Down (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

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Down was a county constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland that elected multiple Members of Parliament to represent County Down from the institution’s creation in 1921 until its abolition in 1929.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Parliament of Northern Ireland constituency
county constituency
abolishedFor 1929 Northern Ireland general election
capitalOfRepresentedCounty Downpatrick NERFINISHED
country Northern Ireland
createdFor 1921 Northern Ireland general election
electoralSystem single transferable vote
endTime 1929
hasBorderWith Antrim (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) NERFINISHED
Armagh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) NERFINISHED
legislativeBody Parliament of Northern Ireland NERFINISHED
locatedInJurisdiction United Kingdom NERFINISHED
lowerChamber House of Commons of Northern Ireland NERFINISHED
numberOfMembers 8
parliamentaryTermCovered 1st Parliament of Northern Ireland NERFINISHED
2nd Parliament of Northern Ireland NERFINISHED
partOf Northern Ireland Parliament constituencies 1921–1929 NERFINISHED
reasonForAbolition House of Commons (Method of Voting and Redistribution of Seats) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 NERFINISHED
region Ulster NERFINISHED
representedArea County Down NERFINISHED
startTime 1921
status abolished constituency
successorConstituency East Down (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) NERFINISHED
Mid Down (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) NERFINISHED
North Down (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) NERFINISHED
South Down (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) NERFINISHED
West Down (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) NERFINISHED
upperChamber Senate of Northern Ireland NERFINISHED
usedForElection 1921 Northern Ireland general election
1925 Northern Ireland general election

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James Craig representedInParliament Down (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)