East Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency) explained

East Tyrone
Type:county
Parliament:uk
Year:1885
Abolished:1918
Seats:1
Previous:Tyrone
Next:North East Tyrone

East Tyrone was a UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the British House of Commons from 1885 to 1918.

Prior to the 1885 United Kingdom general election the area was part of the Tyrone constituency. From the dissolution of Parliament in 1918 East Tyrone became part of the new North East Tyrone constituency.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the eastern part of County Tyrone, consisting of the barony of Dungannon Upper and that part of the barony of Dungannon Middle not contained within the constituency of South Tyrone.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1885William James ReynoldsNationalist
1890 Anti-Parnellite Nationalist
1895Patrick DooganAnti-Parnellite Nationalist
Nationalist
1906 (b)Tom KettleNationalist
Dec 1910William RedmondNationalist
1918 (b)Thomas HarbisonNationalist
1918 DecConstituency abolished (see North East Tyrone)

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

References