Central Armagh | |
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Former County Constituency for the Parliament of Northern Ireland |
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Central Armagh shown within Northern Ireland
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Former constituency | |
Created | 1929 |
Abolished | 1972 |
Election method | First past the post |
Coordinates: 54°23′35″N 6°25′01″W / 54.393°N 6.417°W
Central Armagh was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.
Central Armagh was a county constituency comprising the north central 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. Central 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 centred on the towns of Portadown and Tandragee and included parts of the rural districts of Armagh, Lurgan and Tandragee.