1920 Armagh County Council election

The 1920 Armagh County Council election was held on Saturday, 5 June 1920.

Council results

The results were as follows: ^[1]

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	UUP	14
	Sinn Féin	5
	Irish Nationalist	3
	Independent	1
Totals		23			100%	—

Division results

Armagh Electoral Division

Armagh Electoral Division - 3 seats ^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Sinn Féin	Edward Donnelly	43.09	1,806
	UUP	Edward Cowdy D.L.	29.06	1,218
	UUP	Thomas A. McLure J.P.	26.18	1,097
	Sinn Féin	James O'Reilly	1.67	70
Spoilt: -  Quota: Turnout: -

Forkhill Electoral Division

Forkhill Electoral Division - 5 seats ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Sinn Féin	Frank Aiken
	UUP	J. E. Calvert
	Sinn Féin	Michael McArdle
	Sinn Féin	James McGuill
	Nationalist	James Murphy
Spoilt: -  Quota: Turnout: -

Keady Electoral Division

Keady Electoral Division - 3 seats ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Sinn Féin	Edward Hughes
	Nationalist	Hugh McGahan
	UUP	James Morrison
	UUP
Spoilt: -  Quota: Turnout: -

Lurgan Electoral Division

Lurgan Electoral Division - 4 seats ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	UUP	John Johnston
	Nationalist	A. Campbell
	Independent	Dr. M. Deeny J.P.
	UUP	H. G. MacGeagh
	UUP	John Mahaffy
Spoilt: -  Quota: Turnout: -

Markethill Electoral Division

Markethill Electoral Division - 4 seats ^{[3] [5]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	UUP	T. H. Hardy
	UUP	Dr. R. M. Quin
	UUP	William Byers
	UUP	W. J. Gibson
Spoilt: -  Quota: Turnout: -

Portsdown Electoral Division

There was no contest in Portsdown Electoral Division, as only 4 candidates were nominated for the 4 seats.

Portsdown Electoral Division - 4 seats ^{[3] [7]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	UUP	Peter Mackin		Uncontested
	UUP	Elected		Uncontested
	UUP	Elected		Uncontested
	UUP	Elected		Uncontested
Spoilt: -  Quota: Turnout: -

References

1. "British Newspaper Archive".
2. Belfast News-Letter - Tuesday 08 June 1920 pg.9
3. Belfast News-Letter - Monday 07 June 1920 pg.7
4. Freeman's Journal - Thursday 10 June 1920 pg.3
5. Belfast News-Letter - Wednesday 09 June 1920 pg.5
6. List of Unionist candidates for Lurgan
7. Belfast News-Letter - Thursday 06 May 1920