 20 May style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | Liberal[2] rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | Liberal[2]
1865, 24 July style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | George Leopold Bryan Liberal[2]
1874, 10 February style="background-color: Template:Home Rule League/meta/color" | Home Rule League[2] rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Home Rule League/meta/color" | Patrick Martin Home Rule League[2]
1880, 15 April style="background-color: Template:Parnellite Home Rule League/meta/color" | Edward Marum [[Template:Parnellite Home Rule League/meta/shortname]][2]
1885 Constituency abolished: see North Kilkenny and South Kilkenny

Elections

Elections in the 1850s

General Election 1852: County Kilkenny[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Irish William Shee 2,622 43.6
Independent Irish John Greene 2,537 42.2
Conservative James Wandesford Butler 500 8.3
Whig Leopold Agar-Ellis 350 5.8
Majority 2,037 33.9
Turnout 3,005 (est) 59.7 (est)
Registered electors 5,036
Independent Irish gain from Irish Repeal Swing
Independent Irish gain from Irish Repeal Swing
General Election 1857: County Kilkenny[2][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Leopold Agar-Ellis 2,589 39.5 +33.7
Independent Irish John Greene 1,604 24.5 −17.7
Whig George Charles Mostyn 1,324 20.2 N/A
Whig William Shee 1,036 15.8 −27.8
Turnout 3,277 (est) 64.0 (est) +4.3
Registered electors 5,124
Majority 985 15.0 N/A
Whig gain from Independent Irish Swing +28.2
Majority 280 4.3 −29.6
Independent Irish hold Swing −17.3
General Election 1859: County Kilkenny[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Leopold Agar-Ellis 2,483 31.8 −7.7
Liberal John Greene 1,992 25.5 +1.0
Liberal George Henry Moore 1,747 22.4 N/A
Liberal William Shee 1,590 20.4 +4.6
Majority 245 3.1 −11.9
Turnout 3,906 (est) 73.1 (est) +9.1
Registered electors 5,347
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1860s

General Election 1865: County Kilkenny[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Leopold Bryan 2,913 44.9 N/A
Liberal Leopold Agar-Ellis 2,728 42.0 +10.2
Liberal John Greene 852 13.1 −12.4
Majority 1,876 28.9 +25.8
Turnout 3,247 (est) 63.0 (est) −10.1
Registered electors 5,151
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Liberal hold Swing N/A
General Election 1868: County Kilkenny[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Leopold Bryan Unopposed
Liberal Leopold Agar-Ellis Unopposed
Registered electors 5,159
Liberal hold
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1870s

General Election 1874: County Kilkenny[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Home Rule George Leopold Bryan 2,603 44.2 N/A
Home Rule Patrick Martin 2,139 36.3 N/A
Liberal Leopold Agar-Ellis 1,151 19.5 N/A
Majority 988 16.8 N/A
Turnout 3,522 (est) 66.5 (est) N/A
Registered electors 5,300
Home Rule gain from Liberal Swing
Home Rule gain from Liberal Swing

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1880: County Kilkenny[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parnellite Home Rule League Edward Marum 2,707 42.9 −1.3
Home Rule Patrick Martin 2,694 42.7 +6.4
Conservative James Butler 913 14.5 N/A
Majority 1,781 28.2 +11.4
Turnout 3,620 (est) 73.8 (est) +7.3
Registered electors 4,907
Home Rule hold Swing N/A
Home Rule hold Swing N/A

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 230. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
  3. ^ a b "Repeal Association". Dublin Evening Post. 31 August 1847. p. 4. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ a b "Kilkenny Co. Election". Cork Examiner. 19 July 1847. p. 1. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ a b "The General Election". Staffordshire Advertiser. 31 July 1852. p. 3. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "The County Election". Kilkenny Journal, and Leinster Commercial and Literary Advertiser. 28 March 1857. p. 2. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "The County Election". Kilkenny Journal, and Leinster Commercial and Literary Advertiser. 21 March 1857. p. 2. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "General Intelligence". Coventry Standard. 17 April 1857. p. 2. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.


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