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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Down (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) canonical 1

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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) ⓘ