King's County was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) from 1801 to 1885 and one from 1918 to 1922.
Boundaries This constituency comprised the whole of King's County now known as County Offaly.
Members of Parliament MPs 1801–1885 ElectionFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party 1801, 1 January Sir Lawrence Parsons, Bt Denis Bowes Daly 1802, 22 July Thomas Bernard Tory 1807, 22 May Hardress Lloyd 1818, 30 June John Clere Parsons 1821, 30 July William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse Lord Oxmantown Tory 1830, 12 August Whig 1833, 1 January Nicholas Fitzsimon Repeal Association 1835, 16 January Hon. John Westenra Whig 1841, 24 February Sir Andrew Armstrong Whig 1852, 26 July Sir Patrick O'Brien, Bt Independent IrishLoftus Henry Bland Independent Irish 1857, 11 April Whig Whig 1859, 19 MayLiberal John Pope Hennessy Conservative 1865, 24 July John Gilbert King Conservative 1868, 23 November David Sherlock Liberal 1874, 11 FebruaryHome Rule Home Rule 1880, 13 April Bernard Charles Molloy Home Rule 1885 Constituency divided: see King's County Birr and King's County Tullamore
MPs 1918–1922
YearMemberParty 1918 Patrick McCartan Sinn Féin 1922 Constituency abolished
Elections Note: 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. Where there are two seats available but one party fields just one candidate, the turnout is estimated as the sum of the highest vote for each party. This method may overestimate turnout.
Elections in the 1830s
Elections in the 1840s
Fitzsimon resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1850s
Elections in the 1860s
Elections in the 1870s
Elections in the 1880s
Constituency abolished 1885 and re-created as a single member constituency 1918
Elections in the 1910s
Constituency abolished 1922
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