North Armagh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

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

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

The seat was always won by Ulster Unionist Party candidates. It was contested on five occasions, three time by nationalist candidates, once by a Northern Ireland Labour Party member, and once by an independent Unionist. The nationalist and Labour candidates each took 30 - 40% of the votes cast.^[2]

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

General Election 1945: North Armagh^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UUP	Dinah McNabb	8,645	64.1	N/A
	NI Labour	Thompson Ferron	4,849	35.9	N/A
Majority			3,796	28.2	N/A
Turnout				76.9	N/A
	UUP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1949: North Armagh^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UUP	Dinah McNabb	9,705	65.6	+1.5
	Nationalist	John McAlinden	5,099	34.4	N/A
Majority			4,606	31.2	+3.0
Turnout				79.2	+2.3
	UUP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1958: North Armagh^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UUP	Dinah McNabb	9,584	81.1	N/A
	Independent Unionist	Samuel Blevins	2,230	18.9	N/A
Majority			7,354	62.2	N/A
Turnout				61.1	N/A
	UUP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1965: North Armagh^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UUP	Dinah McNabb	8,546	68.2	N/A
	National Democratic	John F. B. Elliott	3,981	31.8	N/A
Majority			4,565	36.4	N/A
Turnout				62.4	N/A
	UUP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1969: North Armagh^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UUP	Robert James Mitchell	9,087	60.8	-7.4
	National Democratic	Adrian James Kennedy	5,847	39.2	+7.4
Majority			3,240	21.6	-14.8
Turnout				72.3	+0.9
	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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