North Armagh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)
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| North Armagh | |
|---|---|
| Former County constituency for the Parliament of Northern Ireland | |
.svg) North Armagh shown within Northern Ireland | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1929 |
| Abolished | 1973 |
| Election method | First past the post |
North Armagh was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.
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.[citation needed]
The seat was centred on the town of Lurgan and included parts of the rural districts of Armagh and Lurgan.[1]
Politics
The seat was always won by Ulster Unionist Party candidates. It was contested on five occasions, three times 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]