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East Tyrone (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

East Tyrone
Former County Constituency
for the Parliament of Northern Ireland
East Tyrone (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency).svg
East Tyrone shown within Northern Ireland
Former constituency
Created 1929
Abolished 1972
Election method First past the post

Coordinates: 54°38′46″N 6°44′42″W / 54.646°N 6.745°W / 54.646; -6.745

East Tyrone was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.

East Tyrone was a county constituency comprising the eastern part of County Tyrone. It was created in 1929, when the House of Commons (Method of Voting and Redistribution of Seats) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland. East Tyrone was created by the division of Fermanagh and Tyrone into eight new constituencies, of which five were in County Tyrone. The constituency survived unchanged, returning one member of Parliament, until the Parliament of Northern Ireland was temporarily suspended in 1972, and then formally abolished in 1973.

The main town in the area was Cookstown. The seat was bordered by Mid Tyrone to the west, South Tyrone to the south, South Londonderry to the north and Lough Neagh to the east.


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