East Tyrone (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 54°38′46″N 6°44′42″W / 54.646°N 6.745°W / 54.646; -6.745

East Tyrone
Former County Constituency for the Parliament of Northern Ireland
East Tyrone shown within Northern Ireland
Former constituency
Created	1929
Abolished	1972
Election method	First past the post

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East Tyrone was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.

Boundaries

East Tyrone was a county constituency comprising the eastern part of County Tyrone. It was created in 1929, 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 Parliament of Northern Ireland was temporarily suspended in 1972, and then formally abolished in 1973.^[1]

The main town in the area was Cookstown. The seat was bordered by Mid Tyrone to the west, South Tyrone to the south, South Londonderry to the north and Lough Neagh to the east.

Politics

County Tyrone had five Stormont MPs between 1929 and 1972. Mid Tyrone and West Tyrone were strongly nationalist, while the constituencies covering the north and south of the county were consistently won by unionists. East Tyrone was marginal between the two traditions, with nationalists just outnumbering unionists.

Nationalists consistently won the seat, with majorities around 1,000. In the 1958 election, however, the sitting Nationalist MP, Joseph Francis Stewart, was run close by the area's Westminster MP George Forrest (Ulster Unionist MP for Mid Ulster 1956-1969).

Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1929	Joseph Francis Stewart	Nationalist
1964	Austin Currie	Nationalist
1970	Austin Currie	Social Democratic and Labour Party

Election results

At the 1929, 1933 general elections, Joseph Francis Stewart was elected unopposed.

General Election 1938: East Tyrone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	Joseph Francis Stewart	7,942	54.0	N/A
	UUP	D. G. Kennedy	6,764	46.0	N/A
Majority			1,178	8.0	N/A
Turnout			14,706	89.5	N/A
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

At the 1945 election J F Stewart was elected unopposed.

General Election 1949: East Tyrone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	Joseph Francis Stewart	7,443	54.9	N/A
	UUP	S. Miller	6,122	45.1	N/A
Majority			1,321	9.8	+1.8
Turnout			13,565	86.1	N/A
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

At the 1953 election, Joseph Francis Stewart was elected unopposed.

General Election 1958: East Tyrone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	Joseph Francis Stewart	7,336	50.8	N/A
	UUP	George Forrest	7,100	49.2	N/A
Majority			236	1.6	N/A
Turnout			14,436	89.1	N/A
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1962: East Tyrone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	Joseph Francis Stewart	7,768	52.8	+2.0
	UUP	R. Vaughan	6,953	47.2	-2.0
Majority			815	5.6	+4.0
Turnout			14,721	88.0	-1.1
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+2.0

Stewart died on 6 May 1964.

East Tyrone by-election, 30 May 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	Austin Currie	8,223	54.3	+1.5
	UUP	Alexander Blevins	6,927	45.7	-1.5
Majority			1,296	8.6	+3.0
Turnout			15,150	89.7	+1.7
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+1.5

At the 1965 election, Austin Currie was elected unopposed.

General Election 1969: East Tyrone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	Austin Currie	9,065	58.2	N/A
	UUP	E. R. Curran	6,501	47.2	-3.9
Majority			2,564	16.4	+7.8
Turnout			14,721	88.0	-1.1
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+3.9

The Northern Ireland Parliament was prorogued in 1972 and formally abolished in 1973.

References

↑ The Northern Ireland House of Commons, 1921-1972, Northern Ireland Elections

Parliament of Northern Ireland constituencies

1921–1929	1929–1973

Antrim	Antrim Borough Bannside Carrick Larkfield (from 1969) Larne Mid Antrim Newtownabbey (from 1969) North Antrim South Antrim

Armagh	Central Armagh Mid Armagh North Armagh South Armagh

Belfast East	Belfast Bloomfield Belfast Dock Belfast Pottinger Belfast Victoria

Belfast North	Belfast Clifton Belfast Duncairn Belfast Oldpark Belfast Shankill

Belfast South	Belfast Ballynafeigh Belfast Cromac Belfast Willowfield Belfast Windsor

Belfast West	Belfast Central Belfast Falls Belfast St Anne's Belfast Woodvale

Down	Ards Bangor (from 1969) East Down Iveagh Lagan Valley (from 1969) Mid Down Mourne North Down South Down West Down

Fermanagh and Tyrone	East Tyrone Enniskillen Lisnaskea Mid Tyrone North Tyrone South Fermanagh South Tyrone West Tyrone

Londonderry	City of Londonderry Foyle Mid Londonderry North Londonderry South Londonderry

Queen's University	Queen's University (to 1969)

Parliamentary constituencies in County Tyrone

Parliament of Ireland
to 1800

Augher (1614–1800)
Clogher (1264–1800)
Dungannon (1613–1800)
Strabane (???–1800)
Tyrone (???–1800)

Westminster
1801–present

Historic	Dungannon (1801–85) Fermanagh & Tyrone (1922–50) Tyrone (1801–1885) East Tyrone (1885–1918) Mid Tyrone (1885–1918) North Tyrone (1885–1918) North-East Tyrone (1918–22) North-West Tyrone (1918–22) South Tyrone (1885–1922)

Current	Fermanagh & South Tyrone (1950—) West Tyrone (1997—) Mid Ulster (1950—)

Dáil Éireann
Revolutionary era 1919–22

First Dáil
1919–21

Seats taken	(none)

Seats not taken	North East Tyrone South Tyrone

Second Dáil
1921–22

One or more seats taken	Fermanagh & Tyrone

No seats taken	(none)

Parliament of Northern Ireland
1921–72

East Tyrone (1929–72)
Mid Tyrone (1929–72)
North Tyrone (1929–72)
South Tyrone (1929–72)
West Tyrone (1929–72)

Northern Ireland Assemblies

Assembly 1973–74 Constitutional Convention 1975–76 Assembly 1982–86	Fermanagh & South Tyrone Mid Ulster

Northern Ireland Forum 1996–98 Assembly (1998–present)	Fermanagh & South Tyrone Mid Ulster West Tyrone

European Parliament
1979–present

Northern Ireland (1979—)

Constituencies in Ireland by county

Republic of Ireland	Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow

Northern Ireland	Antrim Armagh Down Fermanagh Londonderry Tyrone

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