Tipperary North (Dáil constituency)
Tipperary North was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, from 1948 to 2016. The constituency elected 3 deputies. The method of election was the single transferable vote form of proportional representation.History and boundaries
It was created for the 1948 general election when the former Tipperary constituency was divided into Tipperary North and Tipperary South. The constituency underwent a significant revision to its boundaries at the 2007 general election. A population of 4,276 in the former Roscrea No 2 Rural District was transferred into constituency from the Laois–Offaly constituency. As well as the administrative county of North Tipperary and some parts of South Tipperary, it also included the southern tip of County Offaly. The 2006 population of the constituency using these revised boundaries was 80,203. The principal population centres were Thurles, Templemore, Nenagh and Roscrea.
The Electoral Act 2009 defined the constituency as:
Tipperary North was a rare example of a bellwether constituency in Ireland; from 1969 onward, with the exception of February 1982, two of the three deputies it returned went on to support the resulting government. The constituency returned at least one TD for Fianna Fáil from 1948 until the 2011 general election.
It was abolished at the 2016 general election and replaced by the new Tipperary and Offaly constituencies.TDs
Elections
2007 general election
2002 general election
1997 general election
1992 general election
1989 general election
1987 general election
February 1982 general election
1981 general election
1977 general election
1973 general election
1969 general election
1965 general election
1961 general election
1957 general election
1954 general election
1951 general election
1948 general election
