Dungannon was a parliamentary constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom 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 Election Member Party 1801 Hon. John Knox 1801 by-election Sir Charles Hamilton, Bt Conservative 1802 Hon. George Knox Conservative 1803 by-election Sir Charles Hamilton, Bt Conservative 1806 Hon. George Knox Conservative 1807 by-election James Hamilton, Viscount Hamilton Conservative 1807 Lord Claude Hamilton 1809 by-election Claude Scott 1812 George Peter Holford 1818 Hon. Thomas Knox Tory 28 December 1830 John James Knox Tory December 1834 Conservative 1837 Viscount Northland (2nd) Conservative 1838 by-election Viscount Northland (3rd) Conservative 1851 by-election William Stuart Knox Conservative 1874 Thomas Alexander Dickson Liberal 1880 by-election James Dickson Liberal 1885 constituency abolished

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.

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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)