Mid Tyrone (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)
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| Mid Tyrone Parliament of Northern Ireland County constituency |
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| Mid Tyrone shown within Northern Ireland | |
| Created: | 1929 |
| Abolished: | 1972 |
| Election Method: | First past the post |
Mid Tyrone was a constituency of the Northern Ireland Parliament.
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Mid Tyrone was a county constituency comprising the central part of County Tyrone. It was created 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.
The seat was made up from parts of the Rural Districts of Cookstown, Omagh, Clogher and Strabane It lacked a dominating town.[1].
[edit] Politics
County Tyrone had five Stormont MPs from 1929 until 1972. The seats in the North and South of the county were Unionist, the constituency covering the East could be considered marginal, whilst those in the West and centre of the county were nationalist. Unionists contested the constituency three times with varying degrees of success. At the first attempt in 1949, Nationalists outpolled them two to one; in 1958 on a relatively low turnout they came through the middle to win the seat with 48.7% of the vote. Defending the seat in 1962, this fell back to 38.6% (although they overall unionist vote rose by 8), and the then Nationalist Tom Gormley was elected.[2]
The remainder of contested elections involved candidates of different Nationalist persuasions.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
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| 1929 | Hugh McAleer | Nationalist | |
| 1941 | Michael McGurk | Nationalist | |
| 1948 | Edward McCullagh | Nationalist | |
| 1953 | Liam Kelly | Anti-Partition | |
| 1958 | Alexander Blevins | Ulster Unionist | |
| 1962 | Tom Gormley | Nationalist | |
| 1969 | Independent Nationalist | ||
| 1972 | Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | ||
[edit] Election results
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At the 1929, 1933 and 1938 general elections, Hugh McAleer was elected unopposed. McAleer died in 1941.
At the 1941 by-election and 1945 general election, Michael McGurk was elected unopposed. McGurk died in 1948.
At the 1948 by-election, Edward McCullagh was elected unopposed.
| General Election 1949:Mid Tyrone | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Nationalist (NI) | Edward McCullagh | 8,113 | 66.9 | N/A | |
| Ulster Unionist | F. G. Patterson | 4,018 | 33.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,095 | 33.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 12,131 | 83.9 | N/A | ||
| Nationalist (NI) hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| General Election 1953: Mid Tyrone | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Anti-Partition | Liam Kelly | 4,178 | 55.3 | N/A | |
| Nationalist (NI) | Edward McCullagh | 3,376 | 44.7 | '-22.2 | |
| Majority | 802 | 10.6 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 7,554 | 55.1 | -28.8 | ||
| Anti-Partition gain from Nationalist (NI) | Swing | N/A | |||
| General Election 1958: Mid Tyrone | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Ulster Unionist | Alexander Blevins | 3,949 | 48.7 | N/A | |
| Independent | Tom Gormley | 3,013 | 37.1 | N/A | |
| Nationalist (NI) | F. McConnell | 1,149 | 14.2 | -30.5 | |
| Majority | 802 | 10.6 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 8,111 | 63.3 | +8.2 | ||
| Ulster Unionist gain from Anti-Partition | Swing | N/A | |||
| General Election 1962: Mid Tyrone | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Nationalist (NI) | Tom Gormley | 6,297 | 61.4 | +47.2 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Alexander Blevins | 3,957 | 37.1 | -10.1 | |
| Majority | 2,340 | 22.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 10,254 | 81.9 | +18.6 | ||
| Nationalist (NI) gain from Ulster Unionist | Swing | N/A | |||
At the 1965 general election Tom Gormley was elected unopposed.
| General Election 1969: Mid Tyrone | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Nationalist (NI) | Tom Gormley | 5,149 | 63.2 | +1.8 | |
| People's Progressive Party | P. J. McDonald | 2,992 | 36.8 | N/A | |
| Majority | 2,157 | 26.4 | +3.6 | ||
| Turnout | 8,141 | 69.1 | -12.8 | ||
| Nationalist (NI) hold | Swing | N/A | |||
[edit] References
- ^ Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election results: Constituency Boundaries
- ^ Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results: Counties: Tyrone
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