North Tipperary (UK Parliament constituency)

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.

North Tipperary
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
18851922
Seats1
Created fromTipperary
Replaced byTipperary Mid, North and South

Boundaries

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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

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Election Member Party
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

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Elections in the 1880s

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1885 general election: North Tipperary[1]
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)
1886 general election: North Tipperary[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Patrick Joseph O'Brien Unopposed
Registered electors 7,500
Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1890s

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1892 general election: North Tipperary[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
1895 general election: North Tipperary[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish National Federation Patrick Joseph O'Brien Unopposed
Registered electors 6,419
Irish National Federation hold

Elections in the 1900s

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

Elections in the 1910s

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January 1910 general election: North Tipperary[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Michael Hogan Unopposed
Registered electors 5,421
Irish Parliamentary hold
December 1910 general election: North Tipperary[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
1918 general election: North Tipperary[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Sinn Féin Joseph MacDonagh Unopposed
Registered electors 16,455
Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 373–374, 396. ISBN 0901714127.