Armagh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)
54°20′53″N 6°39′22″W / 54.348°N 6.656°W
| Armagh | |
|---|---|
| Former County constituency for the Parliament of Northern Ireland | |
.svg) 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.[1]
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
| (1921–72) |
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| Election | MP (Party) |
MP (Party) |
MP (Party) |
MP (Party) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" rowspan=1| | Michael Collins (Sinn Féin) |
style="background-color: Template:Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)/meta/color" rowspan=4| | John Dillon Nugent (Nationalist) |
style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" rowspan=24| | Richard Best (UUP) |
style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" rowspan=4| | David Graham Shillington (UUP) |
| 1922 | vacant | |||||||
| 1925 | style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" rowspan=2| | Eamon Donnelly (Republican) |
John Henry Collins (Nationalist) | |||||
| 1925 by | John Clarke Davison (UUP) | |||||||
MPs' lifespans
| Name | Born | Died |
|---|---|---|
| Richard Best | 1872 | 23 February 1939 |
| Michael Collins | 16 October 1890 | 22 August 1922 |
| David Graham Shillington | 10 December 1872 | 22 January 1944 |
| John Dillon Nugent | 1869 | 1 March 1940 |
| Eamon Donnelly | 1877 | 29 December 1944 |
| John Henry Collins | 3 March 1880 | 12 June 1952 |
| John Clarke Davison | 19 April 1879 | 19 February 1946 |
Elections
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ||||
| UUP | Richard Best | 34.36 | 15,988 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Michael Collins[2] | 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.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | 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 | ||
| UUP hold | Swing | N/A | |||
References
- ^ Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election results: Constituency Boundaries
- ^ In the Irish elections, 1921 Sinn Féin candidates contested the elections on the basis that, if they won, they would not take seats in the devolved Parliaments of Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland but would become part of a revolutionary assembly in Dublin known as the Second Dáil. Michael Collins used his mandate to attend the 2nd Dáil in Dublin.
See also
- Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results 1921-1972, compiled and edited by Sydney Elliott (Political Reference Publications 1973)