Tullamore (UK Parliament constituency)

Tullamore

Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Seats| 1
Created from| King's County and Portarlington
Replaced by| King's County

Tullamore, a division of King's County, was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, that returned one Member of Parliament from 1885–1918.

Prior to the 1885 United Kingdom general election and after the dissolution of Parliament in 1918 the area was part of the King's County constituency.

## Boundaries[edit]

This constituency comprised the north-eastern part of King's County now known as County Offaly. It consisted of the baronies of Ballycowen, Coolestown, Geashill, Kilcoursey, Phillipstown Lower, Phillipstown Upper and Warrenstown.

## Members of Parliament[edit]

Election | Member | Party

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| 1885 | Joseph Francis Fox | Irish Parliamentary Party
| 1892 | Anti-Parnellite Nationalist
| 1900 | Edmund Haviland-Burke | Irish Parliamentary Party
| 1914 by-election | Edward John Graham | Independent Nationalist
| 1918 by-election | Patrick McCartan | Sinn Féin
| 1918 | Constituency merged into King's County

## Elections[edit]

### Elections in the 1880s[edit]

General election 4 December 1885: Tullamore[1] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Irish Parliamentary | Joseph Francis Fox | 3,700  | 92.0  |
| Liberal | Walter Hussey Walsh  | 323  | 8.0  |
Majority  | 3,377  | 84.0  |
Turnout | 4,023  | 77.9  |
Registered electors | 5,162  |  |
| Irish Parliamentary win (new seat)
General election 3 July 1886: Tullamore[1] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Irish Parliamentary | Joseph Francis Fox | Unopposed
Registered electors | 5,162  |  |
| Irish Parliamentary hold

### Elections in the 1890s[edit]

General election 8 July 1892: Tullamore[1] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Irish National Federation | Joseph Francis Fox | Unopposed
Registered electors | 5,295  |  |
| Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary
General election 15 July 1895: Tullamore[1] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Irish National Federation | Joseph Francis Fox | Unopposed
Registered electors | 5,081  |  |
| Irish National Federation hold

### Elections in the 1900s[edit]

General election 2 October 1900: Tullamore[1] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Irish Parliamentary | Edmund Haviland-Burke | Unopposed
Registered electors | 4,939  |  |
| Irish Parliamentary hold
General election 16 January 1906: Tullamore[1] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Irish Parliamentary | Edmund Haviland-Burke | Unopposed
Registered electors | 4,605  |  |
| Irish Parliamentary hold

### Elections in the 1910s[edit]

General election 17 January 1910: Tullamore[1] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Irish Parliamentary | Edmund Haviland-Burke | Unopposed
Registered electors | 4,472  |  |
| Irish Parliamentary hold
General election 5 December 1910: Tullamore[1] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Irish Parliamentary | Edmund Haviland-Burke | Unopposed
Registered electors | 4,472  |  |
| Irish Parliamentary hold
By-election, 8 December 1914: Tullamore[1] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent Nationalist | Edward John Graham | 1,667  | 51.2  | New
| Irish Parliamentary | Patrick F. Adams  | 1,588  | 48.8  | N/A
Majority  | 79  | 2.4  | N/A
Turnout | 3,255  | 71.6  | N/A
Registered electors | 4,547  |  |
| Independent Nationalist gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A |
By-election, 19 April 1918: Tullamore[1] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Sinn Féin | Patrick McCartan | Unopposed
Registered electors | 4,601  |  |
| Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 358–359. ISBN 0901714127.

* Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
* Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 2)

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Parliamentary constituencies in County Offaly

Parliament of Ireland
to 1800|

* Banagher (1629-1800)
* King's County (????-1800)
* Philipstown (1571-1800)
* Portarlington (1668-1800)

Westminster 1801-1922
and First Dáil 1918|

* King's County (1801-1885)
* Portarlington (1801-1885)
* Birr (1885-1918)
* Tullamore (1885-1918)
* King's County (1918-1922)

Dáil Éireann
1918–present|

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* Laois–Offaly (1921-2016)
* Offaly (2016-2020)

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Current|

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