The 1931 Fermanagh and Tyrone by-election was held on 7 March 1931. It was held due to the death of the incumbent

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. Harbison had first been elected to parliament in

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as the member for East Tyrone. He had been returned unopposed for this two-member constituency, along with fellow Nationalist

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, at the previous general election. The by-election was won unopposed by the Nationalist (NI) candidate

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. Healy had previously been one of the representatives for the constituency from 1922 until 1924. At the general election a few months later both Healy and Devlin were re-elected.

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