# Fermanagh and Tyrone (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

Fermanagh and Tyrone was a county constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland from 1921 to 1929. It returned eight MPs, using proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote.

## Boundaries

Fermanagh and Tyrone was created by the Government of Ireland Act 1920 and consisted of the entirety of County Fermanagh and County Tyrone. The House of Commons (Method of Voting and Redistribution of Seats) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 divided the constituency into eight constituencies elected under first past the post: East Tyrone, Enniskillen, Lisnaskea, Mid Tyrone, North Tyrone, South Fermanagh, South Tyrone and West Tyrone.

## Second Dáil

In May 1921, Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the self-declared Irish Republic run by Sinn Féin, passed a resolution declaring that elections to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland and the House of Commons of Southern Ireland would be used as the election for the Second Dáil. All those elected were on the roll of the Second Dáil, but only three of the 8 MPs elected for Fermanagh and Tyrone also sat as TDs in Dáil Éireann: Arthur Griffith and Seán Milroy, both of whom were also elected for Clare, and Seán O'Mahony. O'Mahony was the only Sinn Féin TD in the Second Dáil who represented only a constituency in Northern Ireland.

## Politics

Fermanagh and Tyrone had a slight Nationalist majority, but this was fairly evenly balanced with a Unionist minority. In both elections, four Unionists were elected, alongside three Sinn Féin members and one Nationalist in 1921, and four Nationalists in 1925.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Member (Party) | Member (Party) | Member (Party) | Member (Party) | Member (Party) | Member (Party) | Member (Party) | Member (Party) | Member (Party) | Member (Party) | Member (Party) | Member (Party) | Member (Party) | Member (Party) | Member (Party) | Member (Party) |
| MPs (1921) | | Arthur Griffith (Sinn Féin) | | Edward Archdale (Ulster Unionist) | | William Coote (Ulster Unionist) | | William Thomas Miller (Ulster Unionist) | | James Cooper (Ulster Unionist) | | Thomas Harbison (Nationalist Party) | | Seán O'Mahony (Sinn Féin) | | Seán Milroy (Sinn Féin) |
| MPs (1925) | | Alexander Donnelly (Nationalist Party) | | Edward Archdale (Ulster Unionist) | | Rowley Elliott (Ulster Unionist) | | William Thomas Miller (Ulster Unionist) | | James Cooper (Ulster Unionist) | | Thomas Harbison (Nationalist Party) | | Cahir Healy (Nationalist Party) | | John McHugh (Nationalist Party) |

## Election results

1921 General Election: Fermanagh and Tyrone (8 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | Sinn Féin | Arthur Griffith | 25.9 | 21,677 | | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Edward Archdale | 12.3 | 10,336 | | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | William Coote | 11.5 | 9,672 | | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | William Thomas Miller | 10.9 | 9,165 | 9,343 | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | James Cooper | 10.5 | 8,754 | 8,762 | 9,789 | | | | | | | |
| | Nationalist | Thomas Harbison | 8.5 | 7,090 | 7,754 | 7,754 | 7,771 | 7,806 | 7,807 | 7,814 | 7,886 | 7,992 | 9,444 |
| | Nationalist | J. P. Gillin | 6.7 | 5,591 | 5,782 | 5,784 | 5,824 | 5,832 | 5,832 | 5,842 | 5,867 | 6,115 | 8,109 |
| | Sinn Féin | Seán O'Mahony | 5.9 | 4,979 | 5,211 | 5,211 | 5,215 | 7,085 | 7,118 | 7,119 | 7,975 | 12,752 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Kevin Roantree O'Shiel | 5.3 | 4,464 | 4,994 | 4,995 | 5,004 | 5,236 | 5,238 | 5,239 | 5,330 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Seán Milroy | 2.2 | 1,846 | 11,556 | | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Seán MacEntee | 0.2 | 179 | 1,037 | 1,037 | 1,065 | 1,170 | 1,171 | 1,172 | | | |
| Electorate: 95,272 Valid: 83,753 Quota: 9,306 Turnout: 87.9% ||||||||||||||
* Griffith died on 12 August 1922; his seat remained vacant at dissolution.
* Coote died on 14 December 1924; his seat remained vacant at dissolution.
1925 General Election: Fermanagh and Tyrone (8 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Nationalist | Alexander Donnelly | 14.6 | 12,098 | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Edward Archdale | 14.3 | 11,834 | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Rowley Elliott | 12.2 | 10,115 | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | William Thomas Miller | 11.6 | 9,593 | | | | | | | |
| | Nationalist | Cahir Healy | 11.1 | 9,191 | 9,358 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | James Cooper | 10.8 | 8,923 | 8,935 | 11,569 | | | | | |
| | Nationalist | Thomas Harbison | 10.0 | 8,257 | 10,920 | | | | | | |
| | Nationalist | John McHugh | 8.0 | 6,584 | 6,617 | 6,620 | 6,716 | 6,743 | 6,848 | 8,328 | 8,337 |
| | Republican | Thomas Larkin | 5.4 | 4,483 | 4,504 | 4,507 | 4,560 | 4,585 | 4,607 | 4,838 | 4,840 |
| | Republican | Seán O'Mahoney | 2.0 | 1,652 | 1,661 | 1,662 | 1,672 | 1,681 | 1,692 | 1,708 | 1,713 |
| Electorate: 96,388 Valid: 82,730 Quota: 9,193 Turnout: 85.8% ||||||||||||