Armagh was a county constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland

Parliament of Northern Ireland

The Parliament of Northern Ireland was the home rule legislature of Northern Ireland, created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, which sat from 7 June 1921 to 30 March 1972, when it was suspended...

 from 1921 - 1929. It returned four MPs, using the single transferable vote

Single transferable vote

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 method of proportional representation

Proportional representation

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Boundaries

Armagh consisted of the entirety of County Armagh

County Armagh

-History:Ancient Armagh was the territory of the Ulaid before the fourth century AD. It was ruled by the Red Branch, whose capital was Emain Macha near Armagh. The site, and subsequently the city, were named after the goddess Macha...

. In 1929, the constituency was divided into the Central

Central Armagh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

Central Armagh was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Central Armagh was a county constituency comprising the north central part of County Armagh. It was created when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland...

, Mid

Mid Armagh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

Mid Armagh was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Mid Armagh was a county constituency comprising the south central part of County Armagh. It was created when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland...

, North

North Armagh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

North Armagh was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:North Armagh was a county constituency comprising the northern part of County Armagh. It was created when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland...

 and South Armagh

South Armagh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

South Armagh was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:South Armagh was a county constituency comprising the southern part of County Armagh. It was created when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland...

 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	Richard Best Richard Best (judge) Richard Best PC KC was an Irish barrister, politician and Lord Justice of Appeal.Best was born in Richhill, County Armagh. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and was called to the bar by the King's Inns, Dublin in 1895. He took silk in 1912 and was elected a bencher in 1918...	1872	23 February 1939
1921	1922	Michael Collins Michael Collins (Irish leader) Michael "Mick" Collins was an Irish revolutionary leader, Minister for Finance and Teachta Dála for Cork South in the First Dáil of 1919, Director of Intelligence for the IRA, and member of the Irish delegation during the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations. Subsequently, he was both Chairman of the...	16 October 1890	22 August 1922
1921	1929	David Graham Shillington David Graham Shillington Major David Graham Shillington PC was an Ulster Unionist politician.He was educated at Methodist College Belfast and Rydalmount School, Colwyn Bay...	10 December 1872	22 January 1944
1921	1925	John Dillon Nugent John Dillon Nugent John Dillon Nugent was an Irish nationalist politician, insurance representative and company director. He was born at Keady, County Armagh in 1869 and educated at National Schools there. He married in 1896 and with his wife Mary had three sons and three daughters.He was the national secretary of...	1869	1 March 1940
1925	1929	Eamon Donnelly Eamon Donnelly Eamon Donnelly was an Irish politician.Born in Ulster and living in Newry, Donnelly was elected as an independent independent republican member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland in Armagh at the 1925 general election. Shortly after his election, he was served with an order excluding him from...		29 December 1944
1925	1929	John Henry Collins	3 March 1880	12 June 1952
1925	1929	John Clarke Davison John Clarke Davison John Clarke Davison was a barrister and Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.Davison was educated at Coleraine Academical Institution and Trinity College, Dublin and was called to the Irish Bar in 1898. He was a legal adviser to the Government of Northern Ireland from 1922-1925, and Senior...	19 April 1879	19 February 1946

Elections

• Electorate 53,977; Valid votes 46,532; Quota 9,307

• Second count (distribution of Best's surplus)
• R. Best (U) (-6,681) 9,307 (elected)
• M. Collins (SF) (..) 12,656 (elected)
• D.G. Shillington (U) (..) 9,730 (elected)
• J.D. Nugent (N) (+103) 6,960 (elected)
• F. Aiken (SF) (+28) 1,329 (runner up)
• non-transferable (+6,550) 6,550
• Seat vacant at dissolution (death of Collins)

• Electorate 54,082; Valid votes 42,595; Quota 8,520

• Appointment of Best as Lord Justice of Appeal
  Lord Justice of Appeal
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See also

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