- Queen's County Ossory (UK Parliament constituency)
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Queen's County Ossory Former County constituency for the House of Commons 1885–1918 Number of members One Replaced by Queen's County Created from Queen's County Ossory, a division of Queen's County, was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885–1918.
Prior to the 1885 general election and after the dissolution of Parliament in 1918 the area was part of the Queen's County constituency. (From the time of Irish independence, it was not represented in the UK Parliament, as Laois was no longer part of the United Kingdom).
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Boundaries
This constituency comprised the western part of Queen's County now known as County Laois.
The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 defined the division as including the Baronies of Clandonagh, Charmallagh, Maryborough West, Tinnahinch, and Upperwoods, and part of the Barony of Portnahinch.
Members of Parliament
Election Member Party 1885 Arthur O'Connor a Irish Parliamentary Party 1886 Stephen O'Mara Irish Parliamentary Party 1886 William Archibald Macdonald Irish Parliamentary Party 1892 Eugene Crean Anti-Parnellite Nationalist 1900 William P. Delany Irish Parliamentary Party 1916 John Lalor Fitzpatrick Irish Parliamentary Party 1918 Constituency merged into Queen's County Note:-
- a O'Connor was returned by more than one seat and elected to sit for East Donegal.
Elections
References
- Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "O"
Parliamentary constituencies in County Laois Parliament of Ireland
to 1800Ballynakill (1613–1800) · Maryborough (1571–1800) · Portarlington (1668–1800) · Queen's County (????–1800)
Westminster 1801–1922
and First Dáil 1918Portarlington (1801–1885) · Queen's County (1801–1885) · Queen's County Leix (1885–1918) · Queen's County Ossory (1885–1918) · Queen's County (1918–1922)
Dáil Éireann
1918–presentLaois–Offaly (1921– )
European Parliament
1979–presentIrish counties: Carlow · Cavan · Clare · Cork · Donegal · Dublin · Galway · Kerry · Kildare · Kilkenny · Laois · Leitrim · Limerick · Longford · Louth · Mayo · Meath · Monaghan · Offaly · Roscommon · Sligo · Tipperary · Waterford · Westmeath · Wexford · WicklowCategories:- Historic constituencies in County Laois
- Westminster constituencies in the Republic of Ireland (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1885
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1918
- Historic Westminster constituency in Ireland stubs
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