Portarlington

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Portarlington is a parliamentary borough that historically sent representatives to the Parliament of the United Kingdom, notably serving as a constituency for figures such as Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire.

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Portarlington canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf parliamentary borough ⓘ
abolishedBy Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 ⓘ
category Historic parliamentary constituencies in Ireland (UK Parliament) ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Acts of Union 1800 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
electoralMethod first-past-the-post voting ⓘ
electoralType borough constituency ⓘ
electorateType borough electorate ⓘ
endTime 1885 ⓘ
hasParliament United Kingdom Parliament ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
hasRepresentative Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire ⓘ
historicalNote abolished in the late 19th century redistribution of seats ⓘ
created at the Union of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
historicalStatus disenfranchised ⓘ
jurisdiction United Kingdom Parliament electoral law ⓘ
languageOfOfficialRecords English ⓘ
locatedIn County Laois ⓘ
Ireland (UK parliamentary representation) ⓘ
Leinster ⓘ
Portarlington ⓘ
notableFor returning members to the Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
notableMP Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire ⓘ
numberOfMembers 1 ⓘ
parliamentarySystem Westminster system ⓘ
partOf United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
predecessor Portarlington (Irish Parliament constituency) ⓘ
region Ireland ⓘ
representedIn House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
representedInterest local borough of Portarlington ⓘ
startTime 1801 ⓘ
status defunct constituency ⓘ
successor Queen's County (Leix) constituency ⓘ
usedFor election of Members of Parliament ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire → representedConstituency → Portarlington ⓘ
subject linked to: Lord Buckinghamshire
County Laois → hasSettlement → Portarlington ⓘ
Queen's County → containsTown → Portarlington ⓘ
Portarlington (UK Parliament constituency) → locatedIn → Portarlington ⓘ
subject linked to: Portarlington
Portarlington railway station → serves → Portarlington ⓘ