Antrim County Council

Local authority of County Antrim, 1899–1973

Antrim County Council

History
Founded| 1 April 1899
Disbanded| 1 October 1973
Succeeded by| Antrim Borough Council
Ballymena Borough Council
Ballymoney Borough Council
Belfast City Council
Carrickfergus Borough Council
Larne Borough Council
Lisburn City Council
Moyle District Council
Newtownabbey Borough Council
Meeting place
County Hall, Ballymena

Antrim County Council was the authority responsible for local government in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, from 1899 to 1973.

## History

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Antrim County Council was formed under orders issued under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 which came into effect on 1 April 1899.[1][2][3] It was the council for the administrative county of Antrim, which included the existing judicial county of Antrim, except the part in the city of Belfast; the existing judicial county of the town of Carrickfergus; and the part of the existing judicial county of Down containing the town of Lisburn.[4]

The Local Government (Ireland) Act 1919 introduced proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV) for the 1920 Antrim County Council election.[5] 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.[6][7]

It was originally based at the Crumlin Road Courthouse[8] but moved to County Hall in Ballymena in 1970.[9] It was abolished on 1 October 1973 under the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972.[10]

## References

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1. ^ "Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 (c. 37)" (PDF). legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives.
2. ^ 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.
3. ^ 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.
4. ^ "Orders declaring the boundaries of administrative counties and defining county electoral divisions: County of Antrim". 27th Report of the Local Government Board for Ireland (Cmd. 9480). Dublin: Local Government Board for Ireland. 1900. pp. 235–238.
5. ^ "Local Government (Ireland) Act 1919 (c. 19)" (PDF). legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives.
6. ^ "Act abolishes Proportional Representation". Decade of Centenaries. Archived from the original on 17 June 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
7. ^ Buckland, Patrick (1980). "Who Governed Northern Ireland? The Royal Assent and the Local Government Bill 1922". Irish Jurist. 15 (2): 326–340\. JSTOR 44013911.
8. ^ "No. 2357". The Belfast Gazette. 29 April 1966. p. 155.
9. ^ "County hall, Galgorm Road, Ballymena, County Antrim: the Chichester Hall with the council suite to the left". Royal Institute of British Architects. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
10. ^ "Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972". Legislation.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 30 October 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.

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Former districts of Northern Ireland

1899–1973|

| Councils|

* Antrim
* Armagh
* Belfast
* Down
* Fermanagh
* Londonderry City
* Londonderry County
* Tyrone

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Counties and county boroughs|

* Antrim
* Armagh
* Belfast
* Down
* Fermanagh
* Londonderry City
* County Londonderry
* Tyrone

1973–2015|

| Councils|

* Antrim
* Ards
* Armagh
* Ballymena
* Ballymoney
* Banbridge
* Belfast
* Carrickfergus
* Castlereagh
* Coleraine
* Cookstown
* Craigavon
* Derry
* Down
* Dungannon and South Tyrone
* Fermanagh
* Larne
* Limavady
* Lisburn
* Magherafelt
* Moyle
* Newry and Mourne
* Newtownabbey
* North Down
* Omagh
* Strabane

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Districts|

* Antrim
* Ards
* Armagh
* Ballymena
* Ballymoney
* Banbridge
* Belfast
* Carrickfergus
* Castlereagh
* Coleraine
* Cookstown
* Craigavon
* Derry
* Down
* Dungannon and South Tyrone
* Fermanagh
* Larne
* Limavady
* Lisburn
* Magherafelt
* Moyle
* Newry and Mourne
* Newtownabbey
* North Down
* Omagh
* Strabane

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