Mid Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency)

Mid Tyrone
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
18851918
Number of members one
Replaced by North East Tyrone and North West Tyrone
Created from Tyrone

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

Before the 1885 general election the area was part of the Tyrone constituency. From the dissolution of Parliament in 1918 Mid Tyrone was divided between the new North-East Tyrone and North-West Tyrone constituencies.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the central part of County Tyrone.

Members of Parliament

From To Name Party Born Died
1885 1895 Matthew Joseph Kenny   Nationalist (Irish Parliamentary Party)1 1 February 1861 8 December 1942
1895 January 1910 George Murnaghan   Nationalist1 4 July 1847 13 January 1929
January 1910 December 1910 Gerald Fitzgibbon Brunskill   Conservative 4 April 1866 4 October 1918
December 1910 1918 Richard McGhee   Nationalist 1851 1930

1Anti-Parnellite Nationalist 1891–1900

Elections

General Election 1 December 1885: Tyrone Mid
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist Matthew Joseph Kelly 4299 61.8
Conservative Hugh Hamilton Moore 2657 38.2
Majority 1642 23.6
Turnout 8083 86.1
Irish Nationalist gain from new seat Swing
General Election 13 July 1886: Tyrone Mid
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist Matthew Joseph Kelly 4145 62.6
Irish Unionist Hugh Hamilton Moore 2475 37.4
Majority 1670 25.2
Turnout 8083 81.9
Irish Nationalist hold Swing
General Election 8 July 1892: Tyrone Mid
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish National Federation Matthew Joseph Kelly 3667 57.4
Irish Unionist Dr Edward Charles Thompson 2598 40.7
Parnellite Nationalist Count George Noble Plunkett 123 1.9
Majority 1069 16.7
Turnout 7678 83.2
Irish National Federation gain from Irish Nationalist Swing
General Election 26 July 1895: Tyrone Mid
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish National Federation George Murnaghan 3759 62.5
Liberal Unionist Dr Edward Charles Thompson 2252 37.5
Majority 1507 25.0
Turnout 7531 79.8
Irish National Federation hold Swing
General Election 6 October 1900: Tyrone Mid
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist George Murnaghan unopposed
Turnout 7560
Irish Nationalist gain from Irish National Federation Swing
General Election 19 January 1906: Tyrone Mid
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist George Murnaghan unopposed
Turnout 6795
Irish Nationalist hold Swing
General Election 24 January 1910: Tyrone Mid
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Unionist Gerald FitzGibbon Brunskill 2475 42.8
Irish Nationalist John Valentine 2070 35.8
Independent Nationalist George Murnaghan 1244 21.5
Majority 405 7.0
Turnout 6512 88.9
Irish Unionist gain from Irish Nationalist Swing
General Election 12 December 1910: Tyrone Mid
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist Richard McGhee 3102 56.6
Irish Unionist Gerald FitzGibbon Brunskill 2379 43.4
Majority 723 13.2
Turnout 6512 84.2
Irish Nationalist gain from Irish Unionist Swing

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