Armagh City was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency in Ireland.
Boundaries
This constituency was the
parliamentary borough
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History
In the Middle Ag ...
of
Armagh
Armagh ( ; ga, Ard Mhacha, , "Macha's height") is the county town of County Armagh and a city in Northern Ireland, as well as a civil parish. It is the ecclesiastical capital of Ireland – the seat of the Archbishops of Armagh, the ...
in
County Armagh
County Armagh (, named after its county town, Armagh) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. Adjoined to the southern shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of an ...
. It was the successor constituency to the
Armagh City constituency of the
Parliament of Ireland
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.
The constituency was disenfranchised in the
1885 redistribution of parliamentary seats and incorporated into the
county division
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Within the United Kingdom there are five bodies with members elected by electoral districts called "constituenc ...
of
Mid Armagh.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 1830s
Chetwynd-Talbot resigned to contest a
by-election
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at , causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1840s
Curry resigned after being appointed a
Master in Chancery, causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1850s
Moore's death caused a by-election.
Elections in the 1860s
Miller was appointed a judge in bankruptcy, causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1870s
Vance died, causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1880s
References
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*''The Parliaments of England'' by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844–50), 2nd edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)
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Westminster constituencies in County Armagh (historic)
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1801
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1885
Politics of Armagh (city)
1801 establishments in Ireland
1885 disestablishments in Ireland
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