Portarlington (UK Parliament constituency)


Portarlington was a rotten borough and is a former United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland, returning one MP. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801.

Boundaries

This constituency was the Parliamentary borough of Portarlington in Queen's County now called County Laois.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

Elections in the 1840s

Dawson-Damer was appointed Comptroller of the Household, requiring a by-election.

Elections in the 1850s

Dunne was appointed Clerk of the Ordnance, requiring a by-election.

Elections in the 1860s

Elections in the 1870s

Elections in the 1880s

FitzPatrick succeeded to the peerage, becoming Lord Castletown, causing a by-election.