The 1915

North Tipperary North Tipperary ( ga, Tiobraid Árann Thuaidh) was a county in Ireland. It was part of the Mid-West Region and was also located in the province of Munster. It was named after the town of Tipperary and consisted of 48% of the land area of the t ...

by-election was held on 17 June 1915. The

by-election A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to f ...

was held due to the death of the incumbent Irish Parliamentary MP,

John Joseph Esmonde John Joseph Esmonde (27 January 1862 – 17 April 1915) was a physician and an Irish nationalist Member of Parliament for North Tipperary from 1910 to 1915. Family Esmonde was born on 27 January 1862 in Drominagh, Borrisokane, County Tipperary ...

. It was won by his son, one of the Irish Parliamentary candidates, John Esmonde.

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1915 elections in Ireland 1915 elections in the United Kingdom By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in County Tipperary constituencies June 1915 events {{Ireland-UK-Parl-by-election-stub