Central Armagh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Mid Armagh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency).

Coordinates: 54°23′35″N 6°25′01″W / 54.393°N 6.417°W / 54.393; -6.417

Central Armagh
Former County Constituency for the Parliament of Northern Ireland
Central Armagh shown within Northern Ireland
Former constituency
Created	1929
Abolished	1972
Election method	First past the post

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 (Method of Voting and Redistribution of Seats) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland. Central Armagh was created by the division of Armagh into four new constituencies. The constituency survived unchanged, returning one member of Parliament, until the Parliament of Northern Ireland was temporarily suspended in 1972, and then formally abolished in 1973.

The seat was centred on the towns of Portadown and Tandragee and included parts of the rural districts of Armagh, Lurgan and Tandragee.^[1]

Politics

The seat was always won by Ulster Unionist Party candidates. It was twice contested by labour movement candidates, who took around one third of the votes cast.^[2]

Members of Parliament

Elected		Name^[2]
1929	UUP	David Shillington
1941	UUP	George Dougan
1955	UUP	Isaac Hawthorne
1969	UUP	Herbert Whitten

Election results

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At the 1929, 1933 and 1938 Northern Ireland general elections, David Shillington was elected unopposed.^[2]

At the 1941 by-election, George Dougan was elected unopposed.^[2]

General Election 1945: Central Armagh^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UUP	George Dougan	9,508	67.6	N/A
	Commonwealth Labour	Thomas Martin	4,559	32.4	N/A
Majority			4,949	35.2	N/A
Turnout				74.0	N/A
	UUP hold		Swing	N/A

At the 1949, and 1953 Northern Ireland general elections, George Dougan was elected unopposed.^[2]

At the 1955 by-election and the Northern Ireland general election, 1958, Isaac Hawthorne was elected unopposed.^[2]

General Election 1962: Central Armagh^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UUP	Isaac Hawthorne	9,390	64.8	N/A
	NI Labour	Thomas Newell	5,101	35.2	N/A
Majority			4,289	29.6	N/A
Turnout				67.0	N/A
	UUP hold		Swing	N/A

At Northern Ireland general election, 1965, Isaac Hawthorne was elected unopposed.^[2]

At Northern Ireland general election, 1969, Herbert Whitten was elected unopposed.^[2]

References

Parliament of Northern Ireland constituencies

1921–1929	1929–1973

Antrim	Antrim Borough Bannside Carrick Larkfield (from 1969) Larne Mid Antrim Newtownabbey (from 1969) North Antrim South Antrim

Armagh	Central Armagh Mid Armagh North Armagh South Armagh

Belfast East	Belfast Bloomfield Belfast Dock Belfast Pottinger Belfast Victoria

Belfast North	Belfast Clifton Belfast Duncairn Belfast Oldpark Belfast Shankill

Belfast South	Belfast Ballynafeigh Belfast Cromac Belfast Willowfield Belfast Windsor

Belfast West	Belfast Central Belfast Falls Belfast St Anne's Belfast Woodvale

Down	Ards Bangor (from 1969) East Down Iveagh Lagan Valley (from 1969) Mid Down Mourne North Down South Down West Down

Fermanagh and Tyrone	East Tyrone Enniskillen Lisnaskea Mid Tyrone North Tyrone South Fermanagh South Tyrone West Tyrone

Londonderry	City of Londonderry Foyle Mid Londonderry North Londonderry South Londonderry

Queen's University	Queen's University (to 1969)

Parliamentary constituencies in County Armagh

Parliament of Ireland
to 1800

Armagh Borough (1613–1800)
Armagh County (???–1800)
Charlemont (1613–1800)
Newry (???–1800)

Westminster 1801–present

Armagh (1801–85, 1922–83)
Armagh City (1801–85)
Mid Armagh (1885–1922)
North Armagh (1885–1922)
South Armagh (1885–1922)
Newry & Armagh (1983—)

Dáil Éireann
Revolutionary era 1919–22

First Dáil
1919–21

Seats taken	(none)

Seats not taken	Mid Armagh North Armagh South Armagh

Second Dáil
1921–22

One or more seats taken	Armagh

No seats taken	(none)

Parliament of Northern Ireland 1921–72

Armagh (1921–29)
Central Armagh (1929–72)
Mid Armagh (1929–72)
North Armagh (1929–72)
South Armagh (1929–72)

Northern Ireland Assemblies

Assembly 1973–74 Constitutional Convention 1975–76 Assembly 1982–86	Armagh

Northern Ireland Forum 1996–98 Assembly (1998–present)	Newry & Armagh Upper Bann

European Parliament
1979–present

Northern Ireland (1979—)

Constituencies in Ireland by county

Republic of Ireland	Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow

Northern Ireland	Antrim Armagh Down Fermanagh Londonderry Tyrone

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