Armagh (Assembly constituency)
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Armagh was a constituency used for the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| UUP | Jim Speers | 84.5 | 26,907 | |
| Workers' Party | Tom French | 15.5 | 4,920 | |
| Electorate: 95,100 Valid: 31,827 Spoilt: 571 Quota: 15,914 Turnout: 31,827 (34.07%) |
1982 Assembly Election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||||
| UUP | Harold McCusker | 31.58% | 19,547 | ||||||||||||||
| SDLP | Seamus Mallon | 13.78% | 8,528 | ||||||||||||||
| UUP | 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 | ||||||
| UUP | 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 | |||
| UUP | 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
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| 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% | 4,843 | 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
| 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 | ||||||||||||
| UUP | 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 | |||||
| UUP | 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 | ||
| UUP | 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 | ||||||
| UUP | 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%) |
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