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Tipperary North was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, from 1948 to 2016. The constituency elected 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). The method of election was proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
History and boundaries
It was created for the 1948 general election when the former Tipperary constituency was divided into Tipperary North and Tipperary South. The constituency underwent a significant revision to its boundaries at the 2007 general election. A population of 4,276 in the former Roscrea No 2 Rural District was transferred into constituency from the Laois–Offaly constituency. As well as the administrative county of North Tipperary and some parts of South Tipperary, it also included the southern tip of County Offaly. The 2006 population of the constituency using these revised boundaries was 80,203. The principal population centres were Thurles, Templemore, Nenagh and Roscrea.
The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009 defined the constituency as:[1]
- "The county of North Tipperary;
- and, in the county of South Tipperary, the electoral divisions of:
- Ballysheehan, Clogher, Clonoulty East, Clonoulty West, Gaile, Graystown, Killenaule, Nodstown, in the former Rural District of Cashel;
- Ballyphilip, Buolick, Crohane, Farranrory, Fennor, Kilcooly, New Birmingham, Poyntstown, in the former Rural District of Slievardagh;
- Cappagh, Curraheen, Donohill, Glengar, in the former Rural District of Tipperary No. 1;
- and, in the county of Offaly, the electoral divisions of:
- Aghacon, Barna, Cangort, Cullenwaine, Dunkerrin, Ettagh, Gorteen, Mountheaton, Shinrone, Templeharry, in the former Rural District of Roscrea No. 2."
Tipperary North was a rare example of a bellwether constituency in Ireland; from 1969 onward, with the exception of February 1982, two of the three deputies it returned went on to support the resulting government. The constituency returned at least one TD for Fianna Fáil from 1948 until the 2011 general election.
It was abolished at the 2016 general election and replaced by the new Tipperary and Offaly constituencies.
TDs
Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.
Elections
2011 general election
2011 general election: Tipperary North[21] |
Party |
Candidate |
% 1st Pref |
Count 1 |
Count 2 |
Count 3 |
|
Independent politician (Ireland) |
Michael Lowry |
29.2 |
14,104 |
|
|
|
Fine Gael |
Noel Coonan |
23.7 |
11,425 |
12,130 |
|
|
Labour Party |
Alan Kelly |
19.8 |
9,559 |
10,104 |
12,065 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
Máire Hoctor |
16.5 |
7,978 |
8,356 |
9,441 |
|
Sinn Féin |
Séamus Morris |
6.3 |
3,034 |
3,180 |
|
|
New Vision |
Billy Clancy |
3.0 |
1,442 |
1,653 |
|
|
Green Party |
Olwyn O'Malley |
0.8 |
409 |
429 |
|
|
Independent politician (Ireland) |
Kate Bopp |
0.7 |
322 |
352 |
|
Electorate: 63,235 Valid: 48,273 Spoilt: 516 (1.1%) Quota: 12,069 Turnout: 48,789 (77.2%) |
2007 general election
2007 general election: Tipperary North[20] |
Party |
Candidate |
% 1st Pref |
Count 1 |
Count 2 |
Count 3 |
Count 4 |
Count 5 |
Count 6 |
|
Independent politician (Ireland) |
Michael Lowry |
29.1 |
12,919 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fianna Fáil |
Michael Smith |
17.7 |
7,871 |
8,107 |
8,223 |
8,480 |
8,975 |
9,607 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
Máire Hoctor |
16.6 |
7,374 |
7,664 |
7,905 |
8,249 |
8,793 |
10,167 |
|
Fine Gael |
Noel Coonan |
15.9 |
7,061 |
7,569 |
7,763 |
7,981 |
8,440 |
11,499 |
|
Labour Party |
Kathleen O'Meara |
10.3 |
4,561 |
4,859 |
5,218 |
5,748 |
6,311 |
|
|
Independent politician (Ireland) |
Jim Ryan |
4.2 |
1,844 |
2,193 |
2,283 |
2,564 |
|
|
|
Sinn Féin |
Séamus Morris |
3.8 |
1,672 |
1,754 |
1,881 |
|
|
|
|
Progressive Democrats |
Tony Sheary |
1.4 |
634 |
658 |
|
|
|
|
|
Green Party |
Paul McNally |
1.1 |
495 |
519 |
|
|
|
|
Electorate: 57,084 Valid: 44,431 Spoilt: 332 (0.8%) Quota: 11,108 Turnout: 44,783 (78.5%) |
2002 general election
2002 general election: Tipperary North[19] |
Party |
Candidate |
% 1st Pref |
Count 1 |
Count 2 |
Count 3 |
Count 4 |
|
Independent politician (Ireland) |
Michael Lowry |
25.4 |
10,400 |
|
|
|
|
Fianna Fáil |
Máire Hoctor |
21.8 |
8,949 |
9,320 |
11,040 |
|
|
Fine Gael |
Noel Coonan |
14.9 |
6,108 |
6,436 |
9,085 |
9,437 |
|
Labour Party |
Kathleen O'Meara |
13.5 |
5,537 |
5,877 |
|
|
|
Fianna Fáil |
Michael Smith |
10.5 |
8,526 |
8,842 |
9,642 |
10,088 |
|
Progressive Democrats |
Bill Dwan |
3.5 |
1,446 |
|
|
|
Electorate: 59,427 Valid: 40,966 Spoilt: 446 (1.1%) Quota: 10,242 Turnout: 41,412 (69.7%) |
1997 general election
1997 general election: Tipperary North[23] |
Party |
Candidate |
% 1st Pref |
Count 1 |
Count 2 |
Count 3 |
Count 4 |
Count 5 |
Count 6 |
Count 7 |
|
Independent politician (Ireland) |
Michael Lowry |
29.1 |
11,638 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fianna Fáil |
Michael O'Kennedy |
24.8 |
9,895 |
10,196 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fianna Fáil |
Michael Smith |
17.5 |
6,999 |
7,193 |
7,206 |
7,321 |
7,793 |
8,676 |
9,754 |
|
Fine Gael |
Tom Berkery |
11.3 |
4,521 |
4,966 |
4,992 |
5,014 |
5,212 |
5,485 |
8,623 |
|
Labour Party |
Kathleen O'Meara |
10.3 |
4,126 |
4,596 |
4,622 |
4,660 |
4,892 |
5,218 |
|
|
Progressive Democrats |
Dr. Joe Hennessy |
3.5 |
1,390 |
1,472 |
1,482 |
1,498 |
1,735 |
|
|
|
National Party |
Margaret Carey |
3.2 |
1,295 |
1,432 |
1,448 |
1,464 |
|
|
|
|
Independent politician (Ireland) |
Gillies MacBain |
0.2 |
88 |
108 |
|
|
|
|
|
Electorate: 53,888 Valid: 39,952 Spoilt: 337 (0.8%) Quota: 9,989 Turnout: 40,289 (74.8%) |
1992 general election
1992 general election: Tipperary North[24] |
Party |
Candidate |
% 1st Pref |
Count 1 |
Count 2 |
Count 3 |
Count 4 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
Michael Smith |
25.6 |
8,156 |
|
|
|
|
Fine Gael |
Michael Lowry |
23.3 |
7,401 |
7,422 |
8,330 |
|
|
Labour Party |
John Ryan |
22.8 |
7,240 |
7,375 |
7,792 |
8,112 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
Michael O'Kennedy |
22.4 |
7,113 |
7,262 |
7,422 |
7,475 |
|
Fine Gael |
Tom Ryan |
4.8 |
1,533 |
1,551 |
|
|
|
Sinn Féin |
Jimmy Nolan |
1.2 |
382 |
|
|
|
Electorate: 42,754 Valid: 31,825 Spoilt: 465 (1.4%) Quota: 7,957 Turnout: 32,290 (75.5%) |
1989 general election
1987 general election
November 1982 general election
February 1982 general election
1981 general election
1977 general election
1973 general election
1969 general election
1965 general election
1965 general election: Tipperary North[8][25] |
Party |
Candidate |
% 1st Pref |
Count 1 |
Count 2 |
Count 3 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
John Fanning |
24.0 |
6,411 |
6,497 |
6,616 |
|
Fine Gael |
Thomas Dunne |
23.8 |
6,377 |
8,671 |
|
|
Labour Party |
Patrick Tierney |
20.4 |
5,466 |
5,893 |
7,231 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
Michael O'Kennedy |
20.2 |
5,411 |
5,669 |
5,889 |
|
Fine Gael |
Donal Nealon |
11.6 |
3,101 |
|
|
Electorate: 33,769 Valid: 26,766 Quota: 6,692 Turnout: 79.3% |
1961 general election
1961 general election: Tipperary North[7][25] |
Party |
Candidate |
% 1st Pref |
Count 1 |
Count 2 |
Count 3 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
John Fanning |
24.5 |
6,302 |
6,435 |
|
|
Labour Party |
Patrick Tierney |
21.9 |
5,642 |
6,070 |
6,531 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
Mary Ryan |
21.7 |
5,570 |
5,770 |
5,900 |
|
Fine Gael |
Thomas Dunne |
16.9 |
4,336 |
4,449 |
6,622 |
|
Fine Gael |
William Whyte |
10.7 |
2,754 |
2,844 |
|
|
Sinn Féin |
Tomás Mac Giolla |
4.4 |
1,123 |
|
|
Electorate: 33,892 Valid: 25,727 Quota: 6,432 Turnout: 75.9% |
1957 general election
1954 general election
1951 general election
1951 general election: Tipperary North[25] |
Party |
Candidate |
% 1st Pref |
Count 1 |
Count 2 |
Count 3 |
Count 4 |
|
Fine Gael |
Daniel Morrissey |
23.0 |
6,546 |
7,538 |
|
|
|
Fianna Fáil |
John Fanning |
22.5 |
6,390 |
6,573 |
6,586 |
7,277 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
Mary Ryan |
21.9 |
6,215 |
6,486 |
6,532 |
6,939 |
|
Labour Party |
Patrick Tierney |
13.3 |
3,782 |
4,318 |
4,408 |
6,108 |
|
Fine Gael |
Jeremiah Ryan |
10.2 |
2,902 |
3,443 |
3,722 |
|
|
Clann na Poblachta |
Patrick Kinane |
9.2 |
2,601 |
|
|
|
Electorate: 34,957 Valid: 28,436 Quota: 7,110 Turnout: 81.35% |
1948 general election
1948 general election: Tipperary North[25] |
Party |
Candidate |
% 1st Pref |
Count 1 |
Count 2 |
Count 3 |
Count 4 |
Count 5 |
Count 6 |
Count 7 |
|
Fine Gael |
Daniel Morrissey |
20.0 |
5,656 |
6,191 |
6,346 |
6,442 |
7,321 |
|
|
|
Clann na Poblachta |
Patrick Kinane |
16.3 |
4,602 |
4,645 |
5,817 |
5,889 |
7,827 |
|
|
|
Fianna Fáil |
Mary Ryan |
16.3 |
4,601 |
4,631 |
4,674 |
5,816 |
6,444 |
6,782 |
6,915 |
|
Labour Party |
John Murphy |
15.6 |
4,408 |
4,446 |
4,525 |
4,609 |
|
|
|
|
Fianna Fáil |
Andrew Fogarty |
15.5 |
4,377 |
4,395 |
4,547 |
5,395 |
6,298 |
6,688 |
6,821 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
Thomas J. MacDonagh |
7.9 |
2,227 |
2,234 |
2,273 |
|
|
|
|
|
Clann na Poblachta |
Michael Cronin |
5.8 |
1,638 |
1,663 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fine Gael |
Joubert Powell |
2.5 |
708 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Electorate: 35,315 Valid: 28,217 Quota: 7,055 Turnout: 79.90% |
See also
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