Armagh (Assembly constituency)
54°20′53″N 6°39′22″W / 54.348°N 6.656°W / 54.348; -6.656 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
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 seat
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: 0 Quota: 15,914 Turnout: 31,827 (34.07%)
1982 Assembly Election
1982 Assembly election : Armagh – 7 seats[ 2]
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
1975 Constitutional Convention : Armagh – 7 seats[ 3]
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
1973 Assembly election : Armagh – 7 seats[ 4]
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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