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A former UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning two Members of Parliament.

Boundaries and Boundary Changes

This constituency comprised the whole of County Tyrone, except the Parliamentary borough of Dungannon.

It returned two MPs 1801-1885. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland was created on 1 January 1801.

In the redistribution, which took effect in 1885, Coubty Tyrone was divided into four single-member constituencies.

Politics

The constituency was a predominantly Conservative area during this period.

Members of Parliament

Key to parties: C Conservative, L Liberal, T Tory, W Whig.

From	To	Name (Party)	Born	Died
1801	1802	Viscount Corry	11 July 1774	18 April 1841
1801	1812	James Stewart	1742	18 January 1821
1802	1806	Rt Hon. John Stewart	c. 1758	22 June 1825
1806	1812	Hon. Thomas Knox	5 August 1754	26 April 1840
1812	1825	Rt Hon. Sir John Stewart, Bt (T)	c. 1758	22 June 1825
1812	1818	Hon. Thomas Knox	19 April 1786	21 March 1858
1818	1830	William Stewart (W)	1780	c. October 1850
1825	1873	Rt Hon. Henry Thomas Lowry-Corry (T)	9 March 1803	6 March 1873
1830	1835	Sir Hugh Stewart, Bt (T)	14 May1792	19 November 1854
1835	1837	Lord Claud Hamilton (C)	27 July 1813	3 June 1884
1837	1839	Viscount Alexander (C)	27 July 1812	30 June 1855
1839	1874	Lord Claud Hamilton (C)	27 July 1813	3 June 1884
1873	1880	Henry William Lowry-Corry (C)	30 June 1845	6 May 1927
1874	1885	John William Ellison-Macartney (C)	1818	13 February 1904
1880	1881	Edward Falconer Litton (L)	1827	27 November 1890
1881	1885	Thomas Alexander Dickson (L)	1833	17 June 1909

Notes:

• (1) From 1832 Lowry-Corry and Stewart are classified as Comservatives.
• (2) In 1847 Lowry-Corry and Hamilton contested the general election as Peelites, but were again Conservatives by 1852.

Elections

The single-member elections in this constituency took place using the first past the post electoral system. Multi-member elections used the plurality at large variant of the bloc voting system.

Co-option 1 January 1801: Tyrone (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	James Stewart	Co-opted	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan	Viscount Corry	Co-opted	N/A	N/A

• Corry succeeded as 2nd Earl Belmore

By-Election 1 March 1802: Tyrone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Rt Hon. John Stewart	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

General Election 19 July 1802: Tyrone (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	James Stewart	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan	Rt Hon. John Stewart	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

General Election 18 November 1806: Tyrone (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	James Stewart	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan	Hon. Thomas Knox	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

General Election 25 May 1807: Tyrone (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	James Stewart	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan	Hon. Thomas Knox	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

General Election 20 October 1812: Tyrone (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Thomas Knox	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan	Rt Hon. Sir John Stewart, Bt	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

General Election 1 July 1818: Tyrone (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Rt Hon. Sir John Stewart, Bt	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Whig	William Stewart	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

General Election 22 March 1820: Tyrone (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Rt Hon. Sir John Stewart, Bt	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Whig	William Stewart	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

General Election 20 June 1826: Tyrone (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	William Stewart	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Tory	Hon. Henry Thomas Lowry Corry	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

General Election 9 August 1830: Tyrone (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Hon. Henry Thomas Lowry Corry	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Tory	Sir Hugh Stewart, Bt	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

General Election 14 May 1831: Tyrone (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Hon. Henry Thomas Lowry Corry	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Tory	Sir Hugh Stewart, Bt	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

General Election 17 December 1832: Tyrone (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Hugh Stewart, Bt	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative	Hon. Henry Thomas Lowry Corry	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

General Election 20 January 1835: Tyrone (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lord Claud Hamilton	1,057		N/A
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Henry Thomas Lowry Corry	627		N/A
	Conservative	Viscount Alexander	510		N/A
	Conservative	Charles Eccles	17		N/A

|- ! scope=row colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | Majority | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | N/A |-

|- ! colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope=row | Turnout | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | 12,063 | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | N/A |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #99FF66" | | colspan="2" | Irish Parliamentary hold !scope=row style="font-weight:normal; color:inherit; text-align:right;" | Swing | style="text-align:right;" | N/A || |-

General Election 7 August 1837: Tyrone (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Hugh Stewart, Bt	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative	Hon. Henry Thomas Lowry Corry	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative	Viscount Alexander	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

References

• The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844-50), 2nd edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)
• Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)

See also

• List of UK Parliament Constituencies in Ireland and Northern Ireland

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