East Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency)
East Tyrone | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1918 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Tyrone |
Replaced by | North East Tyrone |
East Tyrone was a UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the British House of Commons 1885–1918.
Prior to the United Kingdom general election, 1885 the area was part of the Tyrone constituency. From the dissolution of Parliament in 1918 East Tyrone became part of the new North East Tyrone constituency.
Boundaries
This constituency comprised the eastern part of County Tyrone.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:Irish Parliamentary Party/meta/color" | | 1885 | William James Reynolds | Nationalist |
style="background-color: Template:Irish National Federation/meta/color" | | 1890 | Anti-Parnellite Nationalist | |
style="background-color: Template:Irish National Federation/meta/color" | | 1895 | Patrick Doogan | Anti-Parnellite Nationalist |
style="background-color: Template:Irish Parliamentary Party/meta/color" | | 1900 | Nationalist | |
style="background-color: Template:Irish Parliamentary Party/meta/color" | | 1906 (b) | Tom Kettle | Nationalist |
style="background-color: Template:Irish Parliamentary Party/meta/color" | | Dec 1910 | William Redmond | Nationalist |
style="background-color: Template:Irish Parliamentary Party/meta/color" | | 1918 (b) | Thomas Harbison | Nationalist |
1918 Dec | Constituency abolished (see North East Tyrone) |
Elections
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | William James Reynolds | 3,919 | 53.8 | N/A | |
Irish Conservative | James Meliss Stuart | 3,361 | 46.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 558 | 7.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,280 | 91.6 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 7,496 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | William James Reynolds | 3,843 | 53.2 | −0.6 | |
Liberal Unionist | Matthew George Megaw | 3,375 | 46.8 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 468 | 6.4 | −1.2 | ||
Turnout | 7,218 | 90.8 | −0.8 | ||
Registered electors | 7,946 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold | Swing | −0.6 |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish National Federation | William James Reynolds | 3,430 | 51.6 | −1.6 | |
Irish Unionist | Thomas Lorimer Corbett | 3,222 | 48.4 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 208 | 3.2 | −3.2 | ||
Turnout | 6,652 | 92.5 | +1.7 | ||
Registered electors | 7,188 | ||||
Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | −1.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish National Federation | Patrick Doogan | 3,413 | 51.1 | −0.5 | |
Irish Unionist | Thomas Lorimer Corbett | 3,261 | 48.9 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 152 | 2.2 | −1.0 | ||
Turnout | 6,674 | 93.8 | +1.3 | ||
Registered electors | 7,113 | ||||
Irish National Federation hold | Swing | −0.5 |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Patrick Doogan | 3,126 | 50.6 | −0.5 | |
Irish Unionist | J. Lincoln Sandwith | 3,050 | 49.4 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 76 | 1.2 | −1.0 | ||
Turnout | 61,76 | 91.4 | −2.4 | ||
Registered electors | 6,760 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold | Swing | −0.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | Patrick Doogan | 3,053 | 50.3 | −0.3 | |
Irish Unionist | William John MacGeagh MacCaw | 3,022 | 49.7 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 31 | 0.6 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 6,075 | 96.4 | +5.0 | ||
Registered electors | 6,299 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold | Swing | −0.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Tom Kettle | 3,018 | 50.1 | −0.2 | |
Irish Unionist | William John MacGeagh MacCaw | 3,000 | 49.9 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 18 | 0.3 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 6,018 | 95.5 | −0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 6,299 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold | Swing | −0.2 |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Tom Kettle | 3,208 | 50.9 | +0.6 | |
Irish Unionist | Armar Deyrolles Saunderson | 3,096 | 49.1 | −0.6 | |
Majority | 112 | 1.8 | +1.2 | ||
Turnout | 6,304 | 96.6 | +0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 6,526 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold | Swing | +0.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | William Redmond | 3,108 | 51.2 | +0.3 | |
Irish Unionist | David Reid | 2,968 | 48.8 | −0.3 | |
Majority | 140 | 2.4 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 6,076 | 93.1 | −3.5 | ||
Registered electors | 6,526 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold | Swing | +0.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Thomas Harbison | 1,802 | 59.6 | +8.4 | |
Sinn Féin | Seán Milroy | 1,222 | 40.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 580 | 19.1 | +16.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,024 | 43.9 | −49.2 | ||
Registered electors | 6,885 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold | Swing | N/A |
References
- Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
- Sydney Morning Herald, 28 July 1906
- The Constitutional Year Book, 1919 (London: National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations, 1919)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 2 )