Portarlington was a rotten borough and was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one MP from 1801 to 1885. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801.
Boundaries
This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Portarlington in Queen's County (renamed County Laois in 1920).
A report into the boundaries was undertaken in 1831.[1] The Parliamentary Boundaries (Ireland) Act 1832 defined the boundaries of the parliamentary borough as:[2]
From the Bridge over the Grand Canal on the Monastereven Road, along the Canal to the Bridge over the same on the Maryborough Road; thence in a straight Line to the Point called Butler's Ford, at which a small Stream crosses the Mountmellick Road; thence in a straight Line to a small Bridge on the Cloniquin Road, which is distant about Five hundred Yards (measured along the Cloniquin Road) to the West of the Point at which the same leaves the Mountmellick Road; thence in a straight Line to a Point on the Bog Road which is distant Five hundred Yards (measured along the Bog Road) to the West of the Point at which the same leaves the Rathangan Road; thence, Eastward, along the Bog Road to the Point at which the same joins the Rathangan Road; thence, Southward, along the Rathangan Road to the Bridge on the same over the River Barrow; thence along the River Barrow to that Point thereof which would be cut by a straight Line to be drawn thereto due North from the Bridge over the Canal on the Monastereven Road; thence in a straight Line to the said Bridge on the Monastereven Road.
Members of Parliament
Notable MPs included Hon. William Lamb, who, as Viscount Melbourne, served as prime minister briefly in 1934 and again from 1835 to 1841.
Elections
Elections in the 1830s
Elections in the 1840s
Dawson-Damer was appointed Comptroller of the Household, requiring a by-election.
Elections in the 1850s
Dunne was appointed Clerk of the Ordnance, requiring a by-election.
Elections in the 1860s
Elections in the 1870s
Elections in the 1880s
FitzPatrick succeeded to the peerage, becoming Lord Castletown, causing a by-election.
See also
References
- ^ "Portarlington". Instructions by Secretary for Ireland, respecting Cities and Boroughs in Ireland sending Representatives to Parliament; Reports of Commissioners. Sessional papers. Vol. 43. Sessional papers. 8 June 1832. pp. 115–119.
- ^ "Parliamentary Boundaries (Ireland) Act 1832 (c. 89)". The law journal for the year 1832–1949. Abridgment of statutes. Vol. X. E. B. Ince. 1832. pp. 239–246.
- ^ Trench was created a peer in 1800, and so did not take up his seat at Westminster
- ^ Fisher, David R. "FARQUHAR, James (1764-1833), of Johnston Lodge, Laurencekirk; Hallgreen, Inverbervie, Kincardine and 13 Duke Street, Westminster, Mdx". The History of Parliament. Archived from the original on 12 March 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. pp. 237–238. Retrieved 7 October 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 234–235, 308. ISBN 0901714127.
- ^ a b "The General Election". Brighton Gazette. 12 August 1847. p. 8. Retrieved 7 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b "Portarlington". Armagh Guardian. 10 August 1847. p. 1. Retrieved 7 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Irish Members Returned". Galway Vindicator, and Connaught Advertiser. 7 August 1847. p. 2. Retrieved 7 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b Salmon, Philip. "Portarlington". The History of Parliament. Archived from the original on 6 March 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
- ^ "Advertisements and Notices". Freeman's Journal. 6 February 1874. p. 5. Retrieved 17 January 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.