Portarlington (UK Parliament constituency)

Portarlington (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Portarlington
Type = Borough
Year = 1801
Abolition = 1885
members = One

Portarlington was a rotten borough and is a former United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland, returning one MP. 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 now called County Laois.

Members of Parliament

Elections

ee also

* Portarlington (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

References

*"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)


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