Armagh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

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 - 1929. It returned four MPs, using the single transferable vote method of proportional representation.

Boundaries

Armagh consisted of the entirety of County Armagh. In 1929, the constituency was divided into the Central, Mid, North and South Armagh constituencies.

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

From	To	Party		Name	Born	Died
1921	1925 style="width: 2px; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" |	Ulster Unionist	Richard Best	1872	23 February 1939
1921	1922 style="width: 2px; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin" |	Sinn Féin	Michael Collins	16 October 1890	22 August 1922
1921	1929 style="width: 2px; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" |	Ulster Unionist	David Graham Shillington	10 December 1872	22 January 1944
1921	1925 style="width: 2px; background-color: #32cd32;" data-sort-value="Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)" |	Nationalist	John Dillon Nugent	1869	1 March 1940
1925	1929 style="width: 2px; background-color: #008800;" data-sort-value="Republican (Ireland, 1923)" |	Republican	Eamon Donnelly	1877	29 December 1944
1925	1929 style="width: 2px; background-color: #32cd32;" data-sort-value="Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)" |	Nationalist	John Henry Collins	3 March 1880	12 June 1952
1925	1929 style="width: 2px; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" |	Ulster Unionist	John Clarke Davison	19 April 1879	19 February 1946

Elections

24 May 1921 General Election: Armagh (4 seats)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Ulster Unionist	Richard Best	34.36	15,988
	Sinn Féin	Michael Collins	27.20	12,656
	Ulster Unionist	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
				1	2	3
	Ulster Unionist	Richard Best	37.50	15,969
	Ulster Unionist	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	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	John Clarke Davison	22,390	79.20	N/A
	Unbought Tenants	W. R. Todd	5,880	20.80	N/A
Majority			16,510	58.40	N/A
Turnout			54,082	52.3	-26.5
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

See also

• Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results 1921-1972, compiled and edited by Sydney Elliott (Political Reference Publications 1973)