North Tipperary (UK Parliament constituency)
North Tipperary | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1922 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Tipperary |
North Tipperary was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885–1922.
This constituency comprised the northern part of County Tipperary. Prior to the United Kingdom general election, 1885 the area was part of the Tipperary (UK Parliament constituency). From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:Irish Parliamentary Party/meta/color" | | 1885 | Patrick Joseph O'Brien | Irish Parliamentary |
style="background-color: Template:Irish National Federation/meta/color" | | 1891 | Irish National Federation | |
style="background-color: Template:Irish Parliamentary Party/meta/color" | | 1900 | Irish Parliamentary Party | |
style="background-color: Template:Irish Parliamentary Party/meta/color" | | 1906 | Michael Hogan | Irish Parliamentary |
style="background-color: Template:Irish Parliamentary Party/meta/color" | | Dec 1910 | John Joseph Esmonde | Irish Parliamentary |
style="background-color: Template:Irish Parliamentary Party/meta/color" | | 1915 | John Lymbrick Esmonde | Irish Parliamentary |
style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" | | 1918 | Joseph MacDonagh | Sinn Féin |
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | | 1922 | Abolished |
Elections
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Patrick Joseph O'Brien | 4,789 | 95.0 | N/A | |
Irish Conservative | Henry Eustace | 252 | 5.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,537 | 90.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,041 | 67.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 7,500 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Patrick Joseph O'Brien | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 7,500 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish National Federation | Patrick Joseph O'Brien | 4,064 | 89.8 | N/A | |
Irish Unionist | Cosby Godolphin Trench | 462 | 10.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,602 | 79.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,526 | 64.4 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 7,029 | ||||
Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish National Federation | Patrick Joseph O'Brien | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 6,419 | ||||
Irish National Federation hold |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Patrick Joseph O'Brien | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 6,226 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Michael Hogan | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,659 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Michael Hogan | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,421 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | John Joseph Esmonde | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,421 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Esmonde's death causes a by-election, in which three nationalists contested each other.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | John Lymbrick Esmonde | 1,691 | 40.5 | N/A | |
Irish Parliamentary | Patrick Hoctor | 1,293 | 31.0 | N/A | |
Irish Parliamentary | Robert Gill | 1,192 | 28.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 398 | 9.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,176 | 74.0 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 5,647 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Sinn Féin | Joseph MacDonagh | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 16,455 | ||||
Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary |
References
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 1)
- The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844–50), 2nd edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)
- Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
Categories:
- Westminster constituencies in County Tipperary (historic)
- Dáil Éireann constituencies in the Republic of Ireland (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1885
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1922
- Historic Westminster constituency in Ireland stubs