Armagh was a county constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland from 1921 to 1929. It returned four MPs, using proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote.

Boundaries Armagh was created by the Government of Ireland Act 1920 and consisted of the entirety of County Armagh. The House of Commons (Method of Voting and Redistribution of Seats) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 divided the constituency into four constituencies elected under first past the post: Central, Mid, North and South Armagh constituencies.Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election results: Constituency Boundaries

Second Dáil In May 1921, Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the self-declared Irish Republic run by Sinn Féin, passed a resolution declaring that elections to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland and the House of Commons of Southern Ireland would be used as the election for the Second Dáil. All those elected were on the roll of the Second Dáil, but Michael Collins, who was also elected for Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West, was the only MP elected for Armagh to sit as a TD in Dáil Éireann.

Politics Armagh had a slight Unionist majority, but this was fairly evenly balanced with a Nationalist minority. In both general elections, two Unionists were elected, alongside one Nationalist and one Republican.

Members of Parliament

Election MP (Party) MP (Party) MP (Party) MP (Party)1921Michael Collins(Sinn Féin)John Dillon Nugent (Nationalist)Richard Best(UUP)David Graham Shillington(UUP)1922vacant1925Eamon Donnelly(Republican)John Henry Collins (Nationalist) 1925 byJohn Clarke Davison (UUP)

MPs' lifespans Name Born DiedRichard Best11 December 186923 February 1939Michael Collins16 October 189022 August 1922David Graham Shillington10 December 187222 January 1944John Dillon Nugent22 December 18691 March 1940Eamon Donnelly19 July 187729 December 1944John Henry Collins3 March 188012 June 1952John Clarke Davison19 April 187519 February 1946

Elections

Collins died on 22 August 1922; his seat remained vacant at dissolution.

Appointment of Best as Lord Justice of Appeal

References

See also Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results 1921-1972, compiled and edited by Sydney Elliott (Political Reference Publications 1973)