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West Tyrone (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

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

Coordinates: 54°31′19″N 7°30′00″W / 54.522°N 7.500°W / 54.522; -7.500

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

West Tyrone was a county constituency comprising the western 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. West 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 dominated by the town of Omagh, and also included parts of the rural districts of Castlederg and Omagh.


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