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Kinsale (UK Parliament constituency)

Kinsale was a 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 Kinsale in County Cork. A Topographical Directory of Ireland, published in 1837, describes the Parliamentary history of the borough.

The new boundary contained in the Parliamentary Boundaries (Ireland) Act 1832 was:

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

  • On petition, Mahony was unseated in favour of Thomas

Elections in the 1840s

On petition, Guinness was unseated and a new writ was issued, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1850s

Hawes resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1860s

Arnott resigned, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1870s

Elections in the 1880s

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)

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