1899 Kildare County Council election

An election for Kildare County Council was held in 1899 as part of the wider 1899 Irish local elections. It was the first election following the reorganization of Irish local government caused by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898, and saw a considerable change of power from the largely Protestant traditional landowning class to the largely Catholic tenants.

The council was composed of 30 members, of whom 21 were elected representatives, whilst the remaining nine were Ex officio members; 5 were members by virtue of being Chairmen of Rural district councils, whilst 3 were nominees of the grand jury.

In contrast to County Mayo, the United Irish League played no role in the election, and didn't have any Kildare branches until December 1899. Whilst many candidates proclaimed themselves as nationalists, they were moderates, with no candidates advocating Irish republican sentiments.^[1]

Aggregate results

Kildare County Council election, 1899^[2]
	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Ind. Nationalist	17	80.95	72.94	4,100
Ind. Unionist	3	14.29	21.37	1,201
Independent	1	4.76	5.69	320

Ward results

Athy^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Nationalist	Matthew Minch	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Ind. Nationalist win (new seat)

Ballytore^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Ind. Nationalist	Owen Cogan	330
	Ind. Unionist	Thomas Greene	30
Majority
Turnout
	Ind. Nationalist hold		Swing

Ballymore-Eustace^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Ind. Nationalist	George Wolfe	381	84.7
	Ind. Unionist	Baron de Robeck	69	15.3
Majority			312	69.4
Turnout			450
	Ind. Nationalist win (new seat)

Carbury^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Ind. Unionist	More O’Ferrall	219
	Ind. Nationalist	Charles Burke	146
	Ind. Nationalist	William Smith	49
Majority
Turnout
	Ind. Unionist hold		Swing

Castledermot^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Ind. Nationalist	Edward Hayden	328
	Ind. Unionist	Thomas Greene	32
	Ind. Nationalist	Charles John Engledow	Disqualified
Majority
Turnout
	Ind. Nationalist hold		Swing

Celbridge^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Ind. Unionist	Sir Gerald Dease	Unopposed
Majority
Turnout
	Ind. Unionist hold		Swing

Churchtown^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Ind. Nationalist	Stephen Hayden	Unopposed
Majority
Turnout
	Ind. Nationalist hold		Swing

Clane^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Ind. Nationalist	Peter Crosbie	230
	Ind. Unionist	T. Cooke-Trench	127
Majority
Turnout
	Ind. Nationalist hold		Swing

Harristown^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Ind. Nationalist	James Kelly	Unopposed
Majority
Turnout
	Ind. Nationalist hold		Swing

Kilcock^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Ind. Nationalist	John Field	286
	Ind. Nationalist	James Cummins	80
Majority
Turnout
	Ind. Nationalist hold		Swing

Kilcullen^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Ind. Nationalist	Edward Fenelon	334
	Ind. Unionist	C. Cramer-Roberts	101
Majority
Turnout
	Ind. Nationalist hold		Swing

Kildare^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Ind. Nationalist	Charles Bergin	243
	Ind. Nationalist	John Moore	182
Majority
Turnout
	Ind. Nationalist hold		Swing

Kilmeague^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Ind. Nationalist	John Cribben	247
	Ind. Nationalist	Edward Delaney	41
Majority
Turnout
	Ind. Nationalist hold		Swing

Kilteel^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Ind. Nationalist	Laurence Malone	222
	Ind. Unionist	T. H. Campion	183
	Ind. Unionist	Earl of Mayo	19
Majority
Turnout
	Ind. Nationalist hold		Swing

Maynooth^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Ind. Unionist	Lord Frederick Fitzgerald	235	59.0
	Ind. Nationalist	William Rutherford	163	40.9
Majority			72	18.1
Turnout			398
	Ind. Unionist win (new seat)

Monasterevin^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Ind. Nationalist	Edward J. Cassidy	247
	Ind. Nationalist	M. Dowling	208
Majority
Turnout
	Ind. Nationalist hold		Swing

Morristown-Biller^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Ind. Nationalist	James Kelly	210
	Ind. Nationalist	Gerald Hurley	173
	Ind. Unionist	William Pallin	20
Majority
Turnout
	Ind. Nationalist hold		Swing

Naas^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Stephen J. Brown	320
	Ind. Unionist	Thomas. J. de Burgh	166
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Newbridge^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Ind. Nationalist	Joseph P. Dowling	Unopposed
Majority
Turnout
	Ind. Nationalist hold		Swing

Rathangan^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Ind. Nationalist	Stephen Murphy	Unopposed
Majority
Turnout
	Ind. Nationalist hold		Swing

Timahoe^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Ind. Nationalist	Francis Colgan JP	Unopposed
Majority
Turnout
	Ind. Nationalist hold		Swing

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v p.68, p.423

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[Nelson-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v p.68, p.423

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