County Kildare is a former UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning two MPs to the United Kingdom House of Commons from 1801 to 1885.
Boundaries This constituency comprised the whole of County Kildare.
Members of Parliament DateFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party 1801, 1 JanuaryMaurice Keatinge John La Touche Whig 1802, 20 July Lord Robert FitzGerald Whig Robert La Touche 1806, 21 November Whig1807, 21 May Lord Henry FitzGeraldResigned, 1813 Whig1814, 23 March Lord William FitzGerald Whig1830, 18 August Richard More O'FerrallRe-elected in a by-election, on 26 May 1835, after being appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. Whig1831, 9 MaySir Josiah Hort, Bt Whig1832, 21 DecemberEdward RuthvenRe-elected in the 1835 general election, as a candidate of a Whig/Repealer electoral pact Repeal Association1837, 11 AugustRobert Archbold Whig 1847, 18 August Charles FitzGerald WhigRichard Bourke Conservative1852, 13 March William H. F. Cogan Radical1852, 26 July David O'Connor Henchy Ind. Irish Ind. Irish1857, 7 April Whig Radical1859, 19 May Richard More O'FerrallBecame a Liberal on the formal creation of that party, soon after the 1859 general election. Whig 1859, 6 June Liberal Liberal1865, 19 JulyLord Otho FitzGeraldRe-elected in a by-election, on 21 May 1866, after being appointed Treasurer of the Household. Re-elected in a by-election, on 11 January 1869, after being appointed Comptroller of the Household. Liberal1874, 12 February Charles Henry MeldonBecame a member of the Irish Parliamentary Party, when it was created in 1882. Home Rule League1880, 5 April James LeahyA supporter of the Parnellite faction of the Home Rule League, at the 1880 general election. Became a member of the Irish Parliamentary Party, when it was created in 1882. Home Rule League 1882 Irish Parliamentary Irish Parliamentary
Elections Elections in the 1830s
O'Ferrall was appointed as a Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.
Elections in the 1840s
Elections in the 1850s Bourke was appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland, requiring a by-election.
Elections in the 1860s
FitzGerald was appointed Treasurer of the Household, requiring a by-election.
Fitzgerald was appointed Comptroller of the Household, requiring 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)