Armagh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)
Template:Use dmy dates Template:Coord Template:Infobox constituency 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.[1]
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.[2] 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.[3]
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
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| Election | MP (Party) |
MP (Party) |
MP (Party) |
MP (Party) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | Michael Collins (Sinn Féin) |
style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan=4| | John Dillon Nugent (Nationalist) |
style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan=24| | Richard Best (UUP) |
style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan=4| | David Graham Shillington (UUP) |
| 1922 | vacant | |||||||
| 1925 | style="background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan=2| | Eamon Donnelly (Republican) |
John Henry Collins (Nationalist) | |||||
| 1925 by | 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
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- Collins died on 22 August 1922; his seat remained vacant at dissolution.
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- Appointment of Best as Lord Justice of Appeal
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | John Clarke Davison | 22,390 | 79.20 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | William Robert Todd | 5,880 | 20.80 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 16,510 | 58.40 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 54,082 | 52.3 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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References
See also
- Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results 1921-1972, compiled and edited by Sydney Elliott (Political Reference Publications 1973)
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- ↑ Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election results: Constituency Boundaries
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