Queen's County (UK Parliament constituency)

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

Queen's County is a former UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning two Members of Parliament 1801-1885 and one in 1918-1922.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Elections 4 References

[edit] Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of Queen's County now known as County Laois, except for the Parliamentary borough of Portarlington 1801-1885.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Edmond Dease 1869-1880^[1]

Election		Member	Party	Note
1918		Single member constituency created
	1918, December 14 1	Kevin Christopher O'Higgins	Sinn Féin	Did not take his seat at Westminster
1922, October 26		UK constituency abolished

Note:-

• ¹ Date of polling day. The result was declared on 28 December 1918, to allow time for votes cast by members of the armed forces to be included in the count.

[edit] Elections

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.irishmidlandsancestry.com/content/laois/community/grattan_connection.htm The Gratton Connection

• 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)