Queen's County Council (now Laois County Council) was created in 1899 under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 and the first local elections for the county council, and the councils of the five rural districts within Queen's County, were held on 6 April 1899, simultaneous with elections in the other administrative counties.[1] The first Queen's County Council comprised 32 councillors serving a three-year term:
| County district | Councillor | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| data-sort-value="Phelan" | William Phelan | ||
| data-sort-value="Byrne" | John Byrne | ||
| data-sort-value="Brennan" | Patrick Brennan | Not the Newtown district representative | |
| data-sort-value="Boland" | Denis Boland | ||
| data-sort-value="Kelly" | Laurence Thomas Kelly | Vice chairman | |
| data-sort-value="Macmahon" | Arthur McMahon | Not the Abbeyleix RDC chairman | |
| data-sort-value="Treacy" | John Treacy | ||
| data-sort-value="Fitzpatrick" | Michael Fitzpatrick | ||
| data-sort-value="Macmahon" | James McMahon | ||
| data-sort-value="Castletown" | Bernard FitzPatrick, 2nd Baron Castletown | ||
| data-sort-value="Oflanagan" | Patrick O'Flanagan | ||
| data-sort-value="Williams" | John Williams | ||
| data-sort-value="Breen" | Thomas Breen | ||
| data-sort-value="Meehan" | Chairman. Maryborough is now Portlaoise | ||
| data-sort-value="Macevoy" | William McEvoy | ||
| data-sort-value="Dowling" | John Dowling | ||
| data-sort-value="Brennan" | Patrick Brennan | Not the Ballinakill district representative | |
| data-sort-value="Doran" | Patrick Doran | ||
| Portarlington South | data-sort-value="Bannon" | Charles Bannon | |
| data-sort-value="Quigley" | Daniel Quigley | ||
| data-sort-value="Shaughnessy" | Denis Shaughnessy | ||
| data-sort-value="Dunne" | William Dunne |
| Type | Rural district | Name | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RDC chairman | data-sort-value="Macmahon" | Arthur McMahon | Not the Castletown district representative | |
| Athy No. 2 | data-sort-value="Timmins" | Thomas Timmins | ||
| Carlow No. 2 | data-sort-value="Macwey" | Matthias McWey | ||
| data-sort-value="Dunne" | James Dunne | |||
| Roscrea No. 3 | data-sort-value="Lowry" | Thomas Lowry | ||
| Grand jury | — | data-sort-value="Cosby" | Of Stradbally Hall | |
| data-sort-value="White" | Henry Charles White | Of "Charleville", Roscrea | ||
| data-sort-value="Dease" | Edmund Dease | |||
| Co-opted | — | data-sort-value="Aird" | James Joseph Aird | Auctioneer and merchant in Maryborough; father of William Aird.[5] |
| data-sort-value="Conroy" | James Conroy |
| Michael Fitzpatrick | 186 | Labourers' support | |
| E. Conroy | 184 | Catholic clergy support | |
| C. P. Hamilton | 24 |