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Larne (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

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Created
  
1929

Election method
  
First past the post

Abolished
  
1973

Founded
  
1929

Larne (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

Larne was a single-member county constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.

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Boundaries and boundary changes

This was a division of County Antrim. Before 1929, it was part of the seven-member Antrim constituency. The constituency sent one MP to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland from 1929 until the Parliament was temporarily suspended in 1972, and then formally abolished in 1973.

In terms of the then local government areas the constituency in 1929 comprised parts of the rural districts of Antrim, Ballymena and Larne. The division also included the whole of the urban districts of Larne and Whitehead.

Elections

The parliamentary representatives of the division were elected using the first past the post system.

  • Appointment of Hanna as a County Court Judge
  • Death of Robinson
  • Appointment of Topping as Recorder of Belfast
  • Parliament prorogued 30 March 1972 and abolished 18 July 1973

    • References

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