Kilkenny City was an Irish Borough constituency in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament (MP). It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801, and remained in existence until its abolition for the 1918 general election.
Kilkenny City | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1801–1918 | |
Replaced by | North Kilkenny |
This constituency was the Parliamentary borough of Kilkenny in County Kilkenny.
Election | Member | Party | Note | |
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1 January 1801 | William Talbot | 1801: Co-opted. Resigned. | ||
2 March 1802 | Richard Archdall | |||
22 July 1802 | Hon. Charles Harward Butler | Whig | Resigned | |
4 February 1809 | Robert Williams | |||
24 October 1812 | Overington Blunden | Resigned | ||
27 May 1814 | Hon. Charles Harward Butler | Whig | ||
7 April 1820 | Rt Hon. Denis Browne | Tory | ||
22 June 1826 | John Doherty | Tory[1] | ||
11 August 1830 | Nicholas Philpot Leader | Whig[2] | ||
13 December 1832 | Richard Sullivan | Repeal Association[3] | Re-elected as a candidate of a Liberal/Repealer pact | |
17 May 1836 | Daniel O'Connell | Repeal Association[2][3] | ||
7 August 1837 | Joseph Hume | Radical[2] | ||
3 July 1841 | John O'Connell | Repeal Association[2][3][4] | 1847: Also returned by and elected to sit for Limerick | |
18 December 1847 | Michael Sullivan | Repeal Association[3][5] | Re-elected as a Liberal candidate | |
10 July 1852 | Ind. Irish[3] | |||
5 May 1859 | Liberal | |||
13 July 1865 | Sir John Gray | Liberal | Re-elected as a Home Rule League candidate | |
2 February 1874 | Home Rule League | Died | ||
28 April 1875 | Benjamin Whitworth | Home Rule League | Resigned | |
26 February 1880 | John Francis Smithwick | Home Rule League | ||
1882 | Irish Parliamentary Party | |||
1886 | Thomas Quinn | Irish Parliamentary Party | ||
1890 | Parnellite | |||
1891–1892 | Irish National Federation | |||
1892–1895 | Thomas Bartholomew Curran | Irish National Federation | ||
1895 | Patrick O'Brien | Parnellite | ||
1900–1917 | Irish Parliamentary Party | |||
1917 | W. T. Cosgrave | Sinn Féin | ||
1918 | constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Nicholas Leader | 219 | 54.5 | ||
Non Partisan | William Morris Reade | 116 | 28.9 | ||
Non Partisan | William Morres Bayley | 67 | 16.7 | ||
Majority | 103 | 25.6 | |||
Turnout | 402 | ||||
Whig gain from Tory | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Whig | Nicholas Leader | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 350 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Irish Repeal | Richard Sullivan (MP) | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 562 | ||||
Irish Repeal gain from Whig |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Irish Repeal (Whig) | Richard Sullivan (MP) | 7 | 100.0 | ||
Non Partisan | William Fletcher | 0 | 0.0 | ||
Majority | 7 | 100.0 | |||
Turnout | 7 | 1.2 | |||
Registered electors | 599 | ||||
Irish Repeal hold |
Sullivan resigned, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Irish Repeal | Daniel O'Connell | Unopposed | |||
Irish Repeal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Radical | Joseph Hume | 57 | 45.6 | New | |
Irish Repeal (Whig) | Daniel O'Connell | 50 | 40.0 | −60.0 | |
Radical | William Ewart | 18 | 14.4 | New | |
Majority | 7 | 5.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 125 | 16.1 | +14.9 | ||
Registered electors | 775 | ||||
Radical gain from Irish Repeal | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Repeal | John O'Connell | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 580 | ||||
Irish Repeal gain from Radical |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Repeal | John O'Connell | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 443 | ||||
Irish Repeal hold |
O'Connell was also elected for Limerick City and opted to sit there, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Repeal | Michael Sullivan | Unopposed | |||
Irish Repeal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent Irish | Michael Sullivan | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 664 | ||||
Independent Irish gain from Irish Repeal |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent Irish | Michael Sullivan | 218 | 55.2 | N/A | |
Whig | Francis Harvey Devereux[7] | 177 | 44.8 | New | |
Majority | 41 | 10.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 395 | 74.4 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 531 | ||||
Independent Irish hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Michael Sullivan | 236 | 52.9 | −2.3 | |
Liberal | Matthew O'Donnell | 210 | 47.1 | +2.3 | |
Majority | 26 | 5.8 | −4.6 | ||
Turnout | 446 | 76.2 | +1.8 | ||
Registered electors | 585 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | John Gray | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 574 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | John Gray | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 739 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Home Rule | John Gray | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 709 | ||||
Home Rule gain from Liberal |
Gray's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Home Rule | Benjamin Whitworth | 290 | 55.6 | N/A | |
Home Rule | Edmund Dwyer-Gray | 120 | 23.0 | N/A | |
Home Rule | Edward Marum | 112 | 21.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 170 | 32.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 522 | 75.7 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 690 | ||||
Home Rule hold |
Whitworth's resignation caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Home Rule | John Francis Smithwick | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 675 | ||||
Home Rule hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Home Rule | John Francis Smithwick | 316 | 60.8 | N/A | |
Home Rule | William James Doherty | 204 | 39.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 112 | 21.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 520 | 77.0 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 675 | ||||
Home Rule hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | John Francis Smithwick | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,899 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Thomas Quinn | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,899 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish National Federation | Thomas Bartholomew Curran | 744 | 55.2 | N/A | |
Irish National League | John O'Connor | 604 | 44.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 140 | 10.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,348 | 74.6 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,806 | ||||
Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish National League | Pat O'Brien | 681 | 50.5 | +5.7 | |
Irish National Federation | James Patrick Farrell | 667 | 49.5 | −5.7 | |
Majority | 14 | 1.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,348 | 76.2 | +1.6 | ||
Registered electors | 1,769 | ||||
Irish National League gain from Irish National Federation | Swing | +5.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Pat O'Brien | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,556 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Pat O'Brien | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,533 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Pat O'Brien | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,742 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Pat O'Brien | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,742 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Sinn Féin | W. T. Cosgrave | 772 | 66.3 | New | |
Irish Parliamentary | John Magennis | 392 | 33.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 380 | 32.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,164 | 68.4 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,702 | ||||
Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A | |||
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