Fermanagh_and_Tyrone_(Northern_Ireland_Parliament_constituency)

Fermanagh and Tyrone (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

Fermanagh and Tyrone was a county constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland from 1921 - 1929. It returned eight MPs, using the single transferable vote method of proportional representation.

Boundaries

Fermanagh and Tyrone consisted of the entirety of County Fermanagh and County Tyrone. In 1929, the constituency was divided into the East Tyrone, Enniskillen, Lisnaskea, Mid Tyrone, North Tyrone, South Fermanagh, South Tyrone and West Tyrone constituencies.

Politics

Fermanagh and Tyrone has a slight Nationalist majority, but this was fairly evenly balanced with a 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)
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'Μahony
(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

  • Both Griffith and Coote died during the course of the 1921 Parliament. Their seat remained vacant at dissolution.

References

External links

  • http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0
  • http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/en.toc.dail.html

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