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, especially Keady. No one knows where Cullyhanna is so it can't be said for sure if it was a part of the constituency.Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election results: Constituency Boundaries

Politics The seat had a significant Nationalist majority, but Labour candidates were sometimes polled well.Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results: Counties: Armagh

The remainder of contested elections involved candidates of different Nationalist persuasions.

Members of Parliament ElectedNameParty1929Joe Connellan 1933Paddy McLogan 1938Paddy Agnew 1945Malachy Conlon 1950Charles McGleenan 1958Edward George Richardson 1958 1969Paddy O'Hanlon 1970

Election results

At the 1938 Northern Ireland general election, Paddy Agnew was elected unopposed.

At the 1953 Northern Ireland general election, Charles McGleenan was elected unopposed.

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