South Kilkenny (UK Parliament constituency)
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South Kilkenny | |
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Formercounty constituency for theHouse of Commons | |
1885–1922 | |
Seats | 1 |
Created from | County Kilkenny |
Replaced by | Carlow–Kilkenny |
South Kilkennywas a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland.
Boundaries and boundary changes[edit]
Thiscounty constituencycomprised the southern part ofCounty Kilkenny.From 1885 to 1922 it returned oneMember of Parliament.It was redrawn in 1918 as a result of the abolition of theKilkenny City constituencyand the transfer of part of the town ofNew RosstoCounty Wexfordand the transfer of the Kilculliheen area to County Kilkenny fromWaterfordcity under the 1898 Local Government Act.
1885–1918:The baronies of Callan, Ida, Iverk and Knocktopher, and that part of the barony of Gowran contained within the parishes of Ballylinch, Columbkille, Famma, Graiguenamanagh, Inistioge, Jerpoint Abbey, Jerpoint West, Kilfane, Pleberstown, Thomastown and Ullard.
1918–1922:The rural districts of Callan, Carrick-on-Suir No. 3, Ida, Thomastown and Waterford No. 2.
Before the1885 United Kingdom general electionthe area was part of theCounty Kilkennyconstituency. The constituency ceased to be entitled to be represented in the UKHouse of Commonson thedissolutionof 26 October 1922, shortly before theIrish Free Statecame into legal existence on 6 December 1922.
First Dáil[edit]
The constituency was, in Irish republican theory, entitled to return oneTeachta Dála(known in English as a Deputy) in 1918 to serve in theIrish Republic'sFirst Dáil.Sinn Féinused theUK general electionin 1918 to elect the Dáil. The revolutionary body assembled on 21 January 1919. The list of members read out on that day included everyone elected in Ireland. Only the Sinn Féin Deputies participated in the Dáil, but the other IrishMPscould have done so if they had chosen to adhere to the Republic.
The First Dáil, passed a motion at its last meeting on 10 May 1921, the first three parts of which make explicit the republican view.
- That the Parliamentary elections which are to take place during the present month be regarded as elections to Dáil Éireann.
- That all deputies duly returned at these elections be regarded as members of Dáil Éireann and allowed to take their seats on subscribing to the proposed Oath of Allegiance.
- That the present Dáil dissolve automatically as soon as the new body has been summoned by the President and called to order.
TheSecond Dáilfirst met on 16 August 1921, thereby dissolving the First Dáil.
Sinn Féin had decided to use the polls for theNorthern Ireland House of Commonsand theHouse of Commons of Southern Irelandas an election for the Irish Republic'sSecond Dáil.No actual voting was necessary inSouthern Irelandas all the seats were filled by unopposed returns. Except for Dublin University all other constituencies elected Sinn Féin TDs. As with the First Dáil, the other Deputies could have joined the Dáil if they chose.
From theThird Dáilonwards the Dáil represented only the twenty-six counties which formed theIrish Free State.
In the 2nd and 3rd DálaKilkenny Southformed part of theCarlow–Kilkennyconstituency.
Politics[edit]
Sinn Féindefeated the Irish Parliamentary Party by better than 4 to 1 in the 1918 election. James O'Mara (1873 – 21 November 1948) had been Nationalist MP for the constituency 1900–1907. He had resigned the seat when he joined Sinn Féin.
Members of Parliament[edit]
Election | Member | Party | Note | |
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1885, December 4 | Patrick Chance | Irish Parliamentary | Party split | |
1890, December1 | Anti-Parnellite | Joined new organisation | ||
1891, March1 | Irish National Federation | Resigned | ||
1894, September 7 | Samuel Morris | Irish National Federation | ||
1900, October 6 | James O'Mara | Irish Parliamentary | Resigned | |
1907, July 29 | Nicholas Joseph Murphy | Irish Parliamentary | Declared bankrupt | |
1909, August 10 | Matthew Keating | Irish Parliamentary | ||
1918, December 142 | James O'Mara | Sinn Féin | Did not take his seat atWestminster | |
1922, October 26 | UK constituency abolished |
Notes:-
- 1Not an election, but the date of a party change. The Irish Parliamentary Party had been created in 1882, on the initiative ofCharles Stewart Parnell's Irish National League. Both the IPP and the INL split into Parnellite and Anti-Parnellite factions, in December 1890. The Parnellites remained members of the Irish National League after the split and the Anti-Parnellites organised the Irish National Federation in March 1891. The two organisations and theUnited Irish Leaguemerged in 1900, to re-create the Irish Parliamentary Party.
- 2Date 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.
Elections[edit]
Elections in the 1880s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Patrick Chance | 4,088 | 94.8 | ||
Irish Conservative | Raymond de la Poer | 222 | 5.2 | ||
Majority | 3,866 | 89.6 | |||
Turnout | 4,310 | 72.8 | |||
Registered electors | 5,924 | ||||
Irish Parliamentarywin(new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Patrick Chance | Unopposed | |||
Irish Parliamentaryhold |
Elections in the 1890s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish National Federation | Patrick Chance | 3,346 | 93.0 | N/A | |
Irish Unionist | Raymond de la Poer | 253 | 7.0 | New | |
Majority | 3,093 | 86.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,599 | 56.4 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 6,385 | ||||
Irish National FederationgainfromIrish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish National Federation | Samuel Morris | Unopposed | |||
Irish National Federationhold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish National Federation | Samuel Morris | Unopposed | |||
Irish National Federationhold |
Elections in the 1900s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | James O'Mara | Unopposed | |||
Irish Parliamentaryhold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | James O'Mara | Unopposed | |||
Irish Parliamentaryhold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Nicholas Joseph Murphy | Unopposed | |||
Irish Parliamentaryhold |
Murphy is declared bankrupt, prompting a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Matthew Keating | Unopposed | |||
Irish Parliamentaryhold |
Elections in the 1910s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Matthew Keating | Unopposed | |||
Irish Parliamentaryhold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Matthew Keating | 2,265 | 88.8 | N/A | |
Independent Nationalist | Nicholas Joseph Murphy | 287 | 11.2 | New | |
Majority | 1,978 | 77.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,552 | 51.5 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 4,958 | ||||
Irish Parliamentaryhold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Sinn Féin | James O'Mara | 8,685 | 82.4 | New | |
Irish Parliamentary | Matthew Keating | 1,855 | 17.6 | −71.2 | |
Majority | 6,830 | 64.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 10,540 | 64.2 | +12.7 | ||
Registered electors | 16,410 | ||||
Sinn FéingainfromIrish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978).Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922.Dublin: Royal Irish Academy.ISBN0901714127.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 2)
External links[edit]
- Westminster constituencies in County Kilkenny (historic)
- Dáil constituencies in the Republic of Ireland (historic)
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1922
- Historic constituencies in County Kilkenny