Fermanagh and Tyrone (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)
Fermanagh and Tyrone | |
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Former County constituency for the Parliament of Northern Ireland | |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1921 |
Abolished | 1929 |
Election method | Single transferable vote |
Fermanagh and Tyrone was a
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
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
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) | ||||||||
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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
(1921–72) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Arthur Griffith | 25.9 | 21,677 | ||||||||||
Ulster Unionist | Edward Archdale | 12.3 | 10,336 | ||||||||||
Ulster Unionist | William Coote | 11.5 | 9,672 | ||||||||||
Ulster Unionist | William Thomas Miller | 10.9 | 9,165 | 9,343 | |||||||||
Ulster Unionist | 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.
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Nationalist | Alexander Donnelly
|
14.6 | 12,098 | ||||||||
Ulster Unionist | Edward Archdale | 14.3 | 11,834 | ||||||||
Ulster Unionist | Rowley Elliott | 12.2 | 10,115 | ||||||||
Ulster Unionist | William Thomas Miller | 11.6 | 9,593 | ||||||||
Nationalist | Cahir Healy | 11.1 | 9,191 | 9,358 | |||||||
Ulster Unionist | 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
- ^ Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election results: Constituency Boundaries
- ^ "Dáil Éireann debate - Tuesday, 10 May 1921 - PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT. - ELECTIONS". Houses of the Oireachtas. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ^ "APPENDIX 19 DÁIL ÉIREANN". Houses of the Oireachtas. 16 August 1921. Retrieved 20 February 2019.