South Kildare (UK Parliament constituency)

This constituency comprised the southern part of County Kildare.

1885–1922: The baronies of East Offaly, Kicullen, Kilkea and Moone, Narragh and Reban East, and Narragh and Reban West, and that part of the barony of South Naas not contained within the North Kildare constituency.

class="wikitable"
colspan="2"|Election	Member	Party	Note
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Irish Parliamentary Party}}" | | 26 November 1885 |rowspan="2"| James Leahy | Irish Parliamentary | Party split
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Irish National League}}" | | December 18901 | Irish National League |
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Irish National Federation}}" | | 13 July 1892 |rowspan="2"| Matthew Minch | Irish National Federation |
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Irish Parliamentary Party}}" | | 3 October 1900 | Irish Parliamentary | Resigned
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Irish Parliamentary Party}}" | | 23 May 1903 | Denis Kilbride | Irish Parliamentary |
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | | 14 December 1918 2 | Art O'Connor | Sinn Féin | Did not take his seat at Westminster
colspan="2" align="center"|26 October 1922 |colspan="3"| UK constituency abolished

Notes:

• ¹ Not an election, but the date of a party change. The Irish Parliamentary Party had been created in 1882, on the initiative of Charles Stewart Parnell's Irish National League. Both the IPP and the INL split into Parnellite and Anti-Parnellite factions, in December 1890. The Parnellites remained members of the Irish National League after the split and the Anti-Parnellites organised the Irish National Federation in March 1891. The two organisations and the United Irish League merged in 1900, to re-create the Irish Parliamentary Party.
• ² Date of polling day. The result was declared on 28 December 1918, to allow time for votes cast by members of the armed forces to be included in the count.

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|title=General election 26 November 1885: Kildare South{{cite book|editor1-last=Walker|editor1-first=B.M.|title=Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922|date=1978|publisher=Royal Irish Academy|location=Dublin|isbn=0901714127|pages=355–356, 391}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Irish Parliamentary Party

|candidate =James Leahy

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 5,070

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{{Election box new seat win|

|winner = Irish Parliamentary Party

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|title=General election 6 July 1886: Kildare South}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Irish Parliamentary Party

|candidate =James Leahy

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 5,070

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Irish Parliamentary Party

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{{Election box end}}

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|title=General election 13 July 1892: Kildare South}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Irish National Federation

|candidate =Matthew Minch

|votes = 2,642

|percentage = 73.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Irish National League

|candidate =James Leahy

|votes = 975

|percentage = 27.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,667

|percentage = 46.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 3,617

|percentage = 60.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 5,973

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Irish National Federation

|loser = Irish Parliamentary Party

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 18 July 1895: Kildare South}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Irish National Federation

|candidate =Matthew Minch

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 6,011

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Irish National Federation

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{{Election box end}}

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|title=General election 3 October 1900: Kildare South}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Irish Parliamentary Party

|candidate =Matthew Minch

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 7,573

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Irish Parliamentary Party

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{{Election box end}}

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|title=By-election 23 May 1903: Kildare South}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Irish Parliamentary Party

|candidate =Denis Kilbride

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 5,452

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Irish Parliamentary Party

}}

{{Election box end}}

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|title=General election 17 January 1906: Kildare South}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Irish Parliamentary Party

|candidate =Denis Kilbride

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 5,164

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Irish Parliamentary Party

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 19 January 1910: Kildare South}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Irish Parliamentary Party

|candidate =Denis Kilbride

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 4,958

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Irish Parliamentary Party

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 9 December 1910: Kildare South}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Irish Parliamentary Party

|candidate =Denis Kilbride

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 4,958

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Irish Parliamentary Party

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General Election 14 December 1918: Kildare South}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Art O'Connor

|votes = 7,104

|percentage = 82.1

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Irish Parliamentary Party

|candidate =Denis Kilbride

|votes = 1,545

|percentage = 17.9

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 5,559

|percentage = 64.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 8,649

|percentage = 62.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 13,925

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Sinn Féin

|loser = Irish Parliamentary Party

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Reflist}}

• {{cite book|title=Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922|editor-first=Brian M.|editor-last=Walker|publisher=Royal Irish Academy|year=1978|location=Dublin|isbn=0901714127}}
• {{Rayment-hc|k||date=March 2012}}

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