East Tipperary (UK Parliament constituency) explained

East Tipperary
Type:county
Parliament:uk
Year:1885
Abolished:1922
Seats:1
Previous:Tipperary
Next:Waterford–Tipperary East

East Tipperary was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament from 1885 to 1922. Prior to the 1885 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.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the eastern part of County Tipperary. In 1918, the boundaries were extended to include those parts of the urban districts of Clonmel and Carrick-on-Suir that had been transferred to South Tipperary from County Waterford as a result of the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898.

1885–1918: The baronies of Iffa and Offa East and Middlethird, and that part of the barony of Slievardagh not contained within the constituency of Mid Tipperary.

1918–1922: The existing constituency of East Tipperary, together with that part of the existing East Waterford constituency contained in the administrative county of Tipperary.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberPartyNote
1885, December 1Thomas CondonIrish ParliamentaryParty split
1890, DecemberAnti-ParnelliteJoined new organisation
1891, March 1Irish National FederationRe-elected as an IPP candidate
1900, October 2Irish Parliamentary
1918, December 14Pierce McCanSinn FéinDid not take his seat at Westminster
1919, March 6vacant
1922, October 26UK constituency abolished
Notes

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

References