Mid Armagh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 54°18′50″N 6°35′10″W / 54.314°N 6.586°W / 54.314; -6.586

Not to be confused with Central Armagh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency).

Mid Armagh Parliament of Northern Ireland County constituency
Mid Armagh shown within Northern Ireland
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]

Politics

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]

Members of Parliament

Elected	Party		Name[2]
1929		Ulster Unionist	John Clarke Davison
1938		Ulster Unionist	(Sir) Norman Stronge
1969		Ulster Unionist	James Stronge

Election results

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

At Northern Ireland general election, 1933, John Clarke Davison was elected unopposed.^[2]

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

At the 1938 by-election and 1945, 1949, 1953, 1958 and 1962 Northern Ireland general elections, (Sir) Norman Stronge was elected unopposed.^[2]

General Election 1965: Mid Armagh[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	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
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1969: Mid Armagh[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	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
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

References

1. ^ Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election results: Constituency Boundaries
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h} Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results: Counties: Armagh