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Revision as of 13:52, 28 May 2007

**Tipperary North**
Parliamentary Constituency

Tipperary North shown within Ireland
Created:	1918, 1948
TDs:	3
Type:	Dáil Éireann
EP constituency:	Ireland South

Tipperary North is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. It was created for the 1948 general election when the old Tipperary constituency divided into north and south.

Details

The Tipperary North constituency has an electorate of 59,427 and at present is served by 3 Teachtaí Dála (TDs). The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote.

The constituency encompasses the whole area of Tipperary North County Council and a small part of South Tipperary County Council, taking in Thurles, Templemore, Nenagh and Roscrea. One of the most high profile TDs in the constituency is Michael Lowry, a former Fine Gael TD who was expelled from the Party. Another high profile TD is the former Minister for Defence, Michael Smith.

2007 Election

2007 General Election: Tipperary North
	Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
Independent	Michael Lowry	12,919	29.1	1	1
Fine Gael	Noel Coonan	7,061	15.9	2	6
Fianna Fáil	Máire Hoctor	7,374	16.6	3	6
Fianna Fáil	Michael Smith	7,871	17.7
Labour	Kathleen O'Meara	4,561	10.3
Independent	Jim Ryan	1,844	4.2
Sinn Féin	Séamus Morris	1,672	3.8
Progressive Democrats	Tony Sheary	634	1.4
Green	Paul McNally	495	1.1

2002 Election results

2002 General Election: Tipperary North
	Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
Independent	Michael Lowry	10,400	25.39	1	1
Fianna Fáil	Máire Hoctor	8,949	21.84	2	3
Fianna Fáil	Michael Smith	8,526	10.47	3	4
Fine Gael	Noel Coonan	6,108	14.91
Labour	Kathleen O'Meara	5,537	13.52
Progressive Democrats	Bill Dwan	1,446	3.53

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