Armagh City (UK Parliament constituency)

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Armagh City
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1801–1885
Replaced byMid Armagh

Armagh City was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland.

Boundaries[]

This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Armagh in County Armagh. It was the successor constituency to the Armagh City constituency of the Parliament of Ireland.

The constituency was disenfranchised in the 1885 redistribution of parliamentary seats and incorporated into the county division of Mid Armagh.

Members of Parliament[]

Election Member Party Note
1801, January 1 Patrick Duigenan Tory 1801: Co-opted. 1816: Died.
1816, May 8 Tory
1818, June 26 John Leslie Foster Tory Also returned for Lisburn
1820, March 16 William Stuart Tory
1826, June 19 Rt Hon. Henry Goulburn Tory[1]
1831, May 10 Viscount Ingestre Tory[1] Resigned to contest Dublin
Tory[1]
1832, December 15 Leonard Dobbin Whig[1]
1837, August 7 Whig[1][2] Appointed Master in Chancery
John Rawdon Whig[1][3][4]
1852, July 9 Ross Stephenson Moore Conservative[5] Died
Joshua Bond Conservative
1857, April 2 Stearne Miller Conservative
1859, May 5 Joshua Bond Conservative
1865, July 17 Stearne Miller Conservative Appointed Judge in Bankruptcy
John Vance Conservative Died
1875, October 18 George Beresford Conservative Last MP for the constituency
1885 Constituency abolished

Elections[]

Elections in the 1830s[]

General election, 11 August 1830: Armagh City[6][1][7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Tory Henry Goulburn Unopposed
Registered electors 13
Tory hold
General election, 10 May 1831: Armagh City[6][1][7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Tory Henry Chetwynd-Talbot Unopposed
Registered electors 13
Tory hold

Chetwynd-Talbot resigned to contest a at Dublin City, causing a by-election.

: Armagh City[6][1][7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Tory John Brydges (MP) Unopposed
Registered electors 13
Tory hold
General election, 15 December 1832: Armagh City[6][1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Leonard Dobbin 218 53.0
Tory Arthur Irwin Kelly 193 47.0
Majority 25 6.0
Turnout 411 92.6
Registered electors 444
Whig gain from Tory
General election, 15 January 1835: Armagh City[6][1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Leonard Dobbin 197 54.7 +1.7
Conservative Robert William Jackson 163 45.3 −1.7
Majority 34 9.4 +3.4
Turnout 360 66.5 −26.1
Registered electors 541
Whig hold Swing +1.7
General election, 7 August 1837: Armagh City[6][1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig William Curry (MP) 235 53.7 −1.0
Conservative Joseph Kidd 203 46.3 +1.0
Majority 32 7.4 −2.0
Turnout 438 57.1 −9.4
Registered electors 767
Whig hold Swing −1.0

Elections in the 1840s[]

Curry resigned after being appointed a Master in Chancery, causing a by-election.

: Armagh City[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig John Rawdon Unopposed
Registered electors
Whig hold
General election, 5 July 1841: Armagh City[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig John Rawdon Unopposed
Registered electors 892
Whig hold
General election, 31 July 1847: Armagh City[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig John Rawdon Unopposed
Registered electors 838
Whig hold

Elections in the 1850s[]

General election, 9 July 1852: Armagh City[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ross Stephenson Moore Unopposed
Registered electors 318
Conservative hold

Moore's death caused a by-election.

: Armagh City[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joshua Bond 186 55.9 N/A
Conservative Thomas Ball Miller 147 44.1 N/A
Majority 39 11.8 N/A
Turnout 333 82.6 N/A
Registered electors 403
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election, 2 April 1857: Armagh City[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stearne Miller 175 51.9 N/A
Conservative Joshua Bond 162 48.1 N/A
Majority 13 3.8 N/A
Turnout 337 83.6 N/A
Registered electors 403
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election, 5 May 1859: Armagh City[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joshua Bond 201 59.5 +11.4
Conservative Stearne Miller 137 40.5 −11.4
Majority 64 19.0 +15.2
Turnout 338 82.8 −0.8
Registered electors 408
Conservative hold Swing +11.4

Elections in the 1860s[]

General election, 17 July 1865: Armagh City[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stearne Miller 184 52.1 +11.6
Liberal William Kirk 169 47.9 New
Majority 15 4.2 −14.8
Turnout 353 86.3 +3.5
Registered electors 409
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Miller was appointed a judge in bankruptcy, causing a by-election.

: Armagh City[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Vance Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election, 17 November 1868: Armagh City[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Vance Unopposed
Registered electors 603
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1870s[]

General election 9 April 1874: Armagh City[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Vance 325 60.3 N/A
Liberal George C Cochrane 214 39.7 New
Majority 111 20.6 N/A
Turnout 539 90.4 N/A
Registered electors 596
Conservative hold

Vance died, causing a by-election.

By-election, 18 Oct 1875: Armagh City[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Beresford 278 53.0 N/A
Conservative William Squire Barker Kaye 247 47.0 N/A
Majority 31 6.0 N/A
Turnout 525 88.1 −2.3
Registered electors 596
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1880s[]

General election 9 April 1880: Armagh City[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Beresford Unopposed
Registered electors 657
Conservative hold

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 215. Retrieved 15 September 2018 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ McCracken, J. L. (1993). New Light at the Cape of Good Hope: William Porter - The Father of Cape Liberalism. Belfast: The Ulster Historical Foundation. p. 40. ISBN 0-901905-54-2. Retrieved 18 August 2019 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "The Elections". Dublin Weekly Nation. 7 August 1847. pp. 8–9. Retrieved 15 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Irish Members Returned". Sligo Journal. 13 August 1847. p. 4. Retrieved 15 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "General Election". Cork Constitution. 13 July 1852. p. 4. Retrieved 15 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
  7. ^ a b c Farrell, Stephen. "Armagh". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 9 May 2020.


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