King's County (UK Parliament constituency)

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King's County County constituency
Created:	1801, 1918
Abolished:	1885, 1922
Type:	House of Commons

King's County was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the British House of Commons. It return two Members of Parliament (MPs) 1801-1885 and one in 1918-1922.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Elections 4 Reference

[edit] Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of King's County now known as County Offaly.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Year		Member	Party
	1918	Dr Patrick McCartan	Sinn Féin

Constituency abolished 1922

[edit] Elections

General Election 1880: King's County (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Home Rule	Sir Patrick O'Brien, Bt	1,893	42.96
	Home Rule	Bernard Malloy	1,712	38.86
	Conservative	Henry Jackson	801	18.18
Turnout			4,406	68.67

• Note: Registered electors 3,208. Turnout estimated by dividing votes cast by 2. This will underestimate turnout to the extent that electors only used one of their two possible votes.

• Constituency abolished 1885 and re-created as a single member constituency 1918

General Election 1918: King's County
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Sinn Féin	Dr Patrick McCartan	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

• Constituency abolished 1922

[edit] Reference

• Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)