Lisnaskea (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

Lisnaskea Parliament of Northern Ireland County constituency
Lisnaskea shown within Northern Ireland
Created:	1929
Abolished:	1972
Election Method:	First past the post

Lisnaskea was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.

Boundaries

Lisnaskea was a county constituency comprising the eastern part of County Fermanagh. It was created in 1929, when the House of Commons (Method of Voting and Redistribution of Seats) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland. The constituency survived unchanged, returning one member of Parliament, until the Parliament of Northern Ireland was temporarily suspended in 1972, and then formally abolished in 1973.

Politics

Lisnaskea had a unionist majority, but a substantial nationalist minority. The seat was consistently won by the Ulster Unionist Party candidate, and it was only contested on three occasions: in 1949 by a Nationalist candidate, in 1968 by Liberal and independent candidates and in 1969 by the People's Democracy and an independent Unionist candidate.

Members of Parliament

Elected	Party		Name
1929		Ulster Unionist	Basil Brooke
1968		Ulster Unionist	John Brooke

Election results

Northern Ireland 1921–72

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At the 1929, 1933, 1938 and 1945 general elections, Sir Basil Brooke was elected unopposed.

General Election 10 February 1949: Lisnaskea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Sir Basil Brooke	5,593	57.3	N/A
	Nationalist (NI)	John Carron	4,173	42.7	N/A
Majority			1,420	14.6	N/A
Turnout				87.1	N/A
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

At the 1953, 1958, 1962 and 1965 general elections, Sir Basil Brooke (later 1st Viscount Brookeborough) was elected unopposed.

Lisnaskea by-election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	John Brooke	4,428	50.3	N/A
	Independent	F. G. Patterson	3,270	37.2	N/A
	Liberal	Stanley Wynne	1,104	12.5	N/A
Majority			1,158	13.1	N/A
Turnout				83.0	N/A
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 24 February 1969: Lisnaskea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	John Brooke	4,794	52.0	+1.7
	Independent Unionist	J. D. A. Henderson	2,702	29.3	N/A
	People's Democracy	M. Carey	1,726	18.7	N/A
Majority			2,092	22.7	+9.6
Turnout				87.8	+4.8
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

• Parliament prorogued 30 March 1972 and abolished 18 July 1973