Mid Tipperary (UK Parliament constituency) explained

Mid Tipperary
Type:county
Parliament:uk
Year:1885
Abolished:1922
Seats:1
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Mid Tipperary was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885–1922. Prior to the 1885 general election the area was part of the Tipperary. From 1922, on the establishment of the Irish Free State, it was not represented in the UK Parliament.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the central part of County Tipperary.

1885–1922: The baronies of Eliogarty, Ikerrin and Kilnamanagh Lower, that part of the barony of Kilnamanagh Upper not contained within the constituency of North Tipperary, and that part of the barony of Slievardagh contained in the parishes of Ballingarry, Buolick, Fennor, Kilcooly and Lickfinn.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1885Thomas MayneIrish Parliamentary
1890Henry HarrisonIrish Parliamentary
1892John McCarthyIrish National Federation
1893(b)James Francis HoganIrish National Federation
1900Kendal Edmund O'BrienIrish Parliamentary
Jan 1910John HackettIrish Parliamentary
1918Séamus BurkeSinn Féin
1922Abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1890s

Mayne resigns, prompting a by-election.

McCarthy dies, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1910s

References