South Tyrone | |
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Former County Constituency for the Parliament of Northern Ireland |
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South Tyrone shown within Northern Ireland
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Former constituency | |
Created | 1929 |
Abolished | 1972 |
Election method | First past the post |
Coordinates: 54°26′24″N 7°07′44″W / 54.440°N 7.129°W
South Tyrone was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.
South Tyrone was a county constituency comprising the central part of County Tyrone. It was created 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. South 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 seat was made up from parts of the rural districts of Clogher and Dungannon as well as the town of Dungannon.