was a former UK Parliament constituency in Ireland.
This
County Constituency comprised the north-western part of
County Tyrone .
It returned one
Member Of Parliament 1918-1922.
Prior to the
United Kingdom General Election, 1918 the area was the
North Tyrone and part of the
Mid Tyrone constituencies. From the dissolution of Parliament in 1922 became part of the
Fermanagh And Tyrone seat.
The constituency was a predominantly
Sinn Féin area in 1918. The
Unionists had significant but minority support.
Arthur Griffith was also elected for
East Cavan , but as he did not take his seat in the
United Kingdom House Of Commons he could not choose which area he would represent and trigger a by-election in the other.
Griffith died on
12 August 1922 . Sinn Féin MPs were not prepared to attend the House of Commons, to apply for the writ for a by-election, so this seat was vacant at the dissolution of Parliament on
26 October 1922 .
Sinn Féin contested the
General Election Of 1918 on the platform that instead of taking up any seats they won in the
United Kingdom Parliament , they would establish a revolutionary assembly in Dublin. In republican theory every MP elected in Ireland was a potential Deputy to this assembly. In practice only the Sinn Féin members accepted the offer.
The revolutionary
First Dáil assembled on
21 January 1919 and last met on
10 May 1921 . The First Dáil, according to a resolution passed on 10 May 1921, was formally dissolved on the assembling of the
Second Dáil . This took place on
16 August 1921 .
In 1921 Sinn Féin decided to use the UK authorised elections for the
Northern Ireland House Of Commons and the
House Of Commons Of Southern Ireland as a poll for the
Irish Republic 's
Second Dáil . , in republican theory, was incorporated in an eight-member Dáil constituency of
Fermanagh And Tyrone .
''Key to party: SF
Sinn Féin .''
The election in this constituency took place using the
First Past The Post electoral system.
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Sinn Féin
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Arthur Griffith
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10,442
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5757
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''N/A''
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Irish Unionist
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William Thomas Miller
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7,696
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4243
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''N/A''
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