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Tipperary (UK Parliament constituency)

UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland, 1801–1885 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

County Tipperary was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which from 1801 to 1885 returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.

CountyCounty Tipperary
Seats2
Created fromCounty Tipperary (IHC)
Replaced by
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County Tipperary
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyCounty Tipperary
1801–1885
Seats2
Created fromCounty Tipperary (IHC)
Replaced by
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Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of County Tipperary, except the parliamentary boroughs of Cashel (1801–1870) and Clonmel (1801–1885). After the Sligo and Cashel Disfranchisement Act 1870, the borough of Cashel ceased to have separate representation, and eligible voters were added to the roll for the county constituency.

In 1885, the constituency was divided into East Tipperary, Mid Tipperary, North Tipperary, and South Tipperary.

Members of Parliament

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Year1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party
1801 Francis Mathew, Viscount Mathew John Bagwell
17 Nov 1806 Montague James Mathew Whig[1] Francis Aldborough Prittie Whig[1]
17 Jul 1818 Richard Butler, Viscount Cahir
2 Mar 1819 William Bagwell Tory
8 Apr 1819 Francis Aldborough Prittie Whig[1]
28 Jun 1826 John Hely-Hutchinson Whig[1]
21 Aug 1830 Thomas Wyse Whig[1]
12 May 1831 John Hely-Hutchinson Whig[1]
8 Aug 1832 Robert Otway-Cave Whig[1][2][3]
17 Dec 1832 Cornelius O'Callaghan Whig[1] Richard Lalor Sheil Repealer[4]
21 Jan 1835 Robert Otway-Cave Whig[1][2][3]
14 Jul 1841 Valentine Maher Whig[1][3]
10 Feb 1844 Nicholas Maher Repealer[4]
21 Feb 1845 Richard Albert Fitzgerald Repealer[4]
11 Aug 1847 Francis Scully Repealer[4]
26 Jul 1852 Ind. Irish[4] James Sadleir[5] Ind. Irish[4]
16 Mar 1857 Daniel O'Donoghue Ind. Irish[4]
14 Apr 1857 Laurence Waldron Whig[6][7]
10 May 1859 Liberal[4] Liberal[4]
24 Feb 1865 Charles Moore Liberal[4]
24 Jul 1865 John Blake Dillon Liberal[4]
17 Oct 1866 Charles William White Liberal[4]
27 Nov 1869 Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa[8] Independent Nationalist[4]
23 Feb 1870 Denis Caulfield Heron Liberal[4]
14 Feb 1874 Home Rule League[4] William Frederick Ormonde O'Callaghan Home Rule League[4]
16 Feb 1875 John Mitchel[9] Independent Nationalist[4]
27 May 1875 Stephen Moore Conservative[4]
16 May 1877 Edmund Dwyer Gray Home Rule League[4]
8 Apr 1880 Patrick James Smyth Home Rule League[4] John Dillon Parnellite Home Rule League[4]
Oct 1882 Irish Parliamentary[4] Irish Parliamentary[4]
23 Mar 1883 Thomas Mayne Irish Parliamentary[4]
12 Jan 1885 John O'Connor Irish Parliamentary[4]
1885 Constituency divided: see East Tipperary, Mid Tipperary, North Tipperary and South Tipperary
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Elections

Elections in the 1830s

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General election 1830: Tipperary[4][1][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Francis Aldborough Prittie 757 40.5
Whig Thomas Wyse 577 30.8
Whig John Hely-Hutchinson 537 28.7
Majority 40 2.1
Turnout 1,098 37.9
Registered electors 2,900
Whig hold Swing
Whig hold Swing
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General election 1831: Tipperary[4][1][10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Thomas Wyse Unopposed
Whig John Hely-Hutchinson Unopposed
Registered electors 2,900
Whig hold
Whig hold
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Hely-Hutchinson succeeded to the peerage, becoming 3rd Earl of Donoughmore and causing a by-election.

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By-election, 8 August 1832: Tipperary[4][1][10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Robert Otway-Cave Unopposed
Registered electors 2,900
Whig hold
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General election 1832: Tipperary[4][1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Cornelius O'Callaghan Unopposed
Repeal Richard Lalor Sheil Unopposed
Registered electors 2,369
Whig hold
Repeal gain from Whig
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General election 1835: Tipperary[4][1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Robert Otway-Cave Unopposed
Repeal (Whig) Richard Lalor Sheil Unopposed
Registered electors 2,369
Whig hold
Repeal hold
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General election 1837: Tipperary[4][1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Repeal (Whig) Richard Lalor Sheil 1,516 38.2
Whig Robert Otway-Cave 1,503 37.9
Conservative William Ponsonby Barker 480 12.1
Conservative Stephen Moore 471 11.9
Majority 1,023 25.8
Turnout 2,055 65.6
Registered electors 3,135
Whig hold
Repeal hold
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Sheil was appointed as Commissioner of Greenwich Hospital, requiring a by-election.

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By-election, 27 February 1838: Tipperary[4][1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Repeal (Whig) Richard Lalor Sheil 201 72.0 −4.1
Conservative Samuel William Barton 78 28.0 +4.0
Majority 123 44.0 +18.2
Turnout 279 c. 8.9 c. −56.7
Registered electors c. 3,135
Repeal hold Swing +4.1
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Sheil was appointed as vice-president of the Board of Trade, requiring a by-election.

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By-election, 16 September 1839: Tipperary[4][1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Repeal (Whig) Richard Lalor Sheil Unopposed
Repeal hold
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Elections in the 1840s

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General election 1841: Tipperary[4][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Valentine Maher 1,039 36.6 −1.6
Whig Robert Otway-Cave 1,028 36.2 −1.7
Conservative William Ponsonby Barker 401 14.1 +2.0
Conservative Cornwallis Maude 374 13.2 +1.3
Majority 627 22.1 −3.7
Turnout 1,445 54.5 −11.1
Registered electors 2,649
Whig hold Swing −1.6
Whig gain from Repeal Swing −1.7
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Maher's death caused a by-election.

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By-election, 10 February 1844: Tipperary[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Repeal Nicholas Maher Unopposed
Repeal gain from Whig
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Otway-Cave's death caused a by-election.

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By-election, 21 February 1845: Tipperary[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Repeal Richard Albert Fitzgerald Unopposed
Repeal gain from Whig
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General election 1847: Tipperary[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Repeal Francis Scully Unopposed
Repeal Nicholas Maher Unopposed
Registered electors 2,412
Repeal gain from Whig
Repeal gain from Whig
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Elections in the 1850s

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General election 1852: Tipperary[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Irish Francis Scully 3,512 44.9 N/A
Independent Irish James Sadleir 3,467 44.3 N/A
Conservative Robert Jocelyn Otway 789 10.1 New
Conservative Lorenzo Henry Jephson 53 0.7 New
Majority 2,678 34.2 N/A
Turnout 3,911 (est) 57.9 (est) N/A
Registered electors 6,760
Independent Irish gain from Repeal Swing N/A
Independent Irish gain from Repeal Swing N/A
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Sadleir was expelled from the House of Commons due to failing to surrender to arrest warrants for his involvement in a fraud, causing a by-election.[12]

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By-election, 16 March 1857: Tipperary[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Irish Daniel O'Donoghue 3,394 57.8 −31.4
Whig Laurence Waldron 2,474 42.2 N/A
Majority 920 15.6 −18.4
Turnout 5,868 65.5 +7.6
Registered electors 8,964
Independent Irish hold Swing N/A
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General election 1857: Tipperary[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Irish Daniel O'Donoghue Unopposed
Whig Laurence Waldron Unopposed
Registered electors 8,964
Independent Irish hold
Whig gain from Independent Irish
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General election 1859: Tipperary[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Daniel O'Donoghue Unopposed
Liberal Laurence Waldron Unopposed
Registered electors 9,526
Liberal hold
Liberal hold
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Elections in the 1860s

O'Donoghue resigned, causing a by-election.

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By-election, 24 February 1865: Tipperary[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Moore 2,134 70.1 N/A
Independent Liberal Peter Edward Gill[13] 909 29.9 New
Majority 1,225 40.2 N/A
Turnout 3,043 33.8 N/A
Registered electors 8,996
Liberal hold
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General election 1865: Tipperary[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Moore 2,722 43.1 N/A
Liberal John Blake Dillon 2,662 42.2 N/A
Independent Liberal Peter Edward Gill[14] 930 14.7 N/A
Majority 1,732 27.5 N/A
Turnout 3,622 (est) 40.3 (est) N/A
Registered electors 8,996
Liberal hold
Liberal hold
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Dillon's death caused a by-election.

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By-election, 22 October 1866: Tipperary[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles William White 3,419 54.4 −30.9
Independent Liberal Laurence Waldron[15] 2,865 45.6 N/A
Majority 554 8.8 −18.7
Turnout 6,284 69.9 +29.6
Registered electors 8,996
Liberal hold Swing N/A
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General election 1868: Tipperary[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Moore Unopposed
Liberal Charles William White Unopposed
Registered electors 9,498
Liberal hold
Liberal hold
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Moore's death caused a by-election.

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By-election, 27 November 1869: Tipperary[4][16][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. Nationalist Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa 1,131 52.1 New
Liberal Denis Caulfield Heron 1,028 47.4 N/A
Conservative William Rickford Collett 12 0.6 New
Majority 103 4.7 N/A
Turnout 2,171 22.9 N/A
Registered electors 9,498
Ind. Nationalist gain from Liberal Swing N/A
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Elections in the 1870s

Rossa was disqualified as he was a convicted felon, causing a by-election.

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1870 County Tipperary by-election[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Denis Caulfield Heron 1,668 50.1 N/A
Ind. Nationalist Charles Kickham 1,664 49.9 N/A
Majority 4 0.2 N/A
Turnout 3,332 35.1 N/A
Registered electors 9,498
Liberal gain from Ind. Nationalist
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General election 1874: Tipperary[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Home Rule Charles William White 3,023 32.9 New
Home Rule William Frederick Ormonde O'Callaghan 2,755 30.0 New
Ind. Nationalist John Mitchel 1,788 19.5 N/A
Home Rule George Roe 705 7.7 New
Ind. Nationalist Peter Gill 635 6.9 N/A
Liberal Richard Butler 281 3.1 N/A
Majority 967 10.5 N/A
Turnout 4,594 (est) 48.4 (est) N/A
Registered electors 9,500
Home Rule gain from Liberal
Home Rule gain from Liberal
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White resigned, causing a by-election.

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February 1875 County Tipperary by-election[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. Nationalist John Mitchel Unopposed
Registered electors 10,315
Ind. Nationalist gain from Home Rule
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Mitchel was declared ineligible, causing a by-election.

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March 1875 County Tipperary by-election[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. Nationalist John Mitchel 3,114 80.7 N/A
Conservative Stephen Moore 746 19.3 New
Majority 2,368 61.4 N/A
Turnout 3,860 37.4 N/A
Registered electors 10,315
Conservative gain from Ind. Nationalist
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Mitchel was again declared ineligible (and died) and, on 26 May 1875, Moore was awarded the seat.

O'Callaghan's death caused a by-election.

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1877 County Tipperary by-election[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Home Rule Edmund Dwyer Gray 3,852 74.1 N/A
Home Rule John Sarsfield Casey 1,344 25.9 N/A
Majority 2,508 48.2 N/A
Turnout 5,196 55.9 N/A
Registered electors 9,927
Home Rule hold
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Elections in the 1880s

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General election 1880: Tipperary[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parnellite Home Rule League John Dillon Unopposed
Home Rule Patrick James Smyth Unopposed
Registered electors 9,134
Home Rule hold
Home Rule hold
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Dillon resigned, causing a by-election.

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1883 County Tipperary by-election[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Thomas Mayne Unopposed
Registered electors 8,730
Irish Parliamentary hold
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Smyth was appointed secretary to the Irish loan fund board, causing a by-election.

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1885 County Tipperary by-election[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary John O'Connor Unopposed
Irish Parliamentary hold
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