East Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency)

East Tyrone
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Number of members	one
Replaced by	North East Tyrone
Created from	Tyrone

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

Prior to the United Kingdom general election, 1885 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.

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)	Thomas Kettle	Nationalist
	Dec 1910	William Redmond	Nationalist
	1918 (b)	Thomas Harbison	Nationalist
1918 Dec		constituency abolished (see North East Tyrone)

Elections

General Election 3 December 1885: Tyrone East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	William James Reynolds	3919	53.8
	Conservative	James Meliss Stuart	3361	46.2
Majority			558	7.6
Turnout			7946	91.6
	Irish Nationalist gain from new seat		Swing

General Election 15 July 1886: Tyrone East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	William James Reynolds	3843	53.2
	Liberal Unionist	Matthew George Megaw	3375	46.8
Majority			468	6.4
Turnout			7946	90.8
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

General Election 11 July 1892: Tyrone East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	William James Reynolds	3430	51.6
	Irish Unionist	Thomas Lorimer Corbett	3222	48.4
Majority			208	3.2
Turnout			7188	92.5
	Irish National Federation gain from Irish Nationalist		Swing

General Election 22 July 1895: Tyrone East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Patrick Charles Doogan	3413	51.1
	Irish Unionist	Thomas Lorimer Corbett	3261	48.9
Majority			152	2.2
Turnout			7113	93.8
	Irish National Federation hold		Swing

General Election 10 October 1900: Tyrone East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Patrick Charles Doogan	3126	50.6
	Irish Unionist	Lt. Col. J. Lincoln Sandwith	3050	49.4
Majority			76	1.2
Turnout			6760	91.4
	Irish Nationalist gain from Irish National Federation		Swing

General Election 23 January 1906: Tyrone East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Patrick Charles Doogan	3053	50.3
	Irish Unionist	William John MacGeagh MacCaw	3022	49.7
Majority			31	0.6
Turnout			6299	96.4
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

By-election 25 July 1906: Tyrone East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Thomas Michael Kettle	3019	50.2
	Irish Unionist	William John MacGeagh MacCaw	3000	49.8
Majority			19	0.4
Turnout			6299	95.6
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

General Election 28 January 1910: Tyrone East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Thomas Michael Kettle	3208	50.9
	Irish Unionist	Armar Deyrolles Saunderson	3096	49.1
Majority			112	1.8
Turnout			6526	96.6
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

General Election 16 December 1910: Tyrone East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	William Archer Redmond	3108	51.2
	Irish Unionist	David Douglas Reid	2968	48.8
Majority			140	2.4
Turnout			6526	93.1
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

By-election 3 April 1918: Tyrone East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Thomas Harbison	1802	70.7
	Sinn Féin	Dr Vincent Joseph White	745	29.3
Majority			1057	41.4
Turnout			6885	37.0
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

References

• Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
• 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 )