Waterford–Tipperary East (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Waterford–Tipperary East
Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Location of Waterford–Tipperary East within Ireland
Former constituency
Created	1921
Abolished	1923
Seats	5
County/City council	County Waterford County Tipperary

Waterford–Tipperary East was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1921 to 1923. The constituency elected 5 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, using the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

History and boundaries

The constituency was created in 1921 as a 5 seater, under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, for the 1921 general election to the House of Commons of Southern Ireland, whose members formed the 2nd Dáil.

It succeeded the constituencies of Waterford County, Waterford City and Tipperary East which were used to elect the Members of the 1st Dáil and earlier UK House of Commons members.

It was abolished under the Electoral Act 1923, when it was replaced by 2 new constituencies. East Tipperary became part of the new Tipperary constituency and Waterford became part of the new Waterford constituency.

It covered all of County Waterford and the eastern part of County Tipperary.

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Waterford–Tipperary East 1921–1923^[1]
Key to parties SF = Sinn Féin Anti-Treaty = Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) Pro-Treaty = Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) Lab = Labour Party FP = Farmers' Party
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
2nd	1921^[2]		Cathal Brugha (SF)		Eamon Dee (SF)		Frank Drohan (SF)		Séamus Robinson (SF)		Vincent White (SF)
3rd	1922^[3]		Cathal Brugha (Anti-Treaty)		John Butler (Lab)		Nicholas Phelan (Lab)		Daniel Byrne (FP)		Vincent White (Pro-Treaty)
4th	1923	Constituency abolished. See Waterford and Tipperary

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.

Elections

1922 general election

1922 general election: Waterford–Tipperary East^[1]^[3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)	Vincent White	6,778	19.9	1	1
	Labour Party	John Butler	6,288	18.5	2	1
	Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)	Cathal Brugha	5,310	15.6	3	4
	Farmers' Party	Daniel Byrne	3,405	10.0	4	6
	Labour Party	Nicholas Phelan	4,370	12.8	5	6
	Sinn Féin	Dan Breen	3,148	9.2
	Farmers' Party	Nicholas Fitzgerald	2,466	7.2
	Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)	Séamus Robinson	1,436	4.2
	Independent	John Mandeville	583	1.7
	Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)	Eamon Dee	293	0.9
Electorate: 54,308 Valid: 34,077 Quota: 5,680 Turnout: 62.8%

1921 general election

At the 1921 general election, only five candidates were nominated in Waterford–Tipperary East. Since this was the same as the number of seats, no ballot was needed, and all candidates were returned unopposed.^[1]

1921 general election: Waterford–Tipperary East^[2]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Sinn Féin	Cathal Brugha	Unopposed	N/A	1
	Sinn Féin	Eamon Dee	Unopposed	N/A	2
	Sinn Féin	Frank Drohan	Unopposed	N/A	3
	Sinn Féin	Séamus Robinson	Unopposed	N/A	4
	Sinn Féin	Vincent White	Unopposed	N/A	5

References

1 2 3 Walker, Brian M, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0-901714-96-8. ISSN 0332-0286.
1 2 "General election 1921: Waterford–Tipperary East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 26 February 2009.
1 2 "General election 1922: Waterford–Tipperary East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 26 February 2009.

External links

Oireachtas Members Database

Parliamentary constituencies in County Waterford and Borough/City

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Dungarvan (1610–1800) Lismore (1614–1800) Tallow (????–1800) Waterford City (1264–1800) Waterford County (????–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	Dungarvan (1801–85) County Waterford (1801–85, 1918–22) Waterford City (1801–1922) East Waterford (1885–1918) West Waterford (1885–1918)

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Waterford–Tipperary East (1921–23) Waterford (1923–)

European Parliament 1979–present	Munster (1979–2004) South (2004–)

Irish counties: 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

Parliamentary constituencies in County Tipperary

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Cashel (????–1800) Clonmel (????–1800) Fethard (1608–1800) Tipperary (????–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	Cashel (1801–70) Clonmel (1801–85) Tipperary (1801–85) East Tipperary (1885–1922) Mid Tipperary (1885–1922) North Tipperary (1885–1922) South Tipperary (1885–1922)

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Waterford–Tipperary East (1921–23) Tipperary Mid, North and South (1921–23) Tipperary (1923–47, 2016–) Tipperary North (1948–2016) Tipperary South (1948–2016)

European Parliament 1979–present	Munster (1979–2004) South (2004–)

Irish counties: 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

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