54°20′53″N 6°39′22″W / 54.348°N 6.656°W / 54.348; -6.656 Armagh was a constituency used for the Northern Ireland Assembly.[1]

The seat was first used for a Northern Ireland-only election for the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1973. Members were then elected from the constituency to the 1975 Constitutional Convention and the 1982 Assembly. After the Assembly dissolved in 1986, the constituency was not used again, its area being represented by parts of Newry and Armagh and Upper Bann.

It usually shared boundaries with the Armagh UK Parliament constituency, however the boundaries of the two constituencies were slightly different from 1983 to 1986 as the Assembly boundaries had not caught up with Parliamentary boundary changes.

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

Members

Election MLA
(Party) 		MLA
(Party) 		MLA
(Party) 		MLA
(Party) 		MLA
(Party) 		MLA
(Party) 		MLA
(Party)
1973 Hugh News
(SDLP) 		Seamus Mallon
(SDLP) 		Paddy O'Hanlon
(SDLP) 		Herbert Whitten
(UUP) 		James Stronge
(UUP) 		Thomas Carson
(Vanguard) 		Douglas Hutchinson
(DUP)
1975 Michael Armstrong
(UUP) 		Alistair Black
(Vanguard)
1982 Jim McAllister
(Sinn Féin) 		Mary Simpson
(UUP) 		Jim Nicholson
(UUP) 		Harold McCusker
(UUP) 		David Calvert
(DUP)
1983
by-election 		Jim Speers
(UUP)

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.

Elections

1983 by-election

1983 by-election: Armagh – 1 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Ulster Unionist Jim Speers 84.5 26,907
Workers' Party Tom French 15.5 4,920
Electorate: 95,100   Valid: 31,827   Spoilt: 0   Quota: 15,914   Turnout: 31,827 (34.07%)  

1982 Assembly Election

1982 Assembly election: Armagh – 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Ulster Unionist Harold McCusker 31.58% 19,547                          
SDLP Seamus Mallon 13.78% 8,528                          
Ulster Unionist Jim Nicholson 4.18% 2,590 7,155.4 7,156.39 7,384.79 7,472.99 7,472.99 8,137.39              
Sinn Féin Jim McAllister 8.37% 5,182 5,188.6 5,230.81 5,247.06 5,248.06 7,717.11 7,720.11 7,721.11 8,090.61          
Ulster Unionist Mary Simpson 1.16% 721 3,838 3,838.18 4,147.38 4,360.18 4,361.47 4,857.07 5,126.57 5,220.57 5,221.45 8,212.94      
DUP David Calvert 4.30% 2,661 3,110.4 3,110.4 3,124.8 3,873.6 3,873.6 4,845.6 4,868.6 4,887.8 4,887.8 5,135.9 5,310.32 9,459.68  
SDLP Hugh News 4.64% 2,871 2,883 3,256.77 3,578.05 3,580.05 3,778.44 3,781.44 3,781.44 5,460.43 5,566.91 5,570.11 5,571.01 5,576.58 5,607.18
SDLP Paddy O'Hanlon 6.84% 4,231 4,239.4 4,501.75 4,688.94 4,691.63 4,799.17 4,800.17 4,801.17 5,199.69 5,245.45 5,252.51 5,254.67 5,255.27 5,288.87
DUP Douglas Hutchinson 3.77% 2,333 2,894 2,894.27 2,915.36 3,630.56 3,631.63 4,238.45 4,259.95 4,276.15 4,277.91 4,741.51 5,016.91    
Ulster Unionist Jim Speers 2.97% 1,836 3,438 3,438.45 3,538.72 3,623.32 3,625.1 3,858.5 3,953 3,981.6 3,982.48        
Workers' Party Tom French 4.57% 2,826 2,850.6 2,872.02 3,270.19 3,272.88 3,470.41 3,494.21 3,494.71            
UUUP Alistair Black 3.25% 2,014 2,873.8 2,873.98 2,941.78 3,096.38 3,096.98                
Sinn Féin Jim O'Hagan 4.91% 3,042 3,049.2 3,072.42 3,088.87 3,088.87                  
DUP Woolsey Smith 2.77% 1,716 2,028 2,028.18 2,039.38                    
Alliance William Jeffrey 2.92% 1,806 1,942.2 1,958.04                      
Electorate: 95,610   Valid: 61,904 (64.75%)   Spoilt: 2,078   Quota: 7,739   Turnout: 63,982 (66.92%)  

1975 Constitutional Convention

1975 Constitutional Convention: Armagh – 7 seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
SDLP Seamus Mallon 15.15% 8,999                
Ulster Unionist Michael Armstrong 14.82% 8,802                
DUP Douglas Hutchinson 13.04% 7,746                
Ulster Unionist Herbert Whitten 8.15% 4,843 4,843.68 5,198.13 5,240.93 5,242.93 5,276.1 5,381.45 5,383.64 7,021.28
Vanguard Thomas Carson 10.06% 5,974 5,974.17 6,225.57 6,367.29 6,371.29 6,388.17 6,439.62 6,448.83 6,885.85
Vanguard Alistair Black 9.15% 5,435 5,435 6,064.7 6,180.18 6,188.22 6,213.99 6,283.98 6,287.17 6,789.62
SDLP Hugh News 5.56% 3,303 4,261.12 4,261.87 4,261.91 4,327.43 4,375 5,074.49 6,140.54 6,457.05
SDLP Paddy O'Hanlon 7.93% 4,710 5,095.22 5,095.22 5,095.26 5,190.25 5,206.16 5,678.08 6,243.37 6,361.22
Unionist Party NI John Maginnis 4.71% 2,797 2,798.53 2,860.48 2,867.16 2,870.46 3,002.02 3,838.8 3,856.14  
Republican Clubs Malachy McGurran 4.34% 2,577 2,650.1 2,650.55 2,650.71 3,587.51 3,602.36 3,761.35    
Alliance Eugene Connolly 2.93% 1,742 1,781.44 1,787.74 1,788.14 1,806.09 2,828.98      
Alliance Brian English 2.20% 1,307 1,318.05 1,327.65 1,328.41 1,332.28        
Republican Clubs Patrick Houlahan 1.04% 617 636.38 636.98 637.18          
Republican Clubs Thomas Moore 0.90% 536 546.2 546.2 546.2          
Electorate: 90,640   Valid: 59,388 (65.52%)   Spoilt: 2,011   Quota: 7,424   Turnout: 61,399 (67.74%)  

1973 Assembly Election

1973 Assembly election: Armagh – 7 seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
SDLP Paddy O'Hanlon 13.39% 8,219                      
SDLP Seamus Mallon 13.02% 7,995                      
Ulster Unionist Herbert Whitten 11.22% 6,891 6,891.24 7,127.3 7,127.58 7,208.62 7,284.62 8,140.62          
Vanguard Thomas Carson 11.18% 6,866 6,866.66 6,936.66 6,936.74 6,955.86 7,432.86 7,505.86 7,810.86        
Ulster Unionist James Stronge 7.06% 4,335 4,336.44 4,458.56 4,458.72 4,524.72 4,537.78 5,235.84 5,383.84 5,526.94 8,693.94    
SDLP Hugh News 7.71% 4,731 5,163.3 5,278.48 5,564.96 5,670.04 5,672.08 5,677.18 5,677.18 5,677.73 5,688.79 5,691.03 7,832.03
DUP Douglas Hutchinson 7.41% 4,552 4,552.12 4,598.18 4,598.5 4,612.5 4,821.5 4,902.56 6,620.56 6,644.76 6,887.4 7,237.4 7,431.4
Vanguard Frederick Crowe 4.01% 2,465 2,465.12 2,492.12 2,492.24 2,503.28 3,639.34 3,689.34 4,168.34 4,190.89 4,447.37 4,904.33 5,093.33
Alliance Eugene Connolly 4.19% 2,572 2,589.7 2,763.38 2,780.06 4,268.62 4,275.72 4,292.72 4,302.72 4,304.37 4,329.3 4,630.34  
Ulster Unionist Alexander Greer 4.28% 2,630 2,630.36 2,689.42 2,689.56 2,762.6 2,771.66 3,603.8 3,697.8 3,869.95      
DUP Thomas Willey 4.26% 2,616 2,616 2,639.06 2,639.14 2,642.14 2,726.14 2,773.14          
Ulster Unionist Robert James Mitchell 4.19% 2,571 2,571.42 2,625.48 2,625.84 2,653.84 2,673.64            
Vanguard Samuel McCammick 3.29% 2,018 2,018.3 2,034.36 2,034.48 2,040.52              
Alliance Howard McNally 2.67% 1,637 1,642.58 1,940.6 1,945.54                
NI Labour Thomas Newell 1.70% 1,044 1,053.9                    
Independent Robert Murphy 0.39% 238 244                    
Electorate: 89,056   Valid: 61,400 (68.95%)   Spoilt: 1,955   Quota: 7,676   Turnout: 63,355 (71.14%)  

References

  1. ^ Armagh constituency at ARK
  2. ^ "NI Assembly Election 1982". EONI. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  3. ^ "NI Convention Election 1975". EONI. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  4. ^ "NI Assembly Election 1973". EONI. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
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