East Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency)

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.

East Tyrone
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Seats	1
Created from	Tyrone
Replaced by	North East Tyrone

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

Election		Member	Party
	1885	William James Reynolds	Nationalist
	1890		Anti-Parnellite Nationalist
	1895	Patrick Doogan	Anti-Parnellite Nationalist
	1900		Nationalist
	1906 (b)	Tom Kettle	Nationalist
	Dec 1910	William Redmond	Nationalist
	1918 (b)	Thomas Harbison	Nationalist
1918 Dec		Constituency abolished (see North East Tyrone)

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General election 3 December 1885: Tyrone East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	William James Reynolds	3,919	53.8
	Irish Conservative	James Meliss Stuart	3,361	46.2
Majority			558	7.6
Turnout			7,280	91.6
Registered electors			7,496
	Irish Parliamentary win (new seat)

General election 15 July 1886: Tyrone East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	William James Reynolds	3,843	53.2	−0.6
	Liberal Unionist	Matthew George Megaw	3,375	46.8	+0.6
Majority			468	6.4	−1.2
Turnout			7,218	90.8	−0.8
Registered electors			7,946
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing	−0.6

Elections in the 1890s

General election 11 July 1892: Tyrone East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	William James Reynolds	3,430	51.6	−1.6
	Irish Unionist	Thomas Lorimer Corbett	3,222	48.4	+1.6
Majority			208	3.2	−3.2
Turnout			6,652	92.5	+1.7
Registered electors			7,188
	Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing	−1.6

General election 22 July 1895: Tyrone East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Patrick Doogan	3,413	51.1	−0.5
	Irish Unionist	Thomas Lorimer Corbett	3,261	48.9	+0.5
Majority			152	2.2	−1.0
Turnout			6,674	93.8	+1.3
Registered electors			7,113
	Irish National Federation hold		Swing	−0.5

Elections in the 1900s

General election 10 October 1900: Tyrone East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Patrick Doogan	3,126	50.6	−0.5
	Irish Unionist	J. Lincoln Sandwith	3,050	49.4	+0.5
Majority			76	1.2	−1.0
Turnout			61,76	91.4	−2.4
Registered electors			6,760
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing	−0.5

General election 23 January 1906: Tyrone East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Patrick Doogan	3,053	50.3	−0.3
	Irish Unionist	William John MacGeagh MacCaw	3,022	49.7	+0.3
Majority			31	0.6	−0.6
Turnout			6,075	96.4	+5.0
Registered electors			6,299
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing	−0.3

By-election 25 July 1906: Tyrone East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Tom Kettle	3,018	50.1	−0.2
	Irish Unionist	William John MacGeagh MacCaw	3,000	49.9	+0.2
Majority			18	0.2	−0.4
Turnout			6,018	95.5	−0.9
Registered electors			6,299
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing	−0.2

Elections in the 1910s

General election 28 January 1910: Tyrone East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Tom Kettle	3,208	50.9	+0.6
	Irish Unionist	Armar Deyrolles Saunderson	3,096	49.1	−0.6
Majority			112	1.8	+1.2
Turnout			6,304	96.6	+0.2
Registered electors			6,526
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing	+0.6

General election 16 December 1910: Tyrone East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	William Redmond	3,108	51.2	+0.3
	Irish Unionist	David Reid	2,968	48.8	−0.3
Majority			140	2.4	+0.6
Turnout			6,076	93.1	−3.5
Registered electors			6,526
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing	+0.3

By-election 3 April 1918: Tyrone East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Thomas Harbison	1,802	59.6	+8.4
	Sinn Féin	Seán Milroy	1,222	40.4	New
Majority			580	19.2	+16.8
Turnout			3,024	43.9	−49.2
Registered electors			6,885
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing

References

• Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
• Sydney Morning Herald, 28 July 1906
• The Constitutional Year Book, 1919 (London: National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations, 1919)
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 2 )