Tipperary (UK Parliament constituency)

County Tipperary
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
County	County Tipperary
1801–1885
Seats	2
Created from	County Tipperary (IHC)
Replaced by	East Tipperary Mid Tipperary North Tipperary South Tipperary

County Tipperary was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which from 1801 to 1885 returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of County Tipperary, except the parliamentary boroughs of Cashel (1801–1870) and Clonmel (1801–1885). After the Sligo and Cashel Disfranchisement Act 1870, the borough of Cashel ceased to have separate representation, and eligible voters were added to the roll for the county constituency.

In 1885, the constituency was divided into East Tipperary, Mid Tipperary, North Tipperary, and South Tipperary.

Members of Parliament

Year	1st Member		1st Party	2nd Member		2nd Party
1801		Francis Mathew, Viscount Mathew			John Bagwell
17 Nov 1806		Montague James Mathew	Whig [1]		Francis Aldborough Prittie	Whig [1]
17 Jul 1818					Richard Butler, Viscount Cahir
2 Mar 1819					William Bagwell	Tory
8 Apr 1819		Francis Aldborough Prittie	Whig [1]
28 Jun 1826					John Hely-Hutchinson	Whig [1]
21 Aug 1830					Thomas Wyse	Whig [1]
12 May 1831		John Hely-Hutchinson	Whig [1]
8 Aug 1832		Robert Otway-Cave	Whig [1] [2] [3]
17 Dec 1832		Cornelius O'Callaghan	Whig [1]		Richard Lalor Sheil	Repealer [4]
21 Jan 1835		Robert Otway-Cave	Whig [1] [2] [3]
14 Jul 1841					Valentine Maher	Whig [1] [3]
10 Feb 1844					Nicholas Maher	Repealer [4]
21 Feb 1845		Richard Albert Fitzgerald	Repealer [4]
11 Aug 1847		Francis Scully	Repealer [4]
26 Jul 1852			Ind. Irish [4]		James Sadleir [5]	Ind. Irish [4]
16 Mar 1857					Daniel O'Donoghue	Ind. Irish [4]
14 Apr 1857		Laurence Waldron	Whig [6] [7]
10 May 1859			Liberal [4]			Liberal [4]
24 Feb 1865					Charles Moore	Liberal [4]
24 Jul 1865		John Blake Dillon	Liberal [4]
17 Oct 1866		Charles William White	Liberal [4]
27 Nov 1869					Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa [8]	Independent Nationalist [4]
23 Feb 1870					Denis Caulfield Heron	Liberal [4]
14 Feb 1874			Home Rule League [4]		William Frederick Ormonde O'Callaghan	Home Rule League [4]
16 Feb 1875		John Mitchel [9]	Independent Nationalist [4]
27 May 1875		Stephen Moore	Conservative [4]
16 May 1877					Edmund Dwyer Gray	Home Rule League [4]
8 Apr 1880		Patrick James Smyth	Home Rule League [4]		John Dillon	Parnellite Home Rule League [4]
Oct 1882			Irish Parliamentary [4]			Irish Parliamentary [4]
23 Mar 1883					Thomas Mayne	Irish Parliamentary [4]
12 Jan 1885		John O'Connor	Irish Parliamentary [4]
1885	Constituency divided: see East Tipperary, Mid Tipperary, North Tipperary and South Tipperary

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Tipperary ^{[4] [1] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Francis Aldborough Prittie	757	40.5
	Whig	Thomas Wyse	577	30.8
	Whig	John Hely-Hutchinson	537	28.7
Majority			40	2.1
Turnout			1,098	37.9
Registered electors			2,900
	Whig hold		Swing
	Whig hold		Swing

General election 1831: Tipperary ^{[4] [1] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Thomas Wyse	Unopposed
	Whig	John Hely-Hutchinson	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,900
	Whig hold
	Whig hold

Hely-Hutchinson succeeded to the peerage, becoming 3rd Earl of Donoughmore and causing a by-election.

By-election, 8 August 1832: Tipperary ^{[4] [1] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Robert Otway-Cave	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,900
	Whig hold

General election 1832: Tipperary ^{[4] [1]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Cornelius O'Callaghan	Unopposed
	Irish Repeal	Richard Lalor Sheil	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,369
	Whig hold
	Irish Repeal gain from Whig

General election 1835: Tipperary ^{[4] [1]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Robert Otway-Cave	Unopposed
	Irish Repeal (Whig)	Richard Lalor Sheil	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,369
	Whig hold
	Irish Repeal hold

General election 1837: Tipperary ^{[4] [1]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Repeal (Whig)	Richard Lalor Sheil	1,516	38.2
	Whig	Robert Otway-Cave	1,503	37.9
	Conservative	William Ponsonby Barker	480	12.1
	Conservative	Stephen Moore	471	11.9
Majority			1,023	25.8
Turnout			2,055	65.6
Registered electors			3,135
	Whig hold
	Irish Repeal hold

Sheil was appointed as Commissioner of Greenwich Hospital, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 27 February 1838: Tipperary ^{[4] [1]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Repeal (Whig)	Richard Lalor Sheil	201	72.0	−4.1
	Conservative	Samuel William Barton	78	28.0	+4.0
Majority			123	44.0	+18.2
Turnout			279	c. 8.9	c. −56.7
Registered electors			c. 3,135
	Irish Repeal hold		Swing	+4.1

Sheil was appointed as vice-president of the Board of Trade, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 16 September 1839: Tipperary ^{[4] [1]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Repeal (Whig)	Richard Lalor Sheil	Unopposed
	Irish Repeal hold

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Tipperary ^{[4] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Valentine Maher	1,039	36.6	−1.6
	Whig	Robert Otway-Cave	1,028	36.2	−1.7
	Conservative	William Ponsonby Barker	401	14.1	+2.0
	Conservative	Cornwallis Maude	374	13.2	+1.3
Majority			627	22.1	−3.7
Turnout			1,445	54.5	−11.1
Registered electors			2,649
	Whig hold		Swing	−1.6
	Whig gain from Irish Repeal		Swing	−1.7

Maher's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 10 February 1844: Tipperary ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Repeal	Nicholas Maher	Unopposed
	Irish Repeal gain from Whig

Otway-Cave's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 21 February 1845: Tipperary ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Repeal	Richard Albert Fitzgerald	Unopposed
	Irish Repeal gain from Whig

General election 1847: Tipperary ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Repeal	Francis Scully	Unopposed
	Irish Repeal	Nicholas Maher	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,412
	Irish Repeal gain from Whig
	Irish Repeal gain from Whig

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Tipperary ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Irish	Francis Scully	3,512	44.9	N/A
	Independent Irish	James Sadleir	3,467	44.3	N/A
	Conservative	Robert Jocelyn Otway	789	10.1	New
	Conservative	Lorenzo Henry Jephson	53	0.7	New
Majority			2,678	34.2	N/A
Turnout			3,911 (est)	57.9 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			6,760
	Independent Irish gain from Irish Repeal		Swing	N/A
	Independent Irish gain from Irish Repeal		Swing	N/A

Sadleir was expelled from the House of Commons due to failing to surrender to arrest warrants for his involvement in a fraud, causing a by-election. ^[12]

By-election, 16 March 1857: Tipperary ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Irish	Daniel O'Donoghue	3,394	57.8	−31.4
	Whig	Laurence Waldron	2,474	42.2	N/A
Majority			920	15.6	−18.4
Turnout			5,868	65.5	+7.6
Registered electors			8,964
	Independent Irish hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1857: Tipperary ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Irish	Daniel O'Donoghue	Unopposed
	Whig	Laurence Waldron	Unopposed
Registered electors			8,964
	Independent Irish hold
	Whig gain from Independent Irish

General election 1859: Tipperary ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Daniel O'Donoghue	Unopposed
	Liberal	Laurence Waldron	Unopposed
Registered electors			9,526
	Liberal hold
	Liberal hold

Elections in the 1860s

O'Donoghue resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 24 February 1865: Tipperary ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Moore	2,134	70.1	N/A
	Independent Liberal	Peter Edward Gill [13]	909	29.9	New
Majority			1,225	40.2	N/A
Turnout			3,043	33.8	N/A
Registered electors			8,996
	Liberal hold

General election 1865: Tipperary ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Moore	2,722	43.1	N/A
	Liberal	John Blake Dillon	2,662	42.2	N/A
	Independent Liberal	Peter Edward Gill [14]	930	14.7	N/A
Majority			1,732	27.5	N/A
Turnout			3,622 (est)	40.3 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			8,996
	Liberal hold
	Liberal hold

Dillon's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 22 October 1866: Tipperary ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles William White	3,419	54.4	−30.9
	Independent Liberal	Laurence Waldron [15]	2,865	45.6	N/A
Majority			554	8.8	−18.7
Turnout			6,284	69.9	+29.6
Registered electors			8,996
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1868: Tipperary ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Moore	Unopposed
	Liberal	Charles William White	Unopposed
Registered electors			9,498
	Liberal hold
	Liberal hold

Moore's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 27 November 1869: Tipperary ^{[4] [16] [17]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Nationalist	Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa	1,131	52.1	New
	Liberal	Denis Caulfield Heron	1,028	47.4	N/A
	Conservative	William Rickford Collett	12	0.6	New
Majority			103	4.7	N/A
Turnout			2,171	22.9	N/A
Registered electors			9,498
	Ind. Nationalist gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1870s

Rossa was disqualified as he was a convicted felon, causing a by-election.

1870 Tipperary by-election ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Denis Caulfield Heron	1,668	50.1	N/A
	Ind. Nationalist	Charles Kickham	1,664	49.9	N/A
Majority			4	0.2	N/A
Turnout			3,332	35.1	N/A
Registered electors			9,498
	Liberal gain from Ind. Nationalist

General election 1874: Tipperary ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Home Rule	Charles William White	3,023	32.9	New
	Home Rule	William Frederick Ormonde O'Callaghan	2,755	30.0	New
	Ind. Nationalist	John Mitchel	1,788	19.5	N/A
	Home Rule	George Roe	705	7.7	New
	Ind. Nationalist	Peter Gill	635	6.9	N/A
	Liberal	Richard Butler	281	3.1	N/A
Majority			967	10.5	N/A
Turnout			4,594 (est)	48.4 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			9,500
	Home Rule gain from Liberal
	Home Rule gain from Liberal

White resigned, causing a by-election.

February 1875 Tipperary by-election ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Nationalist	John Mitchel	Unopposed
Registered electors			10,315
	Ind. Nationalist gain from Home Rule

Mitchel was declared ineligible, causing a by-election.

March 1875 Tipperary by-election ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Nationalist	John Mitchel	3,114	80.7	N/A
	Conservative	Stephen Moore	746	19.3	New
Majority			2,368	61.4	N/A
Turnout			3,860	37.4	N/A
Registered electors			10,315
	Conservative gain from Ind. Nationalist

Mitchel was again declared ineligible (and died) and, on 26 May 1875, Moore was awarded the seat.

O'Callaghan's death caused a by-election.

1877 Tipperary by-election ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Home Rule	Edmund Dwyer Gray	3,852	74.1	N/A
	Home Rule	John Sarsfield Casey	1,344	25.9	N/A
Majority			2,508	48.2	N/A
Turnout			5,196	55.9	N/A
Registered electors			9,927
	Home Rule hold

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Tipperary ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parnellite Home Rule League	John Dillon	Unopposed
	Home Rule	Patrick James Smyth	Unopposed
Registered electors			9,134
	Home Rule hold
	Home Rule hold

Dillon resigned, causing a by-election.

1883 Tipperary by-election ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Thomas Mayne	Unopposed
Registered electors			8,730
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Smyth was appointed secretary to the Irish loan fund board, causing a by-election.

1885 Tipperary by-election ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	John O'Connor	Unopposed
	Irish Parliamentary hold

References

1. Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 240. Retrieved 11 October 2018– via Google Books.
2. Churton, Edward (1838). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer. p. 51. Retrieved 25 August 2019– via Google Books.
3. "Local Intelligence" . Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. 17 July 1841. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 25 August 2019– via British Newspaper Archive.
4. Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 238–239, 313–314. ISBN   0901714127.
5. expelled 16 Feb 1857
6. "County Tipperary Election" . Waterford News. 13 March 1857. p. 4. Retrieved 19 March 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "Dublin Evening Mail" . 11 March 1857. p. 4. Retrieved 11 October 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
8. as a convicted felon, he was declared ineligible to sit 10 Feb 1870
9. he was adjudged to be a convicted felon and thus ineligible to be elected 18 Feb 1875. At the subsequent by-election held on 13 Mar 1875, he was again returned. He died a week later and the seat was assigned to Stephen Moore (the defeated candidate at the 13 Mar by-election) on 27 May 1875
10. Salmon, Philip. "Co. Tipperary". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
11. Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons, Volume 50. 1843. Retrieved 25 August 2019– via Google Books.
12. Byrne-Rothwell, Daniel (2010). The Byrnes and The O'Byrnes. Volume Two: A Social History of the Clan. House of Lochar. p. 292. ISBN   978-1-904817-04-8 . Retrieved 11 October 2018– via Google Books.
13. "Tipperary Election" . Tralee Chronicle. 28 February 1865. p. 4. Retrieved 19 March 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
14. "Election News" . Dublin Evening Mail . 25 July 1865. p. 4. Retrieved 19 March 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
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16. A. M. Sullivan, New Ireland, London, n.d. [c. 1877], pp. 329–330.
17. Ricorso profile of Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa

Sources

• 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)
• Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Royal Irish Academy.