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

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James Craig representedInParliament Down (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)