For other constituencies of the same name, see Mid Antrim

Mid Antrim

Mid Antrim may refer to:* The central part of County Antrim* Mid Antrim * Mid Antrim...

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Mid Antrim was a constituency of the Northern Ireland House of Commons.

The House of Commons (Method of Voting and Redistribution of Seats) Act (Northern Ireland), 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections for 48 single-member constituencies (including Antrim Mid).

It was a single-member division of County Antrim

County Antrim

County Antrim is one of six counties that form Northern Ireland, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of 2,844 km², with a population of approximately 616,000...

 represented in the Parliament of Northern Ireland

Parliament of Northern Ireland

The Parliament of Northern Ireland was the home rule legislature of Northern Ireland, created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, which sat from 7 June 1921 to 30 March 1972, when it was suspended...

. Before 1929, it was part of the seven-member Antrim

Antrim (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

Antrim was a county constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland from 1921 - 1929. It returned seven MPs, using the single transferable vote method of proportional representation.-Boundaries:...

 constituency. The constituency sent one MP to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland

House of Commons of Northern Ireland

The House of Commons of Northern Ireland was the lower house of the Parliament of Northern Ireland created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920. The upper house in the bicameral parliament was called the Senate. It was abolished with the passing of the Northern Ireland Constitution Act...

 from 1929 until the Parliament was temporarily suspended

Northern Ireland (Temporary Provisions) Act 1972

The Northern Ireland Act 1972 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that introduced direct rule in Northern Ireland with effect from 30 March 1972....

 in 1972, and then formally abolished

Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973

The Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which received the Royal Assent on 18 July 1973...

 in 1973.

In terms of the then local government areas the constituency in 1929 comprised parts of the rural districts

Rural district

Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of the administrative counties.-England and Wales:In England...

 of Ballymena

Ballymena

Ballymena is a large town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland and the seat of Ballymena Borough Council. Ballymena had a population of 28,717 people in the 2001 Census....

, Ballymoney

Ballymoney

Ballymoney is a small town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 9,021 people in the 2001 Census. It is currently served by Ballymoney Borough Council....

 and Larne

Larne

Larne is a substantial seaport and industrial market town on the east coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland with a population of 18,228 people in the 2001 Census. As of 2011, there are about 31,000 residents in the greater Larne area. It has been used as a seaport for over 1,000 years, and is...

. The division also included the whole of the urban district

Urban district

In the England, Wales and Ireland, an urban district was a type of local government district that covered an urbanised area. Urban districts had an elected Urban District Council , which shared local government responsibilities with a county council....

 of Ballymena

Ballymena

Ballymena is a large town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland and the seat of Ballymena Borough Council. Ballymena had a population of 28,717 people in the 2001 Census....

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Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1929 Northern Ireland general election, 1929 -References:*...	Robert Crawford	Ulster Unionist Ulster Unionist Party The Ulster Unionist Party – sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or, in a historic sense, simply the Unionist Party – is the more moderate of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland...
	1933 Northern Ireland general election, 1933 -References:*...
	1938 Northern Ireland general election, 1938 -References:*...	John Patrick John Patrick (politician) John Patrick was an Ulster Unionist Party politician. He was elected at the 1938 Northern Ireland general election as a Member of Parliament for Mid Antrim, and held the seat until the 1945 general election.-References:...
	1945
	1949 Northern Ireland general election, 1949 -References:*-See also:*MPs elected in the Northern Ireland general election, 1949...	Robert Nichol Wilson Robert Nichol Wilson Robert Nichol Wilson, known as R. N. Wilson, was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.Wilson studied at Malvern College and served in the Royal Artillery during World War II. After the war, he became a director of a textile company and joined the Ulster Unionist Party...
	1953 Northern Ireland general election, 1953 -References:*...	Robert Simpson Robert Simpson (UK politician) Robert Simpson , often known as Bob Simpson was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.Born in Ballymena, Simpson studied medicine at Queen's University, Belfast before setting up his own practice. He joined the Ulster Unionist Party in 1952, and was selected as the party's candidate for Mid...
	1958 Northern Ireland general election, 1958 -References:*-See also:*MPs elected in the Northern Ireland general election, 1958...
	1962 Northern Ireland general election, 1962 -Seats summary:-References:*...
	1965 Northern Ireland general election, 1965 -Seats summary:-References:*...
	1969 Northern Ireland general election, 1969 -References:*...
	1973 Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 The Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which received the Royal Assent on 18 July 1973...	Constituency abolished

Election results

• Parliament prorogued 30 March 1972 and abolished 18 July 1973

External links

• http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0
• http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/en.toc.dail.html
• For the exact definition of Northern Ireland constituency boundaries see http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/boundaries.html