Armagh (Assembly constituency)

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
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1
UUP 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
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567891011121314
    UUP Harold McCusker 31.6 19,547
    SDLP Seamus Mallon 13.8 8,528
    UUP Jim Nicholson 4.2 2,590 7,155 7,156 7,384 7,472 7,472 8,137
    Sinn Féin Jim McAllister 8.4 5,182 5,188 5,230 5,247 5,248 7,717 7,720 7,721 8,090
    UUP Mary Simpson 1.2 721 3,838 3,838 4,147 4,360 4,361 4,857 5,126 5,220 5,221 8,212
    DUP David Calvert 4.3 2,661 3,110 3,110 3,124 3,873 3,873 4,845 4,868 4,887 4,887 5,135 5,310 9,459
    SDLP Hugh News 4.7 2,871 2,883 3,256 3,578 3,580 3,778 3,781 3,781 5,460 5,566 5,570 5,571 5,576 5,607
    SDLP Paddy O'Hanlon 6.8 4,231 4,239 4,501 4,688 4,691 4,799 4,800 4,801 5,199 5,245 5,252 5,254 5,255 5,288
    DUP Douglas Hutchinson 3.8 2,333 2,894 2,894 2,915 3,630 3,631 4,259 4,280 4,297 4,298 4,741 5,016
    UUP Jim Speers 3.0 1,836 3,438 3,438 3,538 3,623 3,625 3,858 3,953 3,981 3,982
    Workers' Party Tom French 4.6 2,826 2,850 2,872 3,270 3,272 3,470 3,494 3,494
    UUUP Alistair Black 3.3 2,014 2,873 2,873 2,941 3,096 3,096
    Sinn Féin Jim O'Hagan 4.9 3,042 3,049 3,072 3,088 3,088
    DUP Woolsey Smith 2.8 1,716 2,028 2,028 2,039
    Alliance William Jeffrey 2.9 1,806 1,942 1,958
    Electorate: 95,610   Valid: 61,904   Spoilt: 2,078 (3.25%)   Quota: 7,739   Turnout: 63,982 (66.9%)

      1975 Constitutional Convention
      1975 Constitutional Convention: Armagh – 7 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456789
      SDLP Seamus Mallon 15.2 8,999
      UUP Michael Armstrong 14.8 8,802
      DUP Douglas Hutchinson 13.0 7,746
      UUP Herbert Whitten 8.2 4,843 4,843 5,198 5,240 5,242 5,276 5,381 5,383 7,021
      Vanguard Thomas Carson 10.1 5,974 5,974 6,225 6,367 6,371 6,388 6,439 6,448 6,885
      Vanguard Alistair Black 9.2 5,435 5,435 6,064 6,180 6,188 6,213 6,283 6,287 6,789
      SDLP Hugh News 5.6 3,303 4,261 4,261 4,261 4,327 4,375 5,074 6,140 6,457
      SDLP Paddy O'Hanlon 7.9 4,710 5,095 5,095 5,095 5,190 5,206 5,678 6,243 6,361
      Unionist Party NI John Maginnis 4.7 2,797 2,798 2,860 2,867 2,870 3,002 3,838 3,856
      Republican Clubs Malachy McGurran 4.3 2,577 2,650 2,650 2,650 3,587 3,602 3,761
      Alliance Michael Connolly 2.9 1,742 1,781 1,787 1,788 1,806 2,828
      Alliance Brian English 2.2 1,307 1,318 1,327 1,328 1,332
      Republican Clubs Patrick Houlahan 1.0 617 636 636 637
      Republican Clubs Thomas Moore 0.9 536 546 546 546
      Electorate: 90,640   Valid: 59,388   Spoilt: 2,011 (3.3%)   Quota: 7,424   Turnout: 61,399 (67.7%)

        1973 Assembly Election
        1973 Assembly election: Armagh – 7 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456789101112
        SDLP Paddy O'Hanlon 13.4 8,219
        SDLP Seamus Mallon 13.0 7,995
        UUP Herbert Whitten 11.2 6,891 6,891.24 7,127.30 7,127.58 7,208.62 7,284.62 8140.62
        Vanguard Thomas Carson 11.1 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 7.1 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 7.7 4,731 5,163.30 5,278.40 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 7.4 4,552 4,552.12 4,598.18 4,598.50 4,612.50 4,821.50 4,902.56 6,620.56 6,644.76 6,887.40 7,237.40 7,431.40
        Vanguard Frederick Crowe 4.0 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 Michael Connolly 4.2 2,572 2,589.70 2,763.38 2,780.06 4,268.62 4,275.72 4,292.72 4,302.72 4,304.37 4,329.30 4,630.34
        UUP Alexander Greer 4.3 2,630 2,630.36 2,689.42 2,689.56 2,762.60 2,771.66 3,603.80 3,697.80 3,869.95
        DUP Thomas Willey 4.3 2,616 2,616 2,639.06 2,639.14 2,642.14 2,726.14 2,773.14
        UUP Robert James Mitchell 4.2 2,571 2,571.42 2,625.48 2,625.84 2,653.84 2,673.64
        Vanguard Samuel McCammick 3.3 2,018 2,018.30 2,034.36 2,034.48 2,040.52
        Alliance Howard McNally 2.7 1,637 1,642.58 1,940.60 1,945.54
        NI Labour Thomas Newell 1.7 1,044 1,053.90
        Independent Robert Murphy 0.4 238 244
        Electorate: 89,056   Valid: 61,400   Spoilt: 1,955 (3.1%)   Quota: 7,676   Turnout: 63,355 (71.1%)

          References
          1. Armagh constituency at ARK
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