Mid Tipperary (UK Parliament constituency)

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

Mid Tipperary
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1922
Seats	1
Created from	Tipperary
Replaced by	Tipperary Mid, North and South

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the central part of County Tipperary.

1885–1922: The baronies of Eliogarty, Ikerrin and Kilnamanagh Lower, that part of the barony of Kilnamanagh Upper not contained within the constituency of North Tipperary, and that part of the barony of Slievardagh contained in the parishes of Ballingarry, Buolick, Fennor, Kilcooly and Lickfinn.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Thomas Mayne	Irish Parliamentary
	1890	Henry Harrison	Irish Parliamentary
	1892	John McCarthy	Irish National Federation
	1893(b)	James Francis Hogan	Irish National Federation
	1900	Kendal Edmund O'Brien	Irish Parliamentary
	Jan 1910	John Hackett	Irish Parliamentary
	1918	Séamus Burke	Sinn Féin
	1922	constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

1885 general election: Mid Tipperary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Thomas Mayne	3,804	93.7
	Irish Conservative	George Edward Ryan	255	6.3
Majority			3,549	87.4
Turnout			4,059	62.3
Registered electors			6,517
	Irish Parliamentary win (new seat)

1886 general election: Mid Tipperary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Thomas Mayne	Unopposed
Registered electors			6,517
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1890s

Mayne resigns, prompting a by-election.

By-election, 1890: Mid Tipperary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Henry Harrison	Unopposed
Registered electors			7,276
	Irish Parliamentary hold

1892 general election: Mid Tipperary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	John McCarthy	3,284	72.7	N/A
	Irish National League	Michael Conway	887	19.6	N/A
	Irish Unionist	William Heaton-Armstrong	346	7.7	New
Majority			2,397	53.1	N/A
Turnout			4,517	59.5	N/A
Registered electors			7,596
	Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing	N/A

McCarthy dies, causing a by-election.

By-election, 1893: Mid Tipperary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	James Francis Hogan	Unopposed
Registered electors			7,482
	Irish National Federation hold

1895 general election: Mid Tipperary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	James Francis Hogan	Unopposed
Registered electors			7,127
	Irish National Federation hold

Elections in the 1900s

1900 general election: Mid Tipperary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Kendal Edmund O'Brien	2,316	79.8	N/A
	Healyite Nationalist	Florence O'Driscoll	587	20.2	N/A
Majority			1,729	59.6	N/A
Turnout			2,903	42.8	N/A
Registered electors			6,776
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing	N/A

1906 general election: Mid Tipperary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Kendal Edmund O'Brien	Unopposed
Registered electors			5,997
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1910s

January 1910 general election: Mid Tipperary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	John Hackett	Unopposed
Registered electors			6,105
	Irish Parliamentary hold

December 1910 general election: Mid Tipperary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	John Hackett	2,440	58.7	N/A
	All-for-Ireland	Martin O'Dwyer	1,716	41.3	N/A
Majority			724	17.4	N/A
Turnout			4,156	68.1	N/A
Registered electors			6,105
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing	N/A

1918 general election: Mid Tipperary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Sinn Féin	Séamus Burke	Unopposed
Registered electors			17,458
	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.