South Kildare (UK Parliament constituency)

South Kildare was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament from 1885 to 1922.

South Kildare
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
1885–1922
Seats1
Created fromKildare
Replaced byKildare–Wicklow

Prior to the 1885 general election the area was part of the Kildare constituency. From 1922, on the establishment of the Irish Free State, it was not represented in the UK Parliament.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the southern part of County Kildare.

1885–1922: The baronies of East Offaly, Kicullen, Kilkea and Moone, Narragh and Reban East, and Narragh and Reban West, and that part of the barony of South Naas not contained within the North Kildare constituency.

Members of Parliament
ElectionMemberPartyNote
1885, November 26 James Leahy Irish Parliamentary Party split
1890, December 1 Irish National League
1892, July 13 Matthew Minch Irish National Federation
1900, October 3 Irish Parliamentary Resigned
1903, May 23 Denis Kilbride Irish Parliamentary
1918, December 14 2 Art O'Connor Sinn Féin Did not take his seat at Westminster
1922, October 26 UK constituency abolished

Notes:

  • 1 Not an election, but the date of a party change. The Irish Parliamentary Party had been created in 1882, on the initiative of Charles Stewart Parnell's Irish National League. Both the IPP and the INL split into Parnellite and Anti-Parnellite factions, in December 1890. The Parnellites remained members of the Irish National League after the split and the Anti-Parnellites organised the Irish National Federation in March 1891. The two organisations and the United Irish League merged in 1900, to re-create the Irish Parliamentary Party.
  • 2 Date of polling day. The result was declared on 28 December 1918, to allow time for votes cast by members of the armed forces to be included in the count.

Elections

Elections in the 1880s
General election 26 November 1885: Kildare South[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary James Leahy Unopposed
Registered electors 5,070
Irish Parliamentary win (new seat)
General election 6 July 1886: Kildare South[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary James Leahy Unopposed
Registered electors 5,070
Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1890s
General election 13 July 1892: Kildare South[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish National Federation Matthew Minch 2,642 73.0 N/A
Irish National League James Leahy 975 27.0 N/A
Majority 1,667 46.0 N/A
Turnout 3,617 60.6 N/A
Registered electors 5,973
Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary Swing N/A
General election 18 July 1895: Kildare South[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish National Federation Matthew Minch Unopposed
Registered electors 6,011
Irish National Federation hold

Elections in the 1900s
General election 3 October 1900: Kildare South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Matthew Minch Unopposed
Registered electors 7,573
Irish Parliamentary hold
By-election 23 May 1903: Kildare South[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Denis Kilbride Unopposed
Registered electors 5,452
Irish Parliamentary hold
General election 17 January 1906: Kildare South[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Denis Kilbride Unopposed
Registered electors 5,164
Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1910s
General election 19 January 1910: Kildare South[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Denis Kilbride Unopposed
Registered electors 4,958
Irish Parliamentary hold
General election 9 December 1910: Kildare South[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Denis Kilbride Unopposed
Registered electors 4,958
Irish Parliamentary hold
General Election 14 December 1918: Kildare South[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Sinn Féin Art O'Connor 7,104 82.1 New
Irish Parliamentary Denis Kilbride 1,545 17.9 N/A
Majority 5,559 64.2 N/A
Turnout 8,649 62.1 N/A
Registered electors 13,925
Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary Swing N/A

References
  1. Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.


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