South Tyrone (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)
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| South 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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South Tyrone was a constituency of the Northern Ireland Parliament.
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[edit] Boundaries
South 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 Clogher and Dungannon as well as the epinomous town. Its major town was Dungannon.[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.
South Tyrone was contested by the Nationalist Party once in 1949. All other contestes were triggered by either an independent unionist or member of the Northern Ireland Labour Party standing against the Ulster Unionist Party, which consistantly held the seat.
MPs for the area included Stormont's last John Taylor Minister of State for Home Affairs and William Frederick McCoy who served briefly as Speaker to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland from 25th January 1956 until 23rd April 1956. [2].
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
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| 1929 | Rowley Elliott | Ulster Unionist | |
| 1944 | William Frederick McCoy | Ulster Unionist | |
| 1965 | John Taylor | Ulster Unionist | |
[edit] References
- ^ Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election results: Constituency Boundaries
- ^ Northern Ireland Parliamentary Elections Results: Biographies
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