Political Career
| Parliament of New Zealand | ||||
| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | |
| 1922–1925 | 21st | Christchurch East | Labour | |
| 1925–1928 | 22nd | Christchurch East | Labour | |
| 1928–1931 | 23rd | Christchurch East | Labour | |
| 1931–1935 | 24th | Christchurch East | Labour | |
| 1935–1938 | 25th | Christchurch East | Labour | |
| 1938–1942 | 26th | Christchurch East | Labour | |
Armstrong was elected to the Christchurch City Council from 1919 to 1925, and again from 1927 to 1929.
He was selected as the Labour Party candidate for Christchurch North in the 1919 general election. As a unionist who had spent a year in Lyttelton goal for sedition, he had no chance of being elected in this well off electorate, and the incumbent, Leonard Isitt, was successful.
He represented the Christchurch seat of Christchurch East from the 1922 general election to 1942, when he died.
He held ministerial positions in the First Labour Government, including Minister of Health, although he was replaced by Arnold Nordmeyer in 1941, because of the problems negotiating with doctors over Labour's health proposals. Other ministerial positions include Minister of Labour and Minister of Immigration.
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