Antrim County Council
{{short description|Local authority of County Antrim, 1899–1973}}
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{{nowrap|Ballymena Borough Council}}
{{nowrap|Ballymoney Borough Council}}
{{nowrap|Belfast City Council}}
{{nowrap|Carrickfergus Borough Council}}
{{nowrap|Larne Borough Council}}
{{nowrap|Lisburn City Council}}
{{nowrap|Moyle District Council}}
{{nowrap|Newtownabbey Borough Council}}
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Antrim County Council was the authority responsible for local government in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, from 1899 to 1973.
History
Antrim County Council was formed under orders issued under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 which came into effect on 1 April 1899.{{cite web |title=Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 (c. 37) |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/61-62/37/pdfs/ukpga_18980037_en.pdf |website=legislation.gov.uk |publisher=The National Archives}}{{Cite ISB|title=Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898|year=1898|number=37|section=1|stitle=Establishment of county councils|date=12 August 1898|parl=uk|regy=61 & 62 Vict.}}{{Cite ISB|title=Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898|year=1898|number=37|section=124|stitle=Commencement of Act|date=12 August 1898|parl=uk|regy=61 & 62 Vict.}} 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.{{cite book |title=27th Report of the Local Government Board for Ireland (Cmd. 9480)| chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/op1253906-1001/page/234/mode/2up |chapter=Orders declaring the boundaries of administrative counties and defining county electoral divisions: County of Antrim |year=1900 |publisher=Local Government Board for Ireland |location=Dublin |pages=235–238 }}
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.{{cite web |title=Local Government (Ireland) Act 1919 (c. 19) |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/9-10/19/pdfs/ukpga_19190019_en.pdf |website=legislation.gov.uk |publisher=The National Archives}} 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.{{cite web |title=Act abolishes Proportional Representation |url=https://centenariestimeline.com/1922_LGA.html |website=Decade of Centenaries |access-date=17 June 2023 |archive-date=17 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230617163111/https://centenariestimeline.com/1922_LGA.html |url-status=live }}{{cite journal |last1=Buckland |first1=Patrick |title=Who Governed Northern Ireland? The Royal Assent and the Local Government Bill 1922 |journal=Irish Jurist |date=1980 |volume=15 |issue=2 |pages=326–340 |jstor=44013911}}
It was originally based at the Crumlin Road Courthouse{{London Gazette|city=b|issue=2357|page=155|date=29 April 1966}} but moved to County Hall in Ballymena in 1970.{{cite web|url=https://www.architecture.com/image-library/RIBApix/image-information/poster/county-hall-galgorm-road-ballymena-county-antrim-the-chichester-hall-with-the-council-suite-to-the-l/posterid/RIBA76256.html|title=County hall, Galgorm Road, Ballymena, County Antrim: the Chichester Hall with the council suite to the left|publisher=Royal Institute of British Architects|accessdate=24 November 2019}} It was abolished on 1 October 1973 under the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972.{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1972/9/contents|title=Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972|publisher=Legislation.gov.uk|accessdate=29 November 2019|archive-date=30 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030152505/http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1972/9/contents|url-status=live}}