Tralee
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyCounty Kerry
BoroughTralee
1801–1885
Seats1
Created fromTralee (IHC)
Replaced byWest Kerry

Tralee was a constituency in Ireland of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, returning one Member of Parliament (MP). It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801. The borough constituency continued to be represented until it was disfranchised in 1885.

Boundaries

This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Tralee in County Kerry.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberPartyNote
1801-01-01 Arthur Moore 1801: Co-opted a
1802-07-24 Rt Hon. George Canning Tory Appointed Treasurer of the Navy
1804-06-04 Later Prime Minister 1827
1806-11-17 Rt Hon. Maurice FitzGerald
(The 18th Knight of Kerry)		 Whig Also returned by and elected to sit for County Kerry
1807-01-17 Samuel Boddington Tory
1807-05-21 Sir Arthur Wellesley Tory Also returned by and elected to sit for Newport (Isle of Wight).
Later Prime Minister (as the 1st Duke of Wellington) 1828–30
and 1834.
1807-07-27 Evan Foulkes Tory Resigned
1808-02-25 James Stephen Tory
1812-10-27 Henry Arthur Herbert Whig Resigned
1813-06-17 James Evan Baillie Whig
1818-06-29 Edward Denny Tory Later 4th Baronet. Resigned.
1819-05-29 James Cuffe Tory[1] Died 29 July 1828
1820-03-20
1826
1828-09-12 Sir Edward Denny, Bt Tory[2] 3rd Baronet. Resigned.
1829-06-09 Robert Vernon Smith Whig[3]
1831-05-07 Walker Ferrand Tory[3]
1832-12-14 Maurice O'Connell Repeal Association[3][4]
1837-08-07 John Bateman Conservative[3][4] Unseated on petition
1838-03-12 Maurice O'Connell Repeal Association[3][4]
1852-07-15 Radical[5] Died 18 June 1853
1853-07-04 Daniel O'Connell Jnr Whig[6][7]
1859-05-02 Liberal[4] Resigned
1863-05-15 Rt Hon. Thomas O'Hagan Liberal[4] Appointed Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Ireland
1865-02-14 Daniel O'Donoghue
(The O'Donoghue)		 Liberal[4]
1880-04-01 Home Rule League[4] Last MP for the constituency
1885-11-18 Constituency abolished

Note:

  • a Member of the former Parliament of Ireland chosen by lot to sit in the UK House of Commons from 1801.

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Tralee[4][3][8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Robert Vernon Smith Unopposed
Registered electors 13
Whig gain from Tory

Vernon Smith was appointed as a Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 4 December 1830: Tralee[4][3][8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Robert Vernon Smith Unopposed
Registered electors 13
Whig hold
General election 1831: Tralee[4][3][8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Tory Walker Ferrand Unopposed
Registered electors 13
Tory gain from Whig
General election 1832: Tralee[4][3][8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Irish Repeal Maurice O'Connell 91 56.2
Tory Edward Denny, Jnr. 71 43.8
Majority 20 12.4
Turnout 162 90.0
Registered electors 180
Irish Repeal gain from Tory
General election 1835: Tralee[4][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Repeal (Whig) Maurice O'Connell 85 51.2 −5.0
Conservative William Denny 81 48.8 +5.0
Majority 4 2.4 −10.0
Turnout 166 63.1 −26.9
Registered electors 263
Irish Repeal hold Swing −5.0
General election 1837: Tralee[4][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Bateman (Tralee MP) 75 54.0 +5.2
Irish Repeal (Whig) Maurice O'Connell 64 46.0 −5.2
Majority 11 8.0 N/A
Turnout 139 33.6 −29.5
Registered electors 414
Conservative gain from Irish Repeal Swing +5.2
  • On petition, tendered votes were allowed, altering total votes to 133 for O'Connell and 111 for Bateman, allowing O'Connell to be declared elected.

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Tralee[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Repeal Maurice O'Connell Unopposed
Registered electors 258
Irish Repeal gain from Conservative
General election 1847: Tralee[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Repeal Maurice O'Connell Unopposed
Registered electors 511
Irish Repeal hold

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Tralee[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Radical Maurice O'Connell 103 81.1 N/A
Conservative William Denny 24 18.9 New
Conservative George Herbert Kinderley 0 0.0 New
Majority 79 62.2 N/A
Turnout 127 55.7 N/A
Registered electors 228
Radical gain from Irish Repeal Swing N/A

O'Connell's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 4 July 1853: Tralee[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Daniel O'Connell Jnr 150 93.8 New
Independent Irish Thomas Fitzgerald 10 6.3 New
Majority 140 87.5 N/A
Turnout 160 50.8 −4.9
Registered electors 315
Whig gain from Radical Swing N/A
General election 1857: Tralee[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Daniel O'Connell Jnr Unopposed
Registered electors 248
Whig gain from Radical
General election 1859: Tralee[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Daniel O'Connell Jnr Unopposed
Registered electors 244
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1860s

O'Connell resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 15 May 1863: Tralee[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas O'Hagan Unopposed
Registered electors 238
Liberal hold

O'Hagan resigned after being appointed a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, causing a by-election.

By-election, 14 February 1865: Tralee[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Daniel O'Donoghue 115 59.3 N/A
Liberal Joseph Neale McKenna 79 40.7 N/A
Majority 36 18.6 N/A
Turnout 194 81.5 N/A
Registered electors 238
Liberal hold Swing N/A
General election 1865: Tralee[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Daniel O'Donoghue Unopposed
Registered electors 238
Liberal hold
General election 1868: Tralee[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Daniel O'Donoghue Unopposed
Registered electors 263
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Tralee[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Daniel O'Donoghue 143 50.5 N/A
Home Rule John Daly 140 49.5 New
Majority 3 1.0 N/A
Turnout 283 77.3 N/A
Registered electors 366
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Tralee[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Home Rule Daniel O'Donoghue 187 58.4 +8.9
Conservative Samuel Murray Hussey 133 41.6 New
Majority 54 16.8 N/A
Turnout 320 90.1 +12.8
Registered electors 355
Home Rule gain from Liberal Swing N/A

See also

  • Wikipedia:WikiProject UK Parliament constituencies/Historic constituency names

References

  1. ↑ Farrell, Stephen; Fisher, David R. "CUFFE, James (?1778-1828), of Deal Castle, co. Mayo". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  2. ↑ Farrell, Stephen. "DENNY, Sir Edward, 3rd bt. (?1774-1831), of Kingsend House, Powick, Worcs". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 240.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 239–240, 315. ISBN 0901714127.
  5. ↑ The Irish Franchise and Registration Question. London: Ridgways. 1841. p. 9.
  6. ↑ "Shrewsbury Chronicle". 1 July 1853. p. 2. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Answers to Correspondents". Dublin Weekly Nation. 9 July 1853. p. 8. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. 1 2 3 4 Farrell, Stephen. "Tralee". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
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