North Tipperary | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1922 | |
Seats | 1 |
Created from | Tipperary |
Replaced by | Tipperary Mid, North and South |
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.
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
Election | Member | Party | |
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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 | |
1922 | Constituency Abolished |
Elections
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | Patrick Joseph O'Brien | 4,789 | 95.0 | ||
Irish Conservative | Henry Eustace | 252 | 5.0 | ||
Majority | 4,537 | 90.0 | |||
Turnout | 5,041 | 67.2 | |||
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 | New | |
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)
- Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Royal Irish Academy.
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