Mid Armagh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

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

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 (Method of Voting and Redistribution of Seats) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland. Mid 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 town of Armagh and included parts of the rural districts of Armagh, Newry and Tandragee.^[1]

The seat was always won by Ulster Unionist Party candidates. It was contested on four occasions, by members of the Ulster Liberal Party and People's Democracy and by two independent Unionist candidates, all of whom took less than 30% of the votes cast.^[2]

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General Election 1929: Mid Armagh^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UUP	John Clarke Davison	7,729	70.8	N/A
	Liberal	William Robert Todd	3,195	29.2	N/A
Majority			4,534	41.6	N/A
Turnout				66.8	N/A
	UUP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1938: Mid Armagh^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UUP	John Clarke Davison	7,750	72.6	N/A
	Independent Progressive Unionist	George Norman Proctor	2,926	27.4	N/A
Majority			4,824	45.2	N/A
Turnout				67.1	N/A
	UUP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1965: Mid Armagh^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UUP	Sir Norman Stronge	7,580	77.8	N/A
	Liberal	Bert Hamilton	2,158	22.2	N/A
Majority			5,422	55.6	N/A
Turnout				62.5	N/A
	UUP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1969: Mid Armagh^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UUP	James Stronge	6,932	54.2	-23.6
	People's Democracy	Cyril Toman	3,551	27.7	N/A
	Independent Unionist	J. I. Magowan	2,321	18.1	N/A
Majority			3,381	26.5	-29.1
Turnout				80.5	+18.0
	UUP hold		Swing	N/A

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

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

Seats taken	(none)

Seats not taken	Mid Armagh North Armagh South Armagh

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

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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