Election Results
At the 1929, 1933 general elections, Joseph Francis Stewart was elected unopposed.
| General Election 1938: East Tyrone | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Nationalist (NI) | Joseph Francis Stewart | 7,942 | 54.0 | N/A | |
| Ulster Unionist | D. G. Kennedy | 6,764 | 46.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,178 | 8.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 14,706 | 89.5 | N/A | ||
| Nationalist (NI) hold | Swing | N/A | |||
At the 1945 election J F Stewart was elected unopposed.
| General Election 1949: East Tyrone | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Nationalist (NI) | Joseph Francis Stewart | 7,443 | 54.9 | N/A | |
| Ulster Unionist | S. Miller | 6,122 | 45.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,321 | 9.8 | +1.8 | ||
| Turnout | 13,565 | 86.1 | N/A | ||
| Nationalist (NI) hold | Swing | N/A | |||
At the 1953 election, Joseph Francis Stewart was elected unopposed.
| General Election 1958: East Tyrone | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Nationalist (NI) | Joseph Francis Stewart | 7,336 | 50.8 | N/A | |
| Ulster Unionist | George Forrest | 7,100 | 49.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 236 | 1.6 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 14,436 | 89.1 | N/A | ||
| Nationalist (NI) hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| General Election 1962: East Tyrone | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Nationalist (NI) | Joseph Francis Stewart | 7,768 | 52.8 | +2.0 | |
| Ulster Unionist | R. Vaughan | 6,953 | 47.2 | -2.0 | |
| Majority | 815 | 5.6 | +4.0 | ||
| Turnout | 14,721 | 88.0 | -1.1 | ||
| Nationalist (NI) hold | Swing | +2.0 | |||
Stewart died on 6 May 1964.
| East Tyrone by-election, 30 May 1964 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Nationalist (NI) | Austin Currie | 8,223 | 54.3 | +1.5 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Alexander Blevins | 6,927 | 45.7 | -1.5 | |
| Majority | 1,296 | 8.6 | +3.0 | ||
| Turnout | 15,150 | 89.7 | +1.7 | ||
| Nationalist (NI) hold | Swing | +1.5 | |||
At the 1965 election, Austin Currie was elected unopposed.
| General Election 1969: East Tyrone | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Nationalist (NI) | Austin Currie | 9,065 | 58.2 | N/A | |
| Ulster Unionist | E. R. Curran | 6,501 | 47.2 | -3.9 | |
| Majority | 2,564 | 16.4 | +7.8 | ||
| Turnout | 14,721 | 88.0 | -1.1 | ||
| Nationalist (NI) hold | Swing | +3.9 | |||
The Northern Ireland Parliament was prorogued in 1972 and formally abolished in 1973.
Read more about this topic: East Tyrone (Northern Ireland Parliament Constituency)
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