North Tipperary (UK Parliament constituency)

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North Tipperary
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
18851922
Replaced by Tipperary Mid, North and South
Created from Tipperary

North Tipperary was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament from 1885 to 1922. Prior to the 1885 United Kingdom general election the area was part of the Tipperary (UK Parliament constituency). From 1922, on the establishment of the Irish Free State, it was not represented in the UK Parliament.

Contents

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the northern part of County Tipperary.

1885–1922: The baronies of Ormond Lower, Ormond Upper, and Owney and Arra, and that part of the barony of Kilnamanagh Upper contained within the parishes of Glenkeen and Upperchurch.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1885 Patrick Joseph O'Brien Irish Parliamentary
1891 Irish National Federation
1900 Irish Parliamentary Party
1906 Michael Hogan Irish Parliamentary
Dec 1910 John Joseph Esmonde Irish Parliamentary
1915 John Lymbrick Esmonde Irish Parliamentary
1918 Joseph MacDonagh Sinn Féin
1922Abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: North Tipperary [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Parliamentary Patrick Joseph O'Brien 4,789 95.0
Conservative Henry Eustace2525.0
Majority4,53790.0
Turnout 5,04167.2
Registered electors 7,500
Irish Parliamentary win (new seat)
General election 1886: North Tipperary [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Parliamentary Patrick Joseph O'Brien Unopposed
Registered electors 7,500
Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: North Tipperary [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish National Federation Patrick Joseph O'Brien 4,064 89.8 N/A
Irish Unionist Cosby Godolphin Trench 46210.2New
Majority3,60279.6N/A
Turnout 4,52664.4N/A
Registered electors 7,029
Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary Swing N/A
General election 1895: North Tipperary [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish National Federation Patrick Joseph O'Brien Unopposed
Registered electors 6,419
Irish National Federation hold

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: North Tipperary [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Parliamentary Patrick Joseph O'Brien Unopposed
Registered electors 6,226
Irish Parliamentary hold
General election 1906: North Tipperary [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Parliamentary Michael Hogan Unopposed
Registered electors 5,659
Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: North Tipperary [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Parliamentary Michael Hogan Unopposed
Registered electors 5,421
Irish Parliamentary hold
General election December 1910: North Tipperary [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
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.

1915 North Tipperary by-election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Parliamentary John Lymbrick Esmonde 1,691 40.5 N/A
Irish Parliamentary Patrick Hoctor1,29331.0N/A
Irish Parliamentary Robert Gill1,19228.5N/A
Majority3989.5N/A
Turnout 4,17674.0N/A
Registered electors 5,647
Irish Parliamentary hold Swing N/A
General election 1918: North Tipperary [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Sinn Féin Joseph MacDonagh Unopposed
Registered electors 16,455
Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN   0901714127.