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The Parliament of Northern Ireland
was the home rule legislature created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920
, which existed from 7 June 1921 to 30 March 1972, when it was suspended. It was subsequently abolished under the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973
.
The first Government or Executive Committee of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland
was led by the Prime Minister
James Craig
, who ruled between 7 June 1921 and 24 November 1940.
Parliament of Northern Ireland
The Parliament of Northern Ireland was the home rule legislature of Northern Ireland, created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, which sat from 7 June 1921 to 30 March 1972, when it was suspended...
was the home rule legislature created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920
Government of Ireland Act 1920
The Government of Ireland Act 1920 was the Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which partitioned Ireland. The Act's long title was "An Act to provide for the better government of Ireland"; it is also known as the Fourth Home Rule Bill or as the Fourth Home Rule Act.The Act was intended...
, which existed from 7 June 1921 to 30 March 1972, when it was suspended. It was subsequently abolished under the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973
Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973
The Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which received the Royal Assent on 18 July 1973...
.
The first Government or Executive Committee of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland
Executive Committee of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland
The Executive Committee or the Executive Committee of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland was the government of Northern Ireland created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920. Generally known as either the Cabinet or the Government, the Executive Committee existed from 1922 to 1972...
was led by the Prime Minister
Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland was the de facto head of the Government of Northern Ireland. No such office was provided for in the Government of Ireland Act 1920. However the Lord Lieutenant, as with Governors-General in other Westminster Systems such as in Canada, chose to appoint someone...
James Craig
James Craig
-Public officials:*James Henry Craig , British soldier and colonial administrator*James Craig , British politician*James Craig , Canadian politician...
, who ruled between 7 June 1921 and 24 November 1940.
Cabinet
| Office | Member | Term |
|---|---|---|
| Prime Minister Prime Minister of Northern Ireland The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland was the de facto head of the Government of Northern Ireland. No such office was provided for in the Government of Ireland Act 1920. However the Lord Lieutenant, as with Governors-General in other Westminster Systems such as in Canada, chose to appoint someone... |
James Craig James Craig -Public officials:*James Henry Craig , British soldier and colonial administrator*James Craig , British politician*James Craig , Canadian politician... |
7 June 1921 - 24 November 1940 |
| Minister of Finance for Northern Ireland | Hugh Pollock Hugh Pollock Hugh MacDowell Pollock PC , was an Ulster Unionist member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland from 1921 until his death in 1937.... |
from 7 June 1921 |
| John Millar Andrews John Millar Andrews John Miller Andrews CH, PC was the second Prime Minister of Northern Ireland.-Family life:Andrews was born in Comber, County Down, Ireland in 1871, the eldest child in the family of four sons and one daughter of Thomas Andrews DL, flax spinner, and his wife Eliza Pirrie, a sister of Lord Pirrie,... |
from 21 April 1937 | |
| Minister of Home Affairs for Northern Ireland | Richard Dawson-Bates | from 7 June 1921 |
| Minister of Education for Northern Ireland | Marquess of Londonderry Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry Charles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry, KG, MVO, PC, PC , styled Lord Stewart until 1884 and Viscount Castlereagh between 1884 and 1915, was an Anglo-Irish peer and had careers in both Irish and British politics... |
from 7 June 1921 |
| James Caulfeild, 8th Viscount Charlemont James Caulfeild, 8th Viscount Charlemont James Edward Caulfeild, 8th Viscount Charlemont, PC , DL was an Irish Peer, elected to the British House of Lords as a Representative Peer and to the Parliament of Northern Ireland as a Senator... |
from 8 January 1926 - 13 October 1937 | |
| J. H. Robb | from 1 December 1937 | |
| Minister of Agriculture for Northern Ireland | Edward Archdale | from 7 June 1921 |
| Basil Brooke Basil Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough Basil Stanlake Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough, Bt, KG, CBE, MC, PC, HML was an Ulster Unionist politician who became the third Prime Minister of Northern Ireland in 1943 and held office until 1963.... |
from 1 December 1937 | |
| Minister of Labour for Northern Ireland | John Millar Andrews John Millar Andrews John Miller Andrews CH, PC was the second Prime Minister of Northern Ireland.-Family life:Andrews was born in Comber, County Down, Ireland in 1871, the eldest child in the family of four sons and one daughter of Thomas Andrews DL, flax spinner, and his wife Eliza Pirrie, a sister of Lord Pirrie,... |
from 7 June 1921 |
| D. G. Shillington | from 21 April 1937 | |
| J. F. Gordon | from 29 August 1938 | |
| Minister of Commerce for Northern Ireland | Milne Barbour Milne Barbour Sir John Milne Barbour, 1st Baronet JP, DL was a Northern Irish politician and baronet. As a member of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland he was styled The Right Honourable Sir Milne Barbour.-Background and education:... |
Created 16 June 1925 |