Down County Council was the authority responsible for local government in County Down, Northern Ireland.
Down County Council | |
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| History | |
| Founded | 1 April 1899 |
| Disbanded | 1 October 1973 |
| Succeeded by | Ards Borough Council Banbridge District Council Belfast City Council Castlereagh Borough Council Craigavon Borough Council Down District Council Lisburn City Council Newry and Mourne District Council North Down Borough Council |
| Meeting place | |
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| Downpatrick Courthouse | |
History
editDown County Council was formed under orders issued in accordance with the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 which came into effect on 1 April 1899 for the administrative county of County Down.[1][2][3] Its area on establishment consisted of the judicial county of Down, except the portion of the city of Belfast and of the town of Lisburn; and so much of the judicial county of Armagh as comprised the portion of the town of Newry.[4] It was based at Downpatrick Courthouse throughout its existence.[5][6]
The Local Government (Ireland) Act 1919 introduced proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV) for the 1920 Down County Council election.[7] The area became part of Northern Ireland from 1921 under the Government of Ireland Act 1920.[8] PR-STV was abolished in Northern Ireland under the Local Government Act 1922, with a reversion to first-past-the-post for the 1924 Northern Ireland local elections, the first local elections held in the new jurisdiction.[9][10]
It was abolished in accordance with the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 on 1 October 1973.[11]
References
edit- ↑ Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898, s. 1: Establishment of county councils (61 & 62 Vict., c. 37 of 1898, s. 1). Enacted on 12 August 1898. Act of the UK Parliament. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
- ↑ Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898, s. 124: Commencement of Act (61 & 62 Vict., c. 37 of 1898, s. 124). Enacted on 12 August 1898. Act of the UK Parliament. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
- ↑ "Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 (c. 37)" (PDF). legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives.
- ↑ "Orders declaring the boundaries of administrative counties and defining county electoral divisions". 27th Report of the Local Government Board for Ireland (Cmd.9480). Dublin: HMSO. 1900. pp. 257–259.
- ↑ "Mr. Walter Burns". Down Recorder. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ↑ "No. 2132". The Belfast Gazette. 4 May 1962. p. 158.
- ↑ "Local Government (Ireland) Act 1919 (c. 19)" (PDF). legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives.
- ↑ "Government of Ireland Act 1920 (c. 67): Section 1". legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives.
- ↑ "Act abolishes Proportional Representation". Decade of Centenaries. Archived from the original on 17 June 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
- ↑ Buckland, Patrick (1980). "Who Governed Northern Ireland? The Royal Assent and the Local Government Bill 1922". Irish Jurist. 15 (2): 326–340. JSTOR 44013911.
- ↑ "Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 November 2019.