1920 Armagh County Council election

The 1920 Armagh County Council election was held on Saturday, 5 June 1920.

Council results

The results were as follows:[1]

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	UUP	14
	Sinn Féin	5
	Irish Nationalist	3
	Independent	1
Totals		23			100%	—

Division results

Armagh Electoral Division

Armagh Electoral Division - 3 seats[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Sinn Féin	Edward Donnelly	43.09	1,806
	UUP	Edward Cowdy D.L.	29.06	1,218
	UUP	Thomas A. McLure J.P.	26.18	1,097
	Sinn Féin	James O'Reilly	1.67	70

Forkhill Electoral Division

Forkhill Electoral Division - 5 seats[3][4][5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Sinn Féin	Frank Aiken
	UUP	J. E. Calvert
	Sinn Féin	Michael McArdle
	Sinn Féin	James McGuill
	Nationalist	James Murphy

Keady Electoral Division

Keady Electoral Division - 3 seats[3][4][5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Sinn Féin	Edward Hughes
	Nationalist	Hugh McGahan
	UUP	James Morrison
	UUP

Lurgan Electoral Division

Lurgan Electoral Division - 4 seats[3][4][5][6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	UUP	John Johnston
	Nationalist	A. Campbell
	Independent	Dr. M. Deeny J.P.
	UUP	H. G. MacGeagh
	UUP	John Mahaffy

Markethill Electoral Division

Markethill Electoral Division - 4 seats[3][5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	UUP	T. H. Hardy
	UUP	Dr. R. M. Quin
	UUP	William Byers
	UUP	W. J. Gibson

Portsdown Electoral Division

There was no contest in Portsdown Electoral Division, as only 4 candidates were nominated for the 4 seats.

Portsdown Electoral Division - 4 seats[3][7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	UUP	Peter Mackin		Uncontested
	UUP	Elected		Uncontested
	UUP	Elected		Uncontested
	UUP	Elected		Uncontested

References

1. "British Newspaper Archive".
2. Belfast News-Letter - Tuesday 08 June 1920 pg.9
3. Belfast News-Letter - Monday 07 June 1920 pg.7
4. Freeman's Journal - Thursday 10 June 1920 pg.3
5. Belfast News-Letter - Wednesday 09 June 1920 pg.5
6. List of Unionist candidates for Lurgan
7. Belfast News-Letter - Thursday 06 May 1920