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| Established | June 09, 1983 |
| Disbanded | Still Active |
| Contributor | RP |
| Last Modified | RBH April 25, 2010 07:26pm |
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This seat is the political home of Seamus Mallon, former deputy leader of the SDLP and deputy first minister of the Northern Ireland Assembly between 1998 and 2001. It is a rural constituency of small farms and villages which takes in all of the area covered by Armagh District Council and part of Newry and Mourne District Council. The two main population centres are the cities of Newry and Armagh. The latter has been the ecclesiastical capital of Ireland for 1,500 years. On opposite hills in the town stand the Protestant cathedral, where St Patrick built his first stone church, and the Catholic cathedral. Both Protestant and Catholic archbishops are based here. It is also the centre for a growing tourist industry, and has an observatory, a planetarium, a heritage centre and the Royal Irish Fusiliers Museum. Mr Mallon, who retires at this election, won this seat from Ulster Unionist Jim Nicholson at a 1986 by-election and then repeated his victory in subsequent general elections. With the unionist vote split between the DUP and the Ulster Unionists, the SDLP won with a 6.5% majority from Sinn Fein in 2001.
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