Founded 1921 | Created Irish elections, 1921 | |
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Seats 4 (1921–1923)
5 (1923–2016) County councils County Laois
County Offaly Abolished Irish general election, 2016 | ||
Laois–Offaly (formerly King's County–Queen's County, Leix–Offaly and Laoighis–Offaly) was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, from 1921 to 2016. The method of election was the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).
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History and boundaries
Laois–Offaly was created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, and first used for the 1921 general election to the Second Dáil. It was used at every subsequent general election until 2011.
It spanned the entire area of County Laois and most of County Offaly, and includes the towns of Abbeyleix, Birr, Edenderry, Mountrath, Portarlington, Portlaoise and Tullamore. A small part of County Offaly was in the Tipperary North constituency.
It was abolished at the 2016 general election, and was replaced by the new constituencies of Laois and Offaly.
TDs
Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.
1984 by-election
Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Bernard Cowen, a by-election was held on 14 June 1984. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Brian Cowen, son of the deceased TD.
1956 by-election
Following the death of Labour Party TD William Davin, a by-election was held on 30 April 1956. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Kieran Egan.
1926 by-election
Following the disqualification of Republican TD Seán McGuinness, a by-election was held on 18 February 1926. The seat was won by the Cumann na nGaedheal candidate James Dwyer.