The 1954 Armagh by-election was held on 20 November 1954, following the resignation of Ulster Unionist Party Member of Parliament James Harden.
Harden had held the seat of Armagh since a by-election in 1948, and had not faced a contest since then.
The seat had been held continually by Ulster Unionists since its recreation for the 1922 general election.
[citation needed] The two main opposition groups, the Northern Ireland Labour Party and the Nationalist Party, had both fared poorly at the 1953 Northern Ireland general election, and decided not to contest the by-election.
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