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{{Infobox constituency
| name = Armagh
| type = [[Northern Ireland Parliament constituencies|County]]
| parl_name = [[Parliament of Northern Ireland]]
| image = [[Image:Armagh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency).svg|200px]]
| caption = Armagh shown within [[Northern Ireland]]
| year = 1921
| abolished = 1929
| blank1_name = Election method
| blank1_info = [[Single transferable vote]]
}}
'''Armagh''' was a [[county constituencies|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 (Parliamentary and Dáil constituencies)|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 Armagh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)|Central]], [[Mid Armagh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)|Mid]], [[North Armagh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)|North]] and [[South Armagh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)|South Armagh]] constituencies.<ref>[http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/boundaries.html Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election results: Constituency Boundaries]</ref>

==Second Dáil==
In May 1921, [[Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic)|Dáil Éireann]], the parliament of the [[unilateral declaration of independence|self-declared]] [[Irish Republic]] run by [[Sinn Féin]], passed a resolution declaring that [[1921 Irish elections|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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1921-05-10/26/|title=Dáil Éireann debate - Tuesday, 10 May 1921 - PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT. - ELECTIONS.|website=Houses of the Oireachtas|access-date=20 February 2019}}</ref> All those elected were on the roll of the Second Dáil, but [[Michael Collins (Irish leader)|Michael Collins]], who was also elected for [[Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West (Dáil constituency)|Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West]], was the only MP elected for Armagh to sit as a TD in Dáil Éireann.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1922-01-10/25/|title=APPENDIX 19 DÁIL ÉIREANN|website=Houses of the Oireachtas |date=16 August 1921|access-date=20 February 2019}}</ref>

==Politics==
Armagh had a slight [[Unionism (Ireland)|Unionist]] majority, but this was fairly evenly balanced with a [[Nationalist (Ireland)|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}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Election
! scope="col" width="150" colspan = "2" | MP (Party)
! scope="col" width="150" colspan = "2" | MP (Party)
! scope="col" width="150" colspan = "2" | MP (Party)
! scope="col" width="150" colspan = "2" | MP (Party)
|-
![[1921 Northern Ireland general election|1921]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" rowspan=1|
| [|[[Michael Collins (Irish leader)|Michael Collins]] ([[Sinn Féin]])
! style="background-color: {{party color|Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)}}" rowspan=4|
| rowspan=2|[[John Dillon Nugent]] ([[Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)|Nationalist]])
! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" rowspan=24|
| rowspan="3"|[[Richard Best (judge)|Richard Best]] ([[Ulster Unionist Party|UUP]])
! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" rowspan=4|
| rowspan=4|[[David Graham Shillington]] ([[Ulster Unionist Party|UUP]])
|-
|1922
!colspan="2"|vacant
|-
![[1925 Northern Ireland general election|1925]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|[[Eamon Donnelly]] ([[Republican (Ireland, 1923)|Republican]])
| rowspan=2|[[John Henry Collins]] ([[Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)|Nationalist]])
|-
| '''1925 by'''
| |[[John Clarke Davison]] ([[Ulster Unionist Party|UUP]])
|}

==MPs' lifespans==
{| class="wikitable"
! Name
! Born
! Died
|-
|[[Richard Best (judge)|Richard Best]]
|11 December 1869
|23 February 1939
|-
|[[Michael Collins (Irish leader)|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==
{{STV Election box begin2
|title = [[1921 Northern Ireland general election|24 May 1921 General Election]]: Armagh (4 seats)
|numcounts = 2
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = '''[[Richard Best (judge)|Richard Best]]'''
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|percentage = 34.36
|count1 = '''15,988'''
|count2 =  
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = '''[[Michael Collins (Irish leader)|Michael Collins]]'''
|party = Sinn Féin
|percentage = 27.20
|count1 = '''12,656'''
|count2 =  
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate ='''[[David Graham Shillington]]'''
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|percentage = 20.91
|count1 = '''9,730'''
|count2 =  
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = '''[[John Dillon Nugent]]'''
|party = Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)
|percentage = 14.74
|count1 = 6,857
|count2 = '''6,960'''
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = [[Frank Aiken]]
|party = Sinn Féin
|percentage = 2.80
|count1 = 1,301
|count2 = 1,329
}}
{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 2
|electorate = 53,977
|valid = 46,532
|spoilt =
|quota = 9,307
|turnout = 86.2%
}}

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

{{STV Election box begin2
|title = [[1925 Northern Ireland general election|3 April 1925 General Election]]: Armagh (4 seats)
|numcounts = 3
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = '''[[Richard Best (judge)|Richard Best]]'''
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|percentage = 37.50
|count1 = '''15,969'''
|count2 =  
|count3 =  
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate ='''[[David Graham Shillington]]'''
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|percentage = 24.83
|count1 = '''10,575'''
|count2 =  
|count3 =  
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate ='''[[Eamon Donnelly]]'''
|party = Republican (Ireland, 1923)
|percentage = 13.57
|count1 = 5,788
|count2 = 5,823
|count3 = '''5,838'''
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = '''[[John Henry Collins]]'''
|party = Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)
|percentage = 12.38
|count1 = 5,272
|count2 = 5,354
|count3 = '''5,393'''
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = [[John Dillon Nugent]]
|party = Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)
|percentage = 11.72
|count1 = 4,991
|count2 = 5,063
|count3 = 5,116
}}
{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 3
|electorate = 54,082
|valid = 42,595
|spoilt =
|quota = 8,520
|turnout = 78.8%
}}

* ''Appointment of Best as [[Lord Justice of Appeal]]''

{{Election box begin |
|title=[[Armagh by-election, 1925]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = '''[[John Clarke Davison]]'''
|votes = 22,390
|percentage = 79.20
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Unbought Tenants Association
|candidate = William Robert Todd
|votes = 5,880
|percentage = 20.80
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 16,510
|percentage = 58.40
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 54,082
|percentage = 52.3
|change = -26.5
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Ulster Unionist Party
|swing = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==See also==
* ''Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results 1921-1972'', compiled and edited by Sydney Elliott (Political Reference Publications 1973)

{{Parliament of Northern Ireland}}
{{County Armagh constituencies}}

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[[Category:Northern Ireland Parliament constituencies established in 1921]]
[[Category:Northern Ireland Parliament constituencies disestablished in 1929]]
[[Category:Constituencies of the Northern Ireland Parliament]]
[[Category:Dáil constituencies in Northern Ireland (historic)]]
[[Category:Historic constituencies in County Armagh]]

Armagh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) - Revision history

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