Portarlington (UK Parliament constituency)

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Portarlington Borough constituency
Created:	1801
Abolished:	1885
Type:	House of Commons

Portarlington was a former United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland, returning one MP. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Elections 4 References

[edit] Boundaries

This constituency was the Parliamentary borough of Portarlington in Queen's County now called County Laois.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• 1802: Henry Brook Parnell, Whig
• 1807-1812: William Lamb, Whig
• 1832-1835: Thomas Gladstone
• 1880-1883: Bernard FitzPatrick, Conservative

[edit] Elections

[edit] 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)