North Armagh (UK Parliament constituency)
North Armagh | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1922 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Armagh |
Created from | Armagh |
North Armagh was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland which returned one Member of Parliament from 1885 to 1922, using the first past the post electoral system.
Boundaries and boundary changes
This constituency comprised the northern part of County Armagh.
Until 1918 it was bounded to the north-east by South Antrim, to the north-west by East Tyrone, to the west by South Tyrone, to the south by Mid Armagh and to the east by West Down. From 1918 to 1922 the adjoining constituencies were the same, except that North-East Tyrone replaced East Tyrone.
Prior to the United Kingdom general election, 1885 and from the dissolution of Parliament in 1922 the area was part of the Armagh constituency.
Politics
The constituency was a predominantly Conservative then Unionist area. There were few contested elections. In 1918 the Unionists defeated Sinn Féin by about 3 to 1. This was the first contested election for the seat since a 1906 by-election.
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 North, in republican theory, was incorporated in a four-member Dáil constituency of Armagh.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1885 | Rt Hon. Edward James Saunderson | Conservative | |
1886 | Irish Unionist | ||
1906 (b) | William Moore | Irish Unionist | |
1917 (b) | William James Allen | Irish Unionist | |
May 1921 | Ulster Unionist | ||
1922 | constituency abolished |
Elections
General Election 1918: North Armagh | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Irish Unionist | William James Allen | 10,239 | 78.17 | N/A | |
Sinn Féin | Ernest Blythe | 2,860 | 21.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,379 | 56.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 13,099 | 67.1 | N/A | ||
Irish Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |||
By-Election 22 November 1917: North Armagh | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Irish Unionist | William James Allen | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Irish Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |||
General Election 18 January 1910: North Armagh | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Irish Unionist | William Moore | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Irish Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |||
General Election 6 December 1910: North Armagh | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Irish Unionist | William Moore | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Irish Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |||
By-Election 16 November 1906: North Armagh | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Irish Unionist | William Moore | 4,228 | 74.69 | N/A | |
Independent Unionist | Lindsay Crawford | 1,433 | 25.31 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,795 | 49.37 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,555 | 74.93 | N/A | ||
Irish Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |||
General Election 16 January 1906: North Armagh | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Irish Unionist | Edward James Saunderson | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Irish Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |||
General Election 12 October 1900: North Armagh | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Irish Unionist | Rt Hon. Edward James Saunderson | 3,579 | 59.19 | N/A | |
Independent Unionist | James Orr | 2,468 | 40.81 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,111 | 18.37 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 10,014 | 60.39 | N/A | ||
Irish Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |||
General Election 16 July 1895: North Armagh | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Irish Unionist | Edward James Saunderson | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Irish Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |||
General Election 6 July 1892: North Armagh | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Irish Unionist | Edward James Saunderson | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Irish Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |||
General Election 9 July 1886: North Armagh | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Irish Unionist | Edward James Saunderson | 4,570 | 73.16 | +73.16 | |
Irish Nationalist | James Williamson | 1,677 | 26.84 | +26.84 | |
Majority | 2,893 | 46.31 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,947 | 78.61 | -4.00 | ||
Irish Unionist gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A | |||
General Election 30 November 1885: North Armagh | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Edward James Saunderson | 4,192 | 63.85 | N/A | |
Liberal | Thomas Shillington | 2,373 | 36.15 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,819 | 27.71 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,947 | 82.61 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from new seat | Swing | N/A | |||
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)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 2)
External links
- http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0
- http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/en.toc.dail.html
See also
- List of UK Parliament Constituencies in Ireland and Northern Ireland
- Redistribution of Seats (Ireland) Act 1918
- MPs elected in the UK general election, 1918
- List of Dáil Éireann constituencies in Ireland (historic)
- Members of the 1st Dáil