East Tipperary
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
1885–1922
Seats1
Created fromTipperary
Replaced byWaterford–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 1 Thomas Condon Irish Parliamentary Party split
1890, December[lower-alpha 1] Anti-Parnellite Joined new organisation
1891, March 1 Irish National Federation Re-elected as an IPP candidate
1900, October 2 Irish Parliamentary
1918, December 14[lower-alpha 2] Pierce McCan Sinn Féin Did not take his seat at Westminster
1919, March 6[lower-alpha 3] vacant
1922, October 26 UK constituency abolished
Notes
  1. ↑ Date of a party change. The Irish Parliamentary Party had been created in 1882, on the initiative of Charles Stewart Parnell's Irish National League. Both the IPP and the INL split into Parnellite and Anti-Parnellite factions, in December 1890. The Parnellites remained members of the Irish National League after the split and the Anti-Parnellites organised the Irish National Federation in March 1891. The two organisations and the United Irish League merged in 1900, to re-create the Irish Parliamentary Party.
  2. ↑ Date of polling day. The result was declared on 28 December 1918, to allow time for votes cast by members of the armed forces to be included in the count.
  3. ↑ Death of McCan

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

1885 general election: East Tipperary[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Thomas Condon 4,064 95.5
Irish Conservative Fitzgibbon Trant 192 4.5
Majority 3,872 91.0
Turnout 4,256 61.7
Registered electors 6,899
Irish Parliamentary win (new seat)
1886 general election: East Tipperary[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Thomas Condon Unopposed
Registered electors 6,899
Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1890s

1892 general election: East Tipperary[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish National Federation Thomas Condon 2,998 77.1 N/A
Irish National League Patrick Richard Dennehy 891 22.9 N/A
Majority 2,107 54.2 N/A
Turnout 3,889 54.2 N/A
Registered electors 7,180
Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary Swing N/A
1895 general election: East Tipperary[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish National Federation Thomas Condon Unopposed
Registered electors 6,521
Irish National Federation hold

Elections in the 1900s

1900 general election: East Tipperary[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Thomas Condon Unopposed
Registered electors 6,366
Irish Parliamentary hold
1906 general election: East Tipperary[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Thomas Condon Unopposed
Registered electors 5,279
Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1910s

January 1910 general election: East Tipperary[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Thomas Condon Unopposed
Registered electors 5,610
Irish Parliamentary hold
December 1910 general election: East Tipperary[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Thomas Condon Unopposed
Registered electors 5,610
Irish Parliamentary hold
1918 general election: East Tipperary[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Sinn Féin Pierce McCan 7,487 61.0 New
Irish Parliamentary Thomas Condon 4,794 39.0 N/A
Majority 2,693 22.0 N/A
Turnout 12,281 75.7 N/A
Registered electors 16,232
Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary Swing N/A

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 375, 396. ISBN 0901714127.


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