Dungannon was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland, returning one MP. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801 and was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. This act split County Tyrone into four single-member constituencies: East Tyrone, Mid Tyrone, North Tyrone and South Tyrone. It took effect at the 1885 United Kingdom general election.
Boundaries
This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Dungannon in County Tyrone.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 1830s
Knox resigned, causing a by-election.
Knox resigned, causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1840s
Elections in the 1850s
Knox resigned due to ill health by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
Knox resigned again by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
Knox was appointed a Groom in Waiting to Queen Victoria, causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1860s
Elections in the 1870s
Elections in the 1880s
On petition, Dickson was unseated and a by-election was called.
Notes
References
The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844–50), 2nd edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1801
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1885
Dungannon
Westminster constituencies in County Tyrone (historic)