Portarlington (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Portarlington | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
| County | Queen's County |
| Borough | Portarlington |
| 1801–1885 | |
| Seats | 1 |
| Created from | Portarlington (IHC) |
| Replaced by | |
Portarlington was a rotten borough and was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one MP from 1801 to 1885. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801.
This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Portarlington in Queen's County (renamed County Laois in 1920).
A report into the boundaries was undertaken in 1831.[1] The Parliamentary Boundaries (Ireland) Act 1832 defined the boundaries of the parliamentary borough as:[2]
From the Bridge over the Grand Canal on the Monastereven Road, along the Canal to the Bridge over the same on the Maryborough Road; thence in a straight Line to the Point called Butler's Ford, at which a small Stream crosses the Mountmellick Road; thence in a straight Line to a small Bridge on the Cloniquin Road, which is distant about Five hundred Yards (measured along the Cloniquin Road) to the West of the Point at which the same leaves the Mountmellick Road; thence in a straight Line to a Point on the Bog Road which is distant Five hundred Yards (measured along the Bog Road) to the West of the Point at which the same leaves the Rathangan Road; thence, Eastward, along the Bog Road to the Point at which the same joins the Rathangan Road; thence, Southward, along the Rathangan Road to the Bridge on the same over the River Barrow; thence along the River Barrow to that Point thereof which would be cut by a straight Line to be drawn thereto due North from the Bridge over the Canal on the Monastereven Road; thence in a straight Line to the said Bridge on the Monastereven Road.
Members of Parliament
Notable MPs included Hon. William Lamb, who, as Viscount Melbourne, served as prime minister briefly in 1934 and again from 1835 to 1841.
