Mid Armagh (UK Parliament constituency)

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Mid Armagh
County constituency
Created: 1885
Abolished: 1922
Type: House of Commons

Mid Armagh was a former UK Parliament constituency in Ireland

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[edit] Boundaries and Boundary Changes

This county constituency comprised the central part of County Armagh. To the north was North Armagh, to the west were South Tyrone and North Monaghan, to the south were South Monaghan and South Armagh and to the east was West Down.

It returned one Member of Parliament 1885-1922.

Prior to the United Kingdom general election, 1885 and from the dissolution of Parliament in 1922 the area was part of the Armagh constituency.

[edit] Politics

The constituency was a predominantly Conservative then Unionist area, although not as strongly so as some other parts of Northern Ireland. There were few contested elections and no instance of the same two parties contending against each other more than once.

In 1918 the Unionists defeated Sinn Féin by a solid margin. This was the first contested election for the seat since a 1900 by-election.

[edit] The First Dáil

Sinn Féin contested the general election of 1918 on the platform that instead of taking up any seats they won in the United Kingdom Parliament, they would establish a revolutionary assembly in Dublin. In republican theory every MP elected in Ireland was a potential Deputy to this assembly. In practice only the Sinn Féin members accepted the offer.

The revolutionary First Dáil assembled on 21 January 1919 and last met on 10 May 1921. The First Dáil, according to a resolution passed on 10 May 1921, was formally dissolved on the assembling of the Second Dáil. This took place on 16 August 1921.

In 1921 Sinn Féin decided to use the UK authorised elections for the Northern Ireland House of Commons and the House of Commons of Southern Ireland as a poll for the Irish Republic's Second Dáil. Armagh Mid, in republican theory, was incorporated in a four-member Dáil constituency of Armagh.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Key to parties: C Conservative, U Irish Unionist (1886-April 1921) and Ulster Unionist (May 1921-1922).

From To Name (Party) Born Died
1885 1886 Professor John McKane (C) 11 January 1886
1886 1891 Sir James Porter Corry, Bt (C) 1826 28 November 1891
1891 1900 Sir Dunbar Plunket Barton (U) 1853 11 September 1937
1900 1918 Sir John Brownlee Lonsdale, Bt (U) 23 March 1850 8 June 1924
1918 1921 James Rolston Lonsdale (U) 31 May 1865 23 May 1921
1921 1922 Henry Bruce Armstrong (U) 27 July 1844 4 December 1943

Note: Corry became (U) in July 1886. The Unionists were affiliated with the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom Parliament

[edit] Elections

The elections in this constituency took place using the first past the post electoral system.

General Election 2 December 1885: Mid Armagh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Professor John McKane 4,178 61.04 N/A
Irish Parliamentary Edmund Leamy 2,667 38.96 N/A
Majority 1,511 22.07 N/A
Turnout 8,169 83.79 N/A
Conservative gain from new seat Swing N/A
  • Death of McKane
By-Election 1 February 1886: Mid Armagh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir James Porter Corry, Bt 3,930 56.92 -4.12
Liberal Thomas Alexander Dickson 2,974 43.08 +43.08
Majority 956 13.85 -8.22
Turnout 8,169 84.51 +0.72
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General Election 7 July 1886: Mid Armagh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Unionist Sir James Porter Corry, Bt 4,160 62.26 +62.26
Irish Parliamentary Robert Riddall Gardner 2,522 37.74 +37.74
Majority 1,638 24.51 N/A
Turnout 8,169 81.80 -2.71
Irish Unionist gain from Conservative Swing N/A
  • Death of Corry
By-Election 17 December 1891: Mid Armagh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Unionist Dunbar Plunket Barton Unopposed N/A N/A
Irish Unionist hold Swing N/A
General Election 5 July 1892: Mid Armagh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Unionist Dunbar Plunket Barton Unopposed N/A N/A
Irish Unionist hold Swing N/A
General Election 15 July 1895: Mid Armagh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Unionist Dunbar Plunket Barton Unopposed N/A N/A
Irish Unionist hold Swing N/A
By-Election 21 January 1898: Mid Armagh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Unionist Dunbar Plunket Barton Unopposed N/A N/A
Irish Unionist hold Swing N/A
  • Appointment of Barton as a Justice of the Irish High Court
By-Election 12 February 1900: Mid Armagh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Unionist John Brownlee Lonsdale 3,212 63.95 N/A
Liberal Unionist John Gordon 1,811 36.05 N/A
Majority 1,401 27.89 N/A
Turnout 7,363 68.22 N/A
Irish Unionist hold Swing N/A
General Election 1 October 1900: Mid Armagh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Unionist John Brownlee Lonsdale Unopposed N/A N/A
Irish Unionist hold Swing N/A
General Election 15 January 1906: Mid Armagh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Unionist John Brownlee Lonsdale Unopposed N/A N/A
Irish Unionist hold Swing N/A
General Election 17 January 1910: Mid Armagh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Unionist John Brownlee Lonsdale Unopposed N/A N/A
Irish Unionist hold Swing N/A
General Election 5 December 1910: Mid Armagh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Unionist Sir John Brownlee Lonsdale, Bt Unopposed N/A N/A
Irish Unionist hold Swing N/A
  • Creation of Lonsdale as Baron Armaghdale
By-Election 23 January 1918: Mid Armagh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Unionist James Rolston Lonsdale Unopposed N/A N/A
Irish Unionist hold Swing N/A
General Election 14 December 1918: Mid Armagh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Unionist James Rolston Lonsdale 8,431 59.71 N/A
Sinn Féin Professor Liam O'Brien 5,689 40.29 N/A
Majority 2,742 19.42 N/A
Turnout 17,339 81.43 N/A
Irish Unionist hold Swing N/A
  • Death of Lonsdale
By-Election 23 June 1921: Mid Armagh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ulster Unionist Henry Bruce Armstrong Unopposed N/A N/A
Ulster Unionist hold Swing N/A

[edit] References

  • Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
  • Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume II 1886-1918, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (The Harvester Press 1978)
  • Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume III 1919-1945, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (The Harvester Press 1979)

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[edit] See also

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