Tipperary North (Dáil Éireann constituency)

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**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 Parliament of the Republic of Ireland. It was created for the 1948 general election when the old Tipperary constituency divided into north and south.

1 Details
2 Recent Results
3 Former TDs
4 See also

[edit] 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, 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.

[edit] Recent Results

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

[edit] Former TDs

[edit] See also

Parliamentary constituencies in the Republic of Ireland
Carlow-Kilkenny \| Cavan-Monaghan \| Clare \| Cork East \| Cork North Central \| Cork North West \| Cork South Central \| Cork South West \| Donegal North East \| Donegal South West \| Dublin Central \| Dublin Mid West \| Dublin North \| Dublin North Central \| Dublin North East \| Dublin North West \| Dublin South \| Dublin South Central \| Dublin South Eastl \| Dublin South West \| Dublin West \| Dún Laoghaire \| Galway East \| Galway West \| Kerry North \| Kerry South \| Kildare North \| Kildare South \| Laois-Offaly \| Limerick East \| Limerick West \| Longford-Roscommon \| Louth \| Mayo \| Meath \| Sligo-Leitrim \| Tipperary North \| Tipperary South \| Waterford \| Westmeath \| Wexford \| Wicklow
in use next general election: Longford-Westmeath \| Meath East \| Meath West \| Roscommon-South Leitrim \| Sligo-North Leitrim