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South Armagh (Northern Ireland Parliament Constituency)
South Armagh was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland. Boundaries South Armagh was a county constituency comprising the southern part of County Armagh. It was created when the House of Commons (Method of Voting and Redistribution of Seats) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland. South Armagh was created by the division of Armagh into four new constituencies. The constituency survived unchanged, returning one Member of Parliament, until the Parliament of Northern Ireland was temporarily suspended in 1972, and then formally abolished in 1973. The seat was made up from parts of the rural districts of Armagh and Newry, with the town of Keady. Politics The seat had a significant Nationalist majority, but Labour candidates were sometimes polled well. The remainder of contested elections involved candidates of different Nationalist persuasions. Members of Parliament Election results ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Ireland Parliament Constituencies
The Northern Ireland House of Commons existed from 1921 to 1973 as the lower House of the devolved legislature of the part of the United Kingdom called Northern Ireland. As in the UK Parliament the constituencies were classified as Borough constituencies, borough, County constituencies, county or University constituencies, university constituencies. In 1921–29 the 52 provincial Members of Parliament were elected using proportional representation by the single transferable vote in multi member constituencies. The constituencies which returned one or two members to the UK Parliament, between 1922 and 1950, were used for Northern Ireland devolved elections in the 1921–29 period. Between 1929 and 1969 there were 48 single member constituencies, using the first past the post method of election. The non-territorial University constituency continued to return 4 members using the single transferable vote. For the 1969 election 4 new territorial constituencies were created to rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1929 Northern Ireland General Election
The 1929 Northern Ireland general election was held on 22 May 1929. Like all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it produced a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party. It was the first held after the abolition of proportional representation and the redrawing of electoral boundaries to create single-seat constituencies. As with the rest of the United Kingdom, this has made it more difficult for independent and minor party candidates to win seats. Results ''Electorate: 775,307 (432,439 in contested seats); Turnout: 67.6% (292,218). Ulster Liberal Party result is compared to Unbought Tenants' Association in 1925.'' Votes summary Seats summary Old Map Northern Ireland general election 1929.png Footnotes ReferencesNorthern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results 1929 This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Donnelly (Irish Politician)
Patrick Donnelly (20 July 1878 – 13 August 1947) was an Irish solicitor and nationalist politician and MP in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Early life A native of Draperstown, County Londonderry, Donnelly was born on 20 July 1878, the son of Patrick Donnelly, a spirit merchant and farmer, and his wife, Sarah Convery. He was educated privately and at Queen's College Belfast. He served his solicitor's apprenticeship with Michael McCartan, the MP for South Down. He qualified in 1905. Donnelly was living in Camlough at the time of the 1901 census. In 1909 in Belfast, he married Susanna Rogers, of Draperstown. Politics Donnelly was first elected as member of the Irish Parliamentary Party at the by-election of 2 February 1918, and re-elected in the 1918 UK general election, representing the South Armagh constituency. It was one of the six seats won by the IPP at the election, when he defeated the Sinn Féin candidate, after which he se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paddy O'Hanlon
Patrick Michael O'Hanlon (8 May 1944 – 7 April 2009), known as Paddy O'Hanlon, was an Irish barrister and former nationalist politician in Ireland. Born in Drogheda Co.Louth, but resident in Mullaghbawn, South Armagh since childhood, O'Hanlon studied at University College Dublin. Prominent in the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association, he was elected at the 1969 Northern Ireland general election, as an independent Nationalist MP for South Armagh. In August 1970, he was a founder member of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP). The Parliament of Northern Ireland was abolished in 1973, and O'Hanlon was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly, representing Armagh. In the Assembly, he was the SDLP's Chief Whip. O'Hanlon stood for the Westminster constituency of Armagh at the February 1974 general election, taking second place, with 29.3% of the votes cast. He stood for the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention and the 1982 Assembly in Armagh, but on both occasio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969 Northern Ireland General Election
The 1969 Northern Ireland general election was held on Monday 24 February 1969. It was the last election to the Parliament of Northern Ireland before its abolition by the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973. Unlike previous elections that produced a large unambiguous majority for the Ulster Unionist Party, this one gave more complex results. The Ulster Unionists were divided over a variety of reforms introduced by Prime Minister Terence O'Neill and this division spilled over into the election with official Ulster Unionist candidates standing either in support of or opposition to O'Neill and a number of independent pro O'Neill Unionists standing against opposing candidates. The results left O'Neill without a clear majority for his reforms and he resigned not long afterwards. This was the first (and only) election since the 1929 general election to see changes to the constituencies. The Queen's University of Belfast seat was abolished and four new constituencies were created ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward George Richardson
Edward George Richardson (15 April 1903 – 29 December 1987) was an Irish politician who was a member of the Nationalist Party. Born in Moybane, near Crossmaglen, Ireland, Richardson worked as a bricklayer and as a farmer, and was an All-Ireland cycling champion. He attempted to become the Nationalist Party candidate in South Armagh at the 1945 Northern Ireland general election. He was defeated at the local party convention. He was subsequently elected to Armagh County Council.Brendan Lynn, ''Holding the Ground: The Nationalist Party in Northern Ireland, 1945 – 72'' (1997), Before the 1958 general election, Richardson announced that he would contest South Armagh. A nationalist convention was held in the constituency, but it decided not to put up a candidate against Richardson. As a result, he was elected, and immediately joined the Nationalist Party group. From 1965 to 1969, Richardson served as the Shadow Minister for Sport. He was the only Nationalist MP not to shado ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1958 Northern Ireland General Election
The 1958 Northern Ireland general election was called on 27 February by 1st Viscount Brookeborough to be held on 20 March 1958. Like all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it produced a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party. The Northern Ireland Labour Party returned to the Commons after being wiped out in the 1949 election. Campaign Announcing the election, Viscount Brookeborough remarked that the election would be on the Border issue once more, noting that this was the ninth election on the same issue. Unemployment was also an issue in the election with 50,000 people out of work in the province in that year. Results ''Electorate: 891,064 (359,816 in contested seats); Turnout: 67.1% (241,501).'' Votes summary Seats summary See also *List of members of the 9th House of Commons of Northern Ireland This is a list of members of Parliament elected in the 1958 Northern Ireland general election. All members of the Norther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles McGleenan
Charles McGleenan (1895 – 1974) was a farmer, Irish republican volunteer and political candidate. McGleenan was an Irish Republican Army volunteer during the Irish War of Independence. He was interned at Newbridge Prison, but successfully escaped. He subsequently worked as a farmer of apples.Biographies of Members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons , election.demon.co.uk; accessed 4 March 2017. At the , McGleenan stood in |
Malachy Conlon
Malachy Conlon (died 27 March 1950) was a nationalist politician in Ireland. Conlon strongly believed that there was a need for a membership organisation linking nationalists in Northern Ireland. He pursued this theme during his campaign for the Nationalist Party in South Armagh at the 1945 Northern Ireland general election.Brendan Lynn, ''Holding the Ground: The Nationalist Party in Northern Ireland, 1945 - 72'' (1997), During the campaign, which he fought against a Northern Ireland Labour Party incumbent, he stressed the importance of Christianity to Irish identity and contrasted this with what he described as the "flag of the communist Jew".Graham Walker, ''A History of the Ulster Unionist Party'' Following his election, Conlon worked with Eddie McAteer to found the Irish Anti-Partition League The Irish Anti-Partition League (APL) was a political organisation based in Northern Ireland which campaigned for a united Ireland from 1945 to 1958. Foundation Prior to the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1945 Northern Ireland General Election
The 1945 Northern Ireland general election was held on 14 June 1945. The election saw significant losses for the Ulster Unionist Party, though they retained their majority. Mirroring the result across the rest of the UK in the 1945 UK general election, candidates standing on behalf of the various Labour parties won a significantly higher vote share of 30%,19% for the Northern Irish Labour Party, 8% for the Commonwealth Labour Party, 3% for Independent Labour candidates and 1% for the Federation of Labour but this translated into just two new MPs due to the first-past-the-post electoral system. Results ''Electorate: 845,964 (509,098 in contested seats); Turnout: 70.3% (357,882).'' Votes summary Seats summary Footnotes See also * 1945 United Kingdom general election ReferencesNorthern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results {{Northern Ireland elections 1945 1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Jap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paddy Agnew (Stormont MP)
Paddy Agnew (1878 – fl. 1958) was a politician in Northern Ireland. Agnew was brought up a Roman Catholic and held nationalist views. However his politics were also leaning towards labourism, and he had clashes with more conservative Catholic politicians. He formed the Armagh Employed and Unemployed Association in 1932, and the following year set up a local branch of the Northern Ireland Labour Party. Generally unemployed due to poor health, Agnew organised mental health workers and in 1937 founded the Armagh Federation of Labour.Mary T. McVeigh,A Working Class Hero", ''The Other View'' Agnew was elected unopposed for South Armagh at the 1938 Northern Ireland general election, as the incumbent Republican and the local Nationalist Party both boycotted the election. He won a seat on Armagh County Council in 1939 from Nationalist Senator Thomas McLaughlin. Agnew lost his Parliamentary seat at the 1945 general election. However, he held his County Council seat, and also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1938 Northern Ireland General Election
The 1938 Northern Ireland general election was held on 9 February 1938. Like all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it produced a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party. The newly-formed Ulster Progressive Unionist Association came second in vote share, but won no seats. Results ''Electorate: 825,101 (464,860 in contested seats); Turnout: 71.1% (330,355).'' Seat changes Votes summary Seats summary ReferencesNorthern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results {{Northern Ireland elections Northern Ireland general election 1938 Events January * January 1 ** The Constitution of Estonia#Third Constitution (de facto 1938–1940, de jure 1938–1992), new constitution of Estonia enters into force, which many consider to be the ending of the Era of Silence and the a ... Northern Ireland general election 1938 elections in Northern Ireland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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