Mid Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency)

Mid Tyrone
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1918
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

References

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

External links

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 2)