A former UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning two

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Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of

County Kildare County Kildare ( ga, Contae Chill Dara) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the Eastern and Midland Region. It is named after the town of Kildare. Kildare County Council is the local authority for the county, ...

Members of Parliament

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

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, requiring a by-election.

Elections in the 1860s

FitzGerald was appointed

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, requiring a by-election. Fitzgerald was appointed

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, 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) * * {{Kildare constituencies Westminster constituencies in County Kildare (historic) Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1801 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1885