Newry and Armagh (Assembly constituency)

Coordinates: 54°12′40″N 6°29′56″W / 54.211°N 6.499°W / 54.211; -6.499

Newry and Armagh is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.

The seat was first used for a Northern Ireland-only election for the Northern Ireland Forum in 1996. Since 1998, it has elected members to the current Assembly.

For Assembly elections prior to 1996, the constituency was part of the Armagh and South Down constituencies. Since 1997, it has shared boundaries with the Newry and Armagh UK Parliament constituency.

For further details of the history and boundaries of the constituency, see Newry and Armagh (UK Parliament constituency).

Members

Northern Ireland Assembly (1998–present)

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.

Northern Ireland Forum (1996)

In the 1996 election to the Northern Ireland Peace Forum, five Forum members were elected from Newry & Armagh. They were as follows:

• Maria Caraher – Sinn Féin
• Frank Feeley – Social Democratic and Labour Party
• Seamus Mallon – Social Democratic and Labour Party
• Patrick McNamee – Sinn Féin
• Jim Speers – Ulster Unionist Party

Elections

Northern Ireland Assembly

1996 Forum

Successful candidates are shown in bold.^[2]

References

1. ↑ Newry & Armagh, UTV
2. ↑ 1996 Candidates – Newry and Armagh, Northern Ireland Elections

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