Queen's County Leix (UK Parliament constituency) explained

Queen's County Leix
Type:county
Parliament:uk
Year:1885
Abolished:1918
Seats:1
Next:Queen's County

Leix, a division of Queen's County, was a constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament to the United Kingdom House of Commons from 1885 to 1918.

Prior to the 1885 general election and after the dissolution of Parliament in 1918 the area was part of the Queen's County constituency. From the time of Irish independence, it was not represented in the UK Parliament, as Laois was no longer part of the United Kingdom.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the eastern part of Queen's County now known as County Laois.

The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 defined the division as including the Baronies of Ballyadams, Cullenagh, Maryborough East, Slievemargy, and Stradbally, and that part of the Barony of Portnahinch not contained within the Ossory constituency.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1885Richard LalorIrish Parliamentary Party
1892Mark MacDonnellAnti-Parnellite Nationalist
1900Irish Parliamentary Party
1906Patrick Aloysius MeehanIrish Parliamentary Party
1913 by-electionPatrick Joseph MeehanIrish Parliamentary Party
1918Constituency merged into Queen's County

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

References