Tralee (UK Parliament constituency)

Tralee
Tralee
Former borough constituency; for the House of Commons
County	County Kerry
Borough	Tralee
1801–1885
Seats	1
Created from	Tralee (IHC)
Replaced by	West Kerry

Tralee is a former borough constituency in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, returning one Member of Parliament (MP) for the parliamentary borough of Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland from 1801 to 1885.

History

Tralee was a two-seat constituency in the Irish House of Commons. Under the Acts of Union 1800, which came into effect on 1 January 1801, it was one of the constituencies represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, with its representation reduced to one seat. The member who sat in the First Parliament of the United Kingdom was chosen by lot. The borough was disfranchised under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, which took effect at the 1885 general election.^[1] The area was thereafter represented by the county constituency of West Kerry.

Notable MPs included George Canning, later Prime Minister in 1827, Arthur Wellesley, later Prime Minister from 1828 to 1830 (as the Duke of Wellington), and Thomas O'Hagan, later Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1868 to 1874 and 1880 to 1881.

Boundaries

The Parliamentary Boundaries (Ireland) Act 1832 defined the boundaries of the parliamentary borough as:^[2]

From the Milestone on the Killarney Road opposite a Lane which runs Eastward therefrom, in a straight Line to the South-eastern Angle of the Garden Wall of a House which is situate at the South-western Corner of the Barrack Wall; thence, Westward, along the said Garden Wall to the Point at which the same meets another Wall which runs Westward to the End of Mr. Benners Brewery; thence, Westward, along the last-mentioned Wall to the Brewery; thence along the Southern Side of the Brewery to the Mill Race which is beyond it; thence, Northward, along the Mill Race to the Point at which the same meets the Road which leads from the Brewery to Miltown; thence, Westward, along the last-mentioned Road to the Point at which the same meets the Ballymullen River; thence, Northward, along the Ballymullen River to the Point at which the same meets the Miltown Road; thence in a straight Line to a Point on the Blennerville Road which is distant Four hundred and forty Yards (measured along the Blennerville Road) to the North of the Point at which the Spa Road leaves the same; thence in a straight Line to a Point on the Spa Road which is distant Three hundred and seventy-five Yards (measured along the Spa Road) to the North of the Point at which the same leaves the Blennerville Road; thence in a straight Line to the northernmost Point at which the new Listowell Road is met by a small Stream which runs alongside thereof from a Pond towards the Town; thence in a straight Line to the Point at which the old Listowell Road is joined by the Road which leads to Mr. Batemans Demesne; thence along the old Listowell Road to the Bridge on the same over the Canal; thence in a straight Line to the Milestone first described.

Members of Parliament

Election	Member		Note
1801-01-01	Arthur Moore
1802-07-24	Rt Hon. George Canning	Tory	Appointed Treasurer of the Navy
1804-06-04	Rt Hon. George Canning	Tory
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)
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^[3]	Died 29 July 1828
1820-03-20
1826
1828-09-12	Sir Edward Denny, Bt	Tory^[4]	3rd Baronet. Resigned.
1829-06-09	Robert Vernon Smith	Whig^[5]
1831-05-07	Walker Ferrand	Tory^[5]
1832-12-14	Maurice O'Connell	Irish Repeal^[5]^[6]
1837-08-07	John Bateman	Conservative^[5]^[6]	Unseated on petition
1838-03-12	Maurice O'Connell	Irish Repeal^[5]^[6]
1852-07-15	Maurice O'Connell	Radical^[7]	Died 18 June 1853
1853-07-04	Daniel O'Connell Jnr	Whig^[8]^[9]
1859-05-02	Daniel O'Connell Jnr	Liberal^[6]	Resigned
1863-05-15	Rt Hon. Thomas O'Hagan	Liberal^[6]	Appointed Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Ireland
1865-02-14	Daniel O'Donoghue (The O'Donoghue)	Liberal^[6]
1880-04-01	Daniel O'Donoghue (The O'Donoghue)	Home Rule^[6]
1885-11-18	Constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Tralee^[6]^[5]^[10]
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^[6]^[5]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Whig	Robert Vernon Smith	Unopposed
Registered electors			13
	Whig hold

General election 1831: Tralee^[6]^[5]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Tory	Walker Ferrand	Unopposed
Registered electors			13
	Tory gain from Whig

General election 1832: Tralee^[6]^[5]^[10]
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^[6]^[5]
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^[6]^[5]
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^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Repeal	Maurice O'Connell	Unopposed
Registered electors			258
	Irish Repeal gain from Conservative

General election 1847: Tralee^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Repeal	Maurice O'Connell	Unopposed
Registered electors			511
	Irish Repeal hold

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Tralee^[6]
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^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Daniel O'Connell Jnr	150	93.8	*N/A*
	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^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Whig	Daniel O'Connell Jnr	Unopposed
Registered electors			248
	Whig gain from Radical

General election 1859: Tralee^[6]
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^[6]
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^[6]
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^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Daniel O'Donoghue	Unopposed
Registered electors			238
	Liberal hold

General election 1868: Tralee^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Daniel O'Donoghue	Unopposed
Registered electors			263
	Liberal hold

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Tralee^[6]
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^[6]
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

References

^ "Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict. c. 23), s. 2 and First Schedule" (PDF). legislation.gov.uk.
^ "Parliamentary Boundaries (Ireland) Act 1832 (c. 89)". The law journal for the year 1832–1949. Abridgment of statutes. Vol. X. E. B. Ince. 1832. pp. 239–246.
^ Farrell, Stephen; Fisher, David R. "CUFFE, James (?1778-1828), of Deal Castle, co. Mayo". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
^ Farrell, Stephen. "DENNY, Sir Edward, 3rd bt. (?1774-1831), of Kingsend House, Powick, Worcs". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 240.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 239–240, 315. ISBN 0901714127.
^ The Irish Franchise and Registration Question. London: Ridgways. 1841. p. 9.
^ "Shrewsbury Chronicle". 1 July 1853. p. 2. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Answers to Correspondents". Dublin Weekly Nation. 9 July 1853. p. 8. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Farrell, Stephen. "Tralee". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 24 May 2020.

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)
Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Royal Irish Academy.
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 2)

[1] "Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict. c. 23), s. 2 and First Schedule" (PDF). legislation.gov.uk.

[2] "Parliamentary Boundaries (Ireland) Act 1832 (c. 89)". The law journal for the year 1832–1949. Abridgment of statutes. Vol. X. E. B. Ince. 1832. pp. 239–246.

[3] Farrell, Stephen; Fisher, David R. "CUFFE, James (?1778-1828), of Deal Castle, co. Mayo". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 24 May 2020.

[4] Farrell, Stephen. "DENNY, Sir Edward, 3rd bt. (?1774-1831), of Kingsend House, Powick, Worcs". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 24 May 2020.

[stookssmith1842-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 240.

[walker-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 239–240, 315. ISBN 0901714127.

[7] The Irish Franchise and Registration Question. London: Ridgways. 1841. p. 9.

[8] "Shrewsbury Chronicle". 1 July 1853. p. 2. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[9] "Answers to Correspondents". Dublin Weekly Nation. 9 July 1853. p. 8. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[hop1820-1832-10] Farrell, Stephen. "Tralee". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 24 May 2020.

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