Created 1929 Election method First past the post | Abolished 1972 Founded 1929 | |
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South Armagh was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.
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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 sometimes polled well.
The remainder of contested elections involved candidates of different Nationalist persuasions.
Election results
At the Northern Ireland general election, 1938, Paddy Agnew was elected unopposed.
At the Northern Ireland general election, 1953, Charles McGleenan was elected unopposed.