Armagh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

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Armagh
Former County constituency for the Parliament of Northern Ireland
Armagh shown within Northern Ireland
Former constituency
Created	1921
Abolished	1929
Election method	Single transferable vote

Armagh was a county constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland from 1921 to 1929. It returned four MPs, using proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote.

Boundaries

Armagh was created by the Government of Ireland Act 1920 and consisted of the entirety of County Armagh. The House of Commons (Method of Voting and Redistribution of Seats) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 divided the constituency into four constituencies elected under first past the post: Central, Mid, North and South Armagh constituencies.

Second Dáil

In May 1921, Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the self-declared Irish Republic run by Sinn Féin, passed a resolution declaring that elections to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland and the House of Commons of Southern Ireland would be used as the election for the Second Dáil. All those elected were on the roll of the Second Dáil, but Michael Collins, who was also elected for Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West, was the only MP elected for Armagh to sit as a TD in Dáil Éireann.

Politics

Armagh had a slight Unionist majority, but this was fairly evenly balanced with a Nationalist minority. In both general elections, two Unionists were elected, alongside one Nationalist and one Republican.

Members of Parliament

Politics of Northern Ireland
(1921–72)

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Elections Elections in Northern Ireland 1921, 1925, 1929, 1933 1938, 1945, 1949, 1953 1958, 1962, 1965, 1969 By-elections Constituencies Political parties
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Election	MP (Party)
1921		Michael Collins (Sinn Féin)	John Dillon Nugent (Nationalist)	Richard Best (UUP)	David Graham Shillington (UUP)
1922	vacant		John Dillon Nugent (Nationalist)
1925		Eamon Donnelly (Republican)	John Henry Collins (Nationalist)
1925 by		Eamon Donnelly (Republican)	John Henry Collins (Nationalist)	John Clarke Davison (UUP)

MPs' lifespans

Name	Born	Died
Richard Best	11 December 1869	23 February 1939
Michael Collins	16 October 1890	22 August 1922
David Graham Shillington	10 December 1872	22 January 1944
John Dillon Nugent	22 December 1869	1 March 1940
Eamon Donnelly	19 July 1877	29 December 1944
John Henry Collins	3 March 1880	12 June 1952
John Clarke Davison	19 April 1875	19 February 1946

Elections

24 May 1921 General Election: Armagh (4 seats)
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2
	UUP	Richard Best	34.36	15,988
	Sinn Féin	Michael Collins	27.20	12,656
	UUP	David Graham Shillington	20.91	9,730
	Nationalist	John Dillon Nugent	14.74	6,857	6,960
	Sinn Féin	Frank Aiken	2.80	1,301	1,329
Electorate: 53,977 Valid: 46,532 Quota: 9,307 Turnout: 86.2%

Collins died on 22 August 1922; his seat remained vacant at dissolution.

3 April 1925 General Election: Armagh (4 seats)
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3
	UUP	Richard Best	37.50	15,969
	UUP	David Graham Shillington	24.83	10,575
	Republican	Eamon Donnelly	13.57	5,788	5,823	5,838
	Nationalist	John Henry Collins	12.38	5,272	5,354	5,393
	Nationalist	John Dillon Nugent	11.72	4,991	5,063	5,116
Electorate: 54,082 Valid: 42,595 Quota: 8,520 Turnout: 78.8%

Appointment of Best as Lord Justice of Appeal

Armagh by-election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	John Clarke Davison	22,390	79.20
	Unbought Tenants	William Robert Todd	5,880	20.80	New
Majority			16,510	58.40
Turnout			54,082	52.3	−26.5
	UUP hold		Swing	N/A

References

Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election results: Constituency Boundaries
"Dáil Éireann debate - Tuesday, 10 May 1921 - PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT. - ELECTIONS". Houses of the Oireachtas. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
"APPENDIX 19 DÁIL ÉIREANN". Houses of the Oireachtas. 16 August 1921. Retrieved 20 February 2019.

v t e Parliament of Northern Ireland constituencies
1921–1929	1929–1973
Antrim	Antrim Borough Bannside Carrick Larkfield (from 1969) Larne Mid Antrim Newtownabbey (from 1969) North Antrim South Antrim
Armagh	Central Armagh Mid Armagh North Armagh South Armagh
Belfast East	Belfast Bloomfield Belfast Dock Belfast Pottinger Belfast Victoria
Belfast North	Belfast Clifton Belfast Duncairn Belfast Oldpark Belfast Shankill
Belfast South	Belfast Ballynafeigh Belfast Cromac Belfast Willowfield Belfast Windsor
Belfast West	Belfast Central Belfast Falls Belfast St Anne's Belfast Woodvale
Down	Ards Bangor (from 1969) East Down Iveagh Lagan Valley (from 1969) Mid Down Mourne North Down South Down West Down
Fermanagh and Tyrone	East Tyrone Enniskillen Lisnaskea Mid Tyrone North Tyrone South Fermanagh South Tyrone West Tyrone
Londonderry	City of Londonderry Foyle Mid Londonderry North Londonderry South Londonderry
Queen's University	Queen's University (to 1969)

Parliamentary constituencies in County Armagh

Parliament of Ireland
to 1800

County Armagh (???–1800)
Armagh Borough (1613–1800)
Charlemont (1613–1800)
Newry (???–1800)

Westminster 1801–present

Historic	Armagh (1801–85, 1922–83) Armagh City (1801–85) Newry (1801–1918) Mid Armagh (1885–1922) North Armagh (1885–1922) South Armagh (1885–1922)
Current	Newry & Armagh (1983—) Upper Bann (1983—)

Dáil Éireann
Revolutionary era 1919–22

First Dáil
1919–21

Seats taken	(none)
Seats not taken	Mid Armagh North Armagh South Armagh

Second Dáil
1921–22

One or more seats taken	Armagh
No seats taken	(none)

Parliament of Northern Ireland 1921–72

Armagh (1921–29)
Central Armagh (1929–72)
Mid Armagh (1929–72)
North Armagh (1929–72)
South Armagh (1929–72)

Northern Ireland Assemblies

Assembly 1973–74 Constitutional Convention 1975–76 Assembly 1982–86	Armagh
Northern Ireland Forum 1996–98 Assembly (1998–present)	Newry & Armagh Upper Bann

European Parliament
1979–2020

Northern Ireland

Constituencies in Ireland by county
Republic of Ireland	Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow
Northern Ireland	Antrim Armagh Down Fermanagh Londonderry Tyrone

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