East Tyrone (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)
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| East Tyrone Parliament of Northern Ireland County constituency |
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| Created: | 1929 |
| Abolished: | 1972 |
| Election Method: | First past the post |
| Northern Ireland 1921-72 |
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East Tyrone was a constituency of the Northern Ireland Parliament.
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[edit] Boundaries
East Tyrone was a county constituency comprising the eastern part of County Tyrone. It was created in when the House of Commons (Method of Voting and Redistribution of Seats) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 introduced first past the post elections throughout Northern Ireland. East Tyrone was created by the division of Fermanagh and Tyrone into eight new constituencies, of which five were in County Tyrone. The constituency survived unchanged, returning one member of Parliament, until the Northern Ireland Parliament was prorogued in 1972 and formally abolished in 1973.[1]
The main town in the area was Cookstown. The seat was bordered by Mid Tyrone to the West, South Tyrone to the South, South Londonderry to the North and Lough Neagh to the east.
[edit] Politics
County Tyrone had five Stormont MPs between 1929 and 1972. Mid Tyrone and West Tyrone were strongly Nationalist, while the constiuencies covering the North and South of the county were consistently won by Unionists. East Tyrone was strongly marginal between the two traditions, with Nationalists just outnumbering Unionists. Nationalists consistently won the seat, with majorities around 1,000. However, in the 1958 election, the sitting Nationalist MP, Joseph Francis Stewart, was run pretty close by the area's Westminster MP George Forrest (Ulster Unionist MP for Mid Ulster 1956-1969).
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
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| 1929 | Joseph Francis Stewart | Nationalist | |
| 1964 | Austin Currie | Nationalist | |
| 1970 | Social Democratic and Labour Party | ||
[edit] Election results
At the 1929, 1933 general elections, Joseph Francis Stewart was elected unopposed.
| General Election 1938: East Tyrone | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Nationalist (NI) | Joseph Francis Stewart | 7,942 | 54.0 | N/A | |
| Ulster Unionist | D. G. Kennedy | 6,764 | 46.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,178 | 8.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 14,706 | 89.5 | N/A | ||
| Nationalist (NI) hold | Swing | N/A | |||
At the 1945 election J F Stewart was elected unopposed.
| General Election 1949: East Tyrone | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Nationalist (NI) | Joseph Francis Stewart | 7,443 | 54.9 | N/A | |
| Ulster Unionist | S. Miller | 6,122 | 45.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,321 | 9.8 | +1.8 | ||
| Turnout | 13,565 | 86.1 | N/A | ||
| Nationalist (NI) hold | Swing | N/A | |||
At the 1953 election, Joseph Francis Stewart was elected unopposed.
| General Election 1958: East Tyrone | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Nationalist (NI) | Joseph Francis Stewart | 7,336 | 50.8 | N/A | |
| Ulster Unionist | George Forrest | 7,100 | 49.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 236 | 1.6 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 14,436 | 89.1 | N/A | ||
| Nationalist (NI) hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| General Election 1962: East Tyrone | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Nationalist (NI) | Joseph Francis Stewart | 7,768 | 52.8 | +2.0 | |
| Ulster Unionist | R. Vaughan | 6,953 | 47.2 | -2.0 | |
| Majority | 815 | 5.6 | +4.0 | ||
| Turnout | 14,721 | 88.0 | -1.1 | ||
| Nationalist (NI) hold | Swing | +2.0 | |||
Stewart died on 6th May 1964.
| East Tyrone by-election, 30 May 1964 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Nationalist (NI) | Austin Currie | 8,223 | 54.3 | +1.5 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Alexander Blevins | 6,927 | 45.7 | -1.5 | |
| Majority | 1,296 | 8.6 | +3.0 | ||
| Turnout | 15,150 | 89.7 | +1.7 | ||
| Nationalist (NI) hold | Swing | +1.5 | |||
At the 1965 election, Austin Currie was elected unopposed.
| General Election 1969: East Tyrone | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Nationalist (NI) | Austin Currie | 9,065 | 58.2 | N/A | |
| Ulster Unionist | E. R. Curran | 6,501 | 47.2 | -3.9 | |
| Majority | 2,564 | 16.4 | +7.8 | ||
| Turnout | 14,721 | 88.0 | -1.1 | ||
| Nationalist (NI) hold | Swing | +3.9 | |||
The Northern Ireland Parliament was prorouged in 1972 and formally abolished in 1973.
[edit] References
- ^ The Northern Ireland House of Commons, 1921-1972, Northern Ireland Elections
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