Armagh (Assembly constituency)

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Armagh was a constituency used for the Northern Ireland Assembly. [1]

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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

ElectionMLA
(Party)
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(Party)
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(Party)
MLA
(Party)
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(Party)
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(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 [2]

1983 by-election: Armagh – 1 seat
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1
UUP Jim Speers 84.526,907
Workers' Party Tom French 15.54,920
Electorate: 95,100  Valid: 31,827  Spoilt: 571  Quota: 15,914  Turnout: 31,827 (34.07%)  

    1982 Assembly Election

    1982 Assembly election: Armagh – 7 seats [3]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567891011121314
    UUP Harold McCusker 31.58%19,547             
    SDLP Seamus Mallon 13.78%8,528             
    UUP Jim Nicholson 4.18%2,5907,155.4 7,156.39 7,384.79 7,472.99 7,472.99 8,137.39       
    Sinn Féin Jim McAllister 8.37%5,1825,188.6 5,230.81 5,247.06 5,248.06 7,717.11 7,720.11 7,721.11 8,090.61     
    UUP Mary Simpson 1.16%7213,838 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%2,6613,110.4 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%2,8712,883 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%4,2314,239.4 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%2,3332,894 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   
    UUP Jim Speers 2.97%1,8363,438 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%2,8262,850.6 2,872.02 3,270.19 3,272.88 3,470.41 3,494.21 3,494.71       
    UUUP Alistair Black 3.25%2,0142,873.8 2,873.98 2,941.78 3,096.38 3,096.98         
    Sinn Féin Jim O'Hagan4.91%3,0423,049.2 3,072.42 3,088.87 3,088.87          
    DUP Woolsey Smith2.77%1,7162,028 2,028.18 2,039.38           
    Alliance William Jeffrey2.92%1,8061,942.2 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 [4]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456789
      SDLP Seamus Mallon 15.15%8,999        
      UUP Michael Armstrong 14.82%8,802        
      DUP Douglas Hutchinson 13.04%7,746        
      UUP Herbert Whitten 8.15%4,8434,843.68 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%5,9745,974.17 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%5,4355,435 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%3,3034,261.12 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%4,7105,095.22 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 Maginnis4.71%2,7972,798.53 2,860.48 2,867.16 2,870.46 3,002.02 3,838.8 3,856.14  
      Republican Clubs Malachy McGurran 4.34%2,5772,650.1 2,650.55 2,650.71 3,587.51 3,602.36 3,761.35   
      Alliance Eugene Connolly2.93%1,7421,781.44 1,787.74 1,788.14 1,806.09 2,828.98    
      Alliance Brian English2.20%1,3071,318.05 1,327.65 1,328.41 1,332.28     
      Republican Clubs Patrick Houlahan1.04%617636.38 636.98 637.18      
      Republican Clubs Thomas Moore0.90%536546.2 546.2 546.2      
      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 [5]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456789101112
        SDLP Paddy O'Hanlon 13.39%8,219           
        SDLP Seamus Mallon 13.02%7,995           
        UUP Herbert Whitten 11.22%6,8916,891.24 7,127.3 7,127.58 7,208.62 7,284.62 8,140.62     
        Vanguard Thomas Carson 11.18%6,8666,866.66 6,936.66 6,936.74 6,955.86 7,432.86 7,505.86 7,810.86    
        UUP James Stronge 7.06%4,3354,336.44 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%4,7315,163.3 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%4,5524,552.12 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 Crowe4.01%2,4652,465.12 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 Connolly4.19%2,5722,589.7 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  
        UUP Alexander Greer4.28%2,6302,630.36 2,689.42 2,689.56 2,762.6 2,771.66 3,603.8 3,697.8 3,869.95    
        DUP Thomas Willey4.26%2,6162,616 2,639.06 2,639.14 2,642.14 2,726.14 2,773.14      
        UUP Robert James Mitchell 4.19%2,5712,571.42 2,625.48 2,625.84 2,653.84 2,673.64       
        Vanguard Samuel McCammick3.29%2,0182,018.3 2,034.36 2,034.48 2,040.52        
        Alliance Howard McNally2.67%1,6371,642.58 1,940.6 1,945.54         
        NI Labour Thomas Newell1.70%1,0441,053.9           
        Independent Robert Murphy0.39%238244           
        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. "OUP farmer wins Armagh election". Belfast Newsletter. 21 April 1983. p. 4.
          3. "NI Assembly Election 1982". EONI. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
          4. "NI Convention Election 1975". EONI. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
          5. "NI Assembly Election 1973". EONI. Retrieved 22 August 2021.

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