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Armagh
Former County constituency
for the Parliament of Northern Ireland
Armagh shown within Northern Ireland
Former constituency
Created1921
Abolished1929
Election methodSingle 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.[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

Election MP
(Party)		 MP
(Party)		 MP
(Party)		 MP
(Party)
1921 Michael Collins
(Sinn Féin)		 John Dillon Nugent
(Nationalist)		 Richard Best
(UUP)		 David Graham Shillington
(UUP)
1922 vacant
1925 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

24 May 1921 General Election: Armagh (4 seats)
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12
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)
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123
    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%  
      Armagh by-election, 1925
      Party Candidate Votes % ±%
      Ulster Unionist John Clarke Davison 22,390 79.20
      Unbought Tenants William Robert Todd 5,880 20.80 New
      Majority 16,510 58.40 N/A
      Turnout 54,082 52.3 -26.5
      Ulster Unionist hold Swing N/A

      References

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

      See also

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