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Tullamore (UK Parliament constituency)

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Tullamore
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
18851918
Seats1
Created fromKing's County and Portarlington
Replaced byKing'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

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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

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Election Member Party
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

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Elections in the 1880s

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General election 4 December 1885: Tullamore[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Joseph Francis Fox Unopposed
Registered electors 5,162
Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1890s

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General election 8 July 1892: Tullamore[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 % ±%
Irish National Federation Joseph Francis Fox Unopposed
Registered electors 5,081
Irish National Federation hold

Elections in the 1900s

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General election 2 October 1900: Tullamore[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Edmund Haviland-Burke Unopposed
Registered electors 4,939
Irish Parliamentary hold
General election 16 January 1906: Tullamore[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Edmund Haviland-Burke Unopposed
Registered electors 4,605
Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1910s

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General election 17 January 1910: Tullamore[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Edmund Haviland-Burke Unopposed
Registered electors 4,472
Irish Parliamentary hold
General election 5 December 1910: Tullamore[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Edmund Haviland-Burke Unopposed
Registered electors 4,472
Irish Parliamentary hold
By-election, 8 December 1914: Tullamore[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. 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
Ind. Nationalist gain from Irish Parliamentary Swing N/A
By-election, 19 April 1918: Tullamore[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Sinn Féin Patrick McCartan Unopposed
Registered electors 4,601
Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary

References

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  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.