East Tyrone | |
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Former County Constituency for the Parliament of Northern Ireland |
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East Tyrone shown within Northern Ireland
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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
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.