Fermanagh and Tyrone (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

Fermanagh and Tyrone
Former County constituency for the Parliament of Northern Ireland
Fermanagh and Tyrone shown within Northern Ireland
Former constituency
Created	1921
Abolished	1929
Election method	Single transferable vote

Fermanagh and Tyrone was a county constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland from 1921 to 1929. It returned eight MPs, using proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote.

Boundaries

Fermanagh and Tyrone was created by the Government of Ireland Act 1920 and consisted of the entirety of County Fermanagh and County Tyrone. The House of Commons (Method of Voting and Redistribution of Seats) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 divided the constituency into eight constituencies elected under first past the post: East Tyrone, Enniskillen, Lisnaskea, Mid Tyrone, North Tyrone, South Fermanagh, South Tyrone and West Tyrone. ^[1]

Second Dáil

In May 1921, Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the self-declared Irish Republic run by Sinn Féin, passed a resolution declaring that elections to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland and the House of Commons of Southern Ireland would be used as the election for the Second Dáil. ^[2] All those elected were on the roll of the Second Dáil, but only three of the 8 MPs elected for Fermanagh and Tyrone also sat as TDs in Dáil Éireann: Arthur Griffith and Seán Milroy, both of whom were also elected for Clare, and Seán O'Mahony. ^[3] O'Mahony was the only Sinn Féin TD in the Second Dáil who represented only a constituency in Northern Ireland.

Politics

Fermanagh and Tyrone had a slight Nationalist majority, but this was fairly evenly balanced with a Unionist minority. In both elections, four Unionists were elected, alongside three Sinn Féin members and one Nationalist in 1921, and four Nationalists in 1925.

Members of Parliament

Election	Member (Party)		Member (Party)		Member (Party)		Member (Party)		Member (Party)		Member (Party)		Member (Party)		Member (Party)
MPs (1921)		Arthur Griffith (Sinn Féin)		Edward Archdale (Ulster Unionist)		William Coote (Ulster Unionist)		William Thomas Miller (Ulster Unionist)		James Cooper (Ulster Unionist)		Thomas Harbison (Nationalist Party)		Seán O'Mahony (Sinn Féin)		Seán Milroy (Sinn Féin)
MPs (1925)		Alexander Donnelly (Nationalist Party)				Rowley Elliott (Ulster Unionist)								Cahir Healy (Nationalist Party)		John McHugh (Nationalist Party)

Election results

1921 General Election: Fermanagh and Tyrone (8 seats)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Sinn Féin	Arthur Griffith	25.9	21,677
	UUP	Edward Archdale	12.3	10,336
	UUP	William Coote	11.5	9,672
	UUP	William Thomas Miller	10.9	9,165	9,343
	UUP	James Cooper	10.5	8,754	8,762	9,789
	Nationalist	Thomas Harbison	8.5	7,090	7,754	7,754	7,771	7,806	7,807	7,814	7,886	7,992	9,444
	Nationalist	J. P. Gillin	6.7	5,591	5,782	5,784	5,824	5,832	5,832	5,842	5,867	6,115	8,109
	Sinn Féin	Seán O'Mahony	5.9	4,979	5,211	5,211	5,215	7,085	7,118	7,119	7,975	12,752
	Sinn Féin	Kevin Roantree O'Shiel	5.3	4,464	4,994	4,995	5,004	5,236	5,238	5,239	5,330
	Sinn Féin	Seán Milroy	2.2	1,846	11,556
	Sinn Féin	Seán MacEntee	0.2	179	1,037	1,037	1,065	1,170	1,171	1,172
Electorate: 95,272  Valid: 83,753  Quota: 9,306  Turnout: 87.9%

• Griffith died on 12 August 1922; his seat remained vacant at dissolution.
• Coote died on 14 December 1924; his seat remained vacant at dissolution.

1925 General Election: Fermanagh and Tyrone (8 seats)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Nationalist	Alexander Donnelly	14.6	12,098
	UUP	Edward Archdale	14.3	11,834
	UUP	Rowley Elliott	12.2	10,115
	UUP	William Thomas Miller	11.6	9,593
	Nationalist	Cahir Healy	11.1	9,191	9,358
	UUP	James Cooper	10.8	8,923	8,935	11,569
	Nationalist	Thomas Harbison	10.0	8,257	10,920
	Nationalist	John McHugh	8.0	6,584	6,617	6,620	6,716	6,743	6,848	8,328	8,337
	Republican	Thomas Larkin	5.4	4,483	4,504	4,507	4,560	4,585	4,607	4,838	4,840
	Republican	Seán O'Mahoney	2.0	1,652	1,661	1,662	1,672	1,681	1,692	1,708	1,713
Electorate: 96,388  Valid: 82,730  Quota: 9,193  Turnout: 85.8%

References

1. Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election results: Constituency Boundaries
2. "Dáil Éireann debate - Tuesday, 10 May 1921 - PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT. - ELECTIONS". Houses of the Oireachtas. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
3. "APPENDIX 19 DÁIL ÉIREANN". Houses of the Oireachtas. 16 August 1921. Retrieved 20 February 2019.

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