MPs elected in the Northern Ireland general election, 1938
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This is a list of Members of Parliament elected in the Northern Ireland general election, 1938.
All members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons elected at the Northern Ireland general election, 1938
are listed.
All members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons elected at the Northern Ireland general election, 1938
Northern Ireland general election, 1938
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are listed.
Members
Name | Constituency | Party |
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Paddy Agnew Paddy Agnew (Stormont MP) Paddy Agnew was a politician in Northern Ireland.Agnew was brought up a Roman Catholic and held nationalist views. However his politics were also leaning towards labourism, and he had clashes with more conservative Catholic politicians.... |
South Armagh South Armagh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) South Armagh was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:South Armagh was a county constituency comprising the southern part of County Armagh. It was created when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland... |
Labour (NI) Northern Ireland Labour Party The Northern Ireland Labour Party was an Irish political party which operated from 1924 until 1987.In 1913 the British Labour Party resolved to give the recently formed Irish Labour Party exclusive organising rights in Ireland... |
John Miller Andrews | Mid Down Mid Down (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Mid Down was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Mid Down was a county constituency comprising part of northern County Down, immediately south east of Belfast. It was created when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout... |
Ulster Unionist |
John Edgar Bailey John Edgar Bailey John Edgar Bailey was a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.A farmer by profession, he was educated at private school and was a member of Down County Council. He was elected to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland from the West Down seat in 1938, and represented the constituency until his... |
West Down West Down (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) West Down was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:West Down was a county constituency comprising part of western County Down. It was created when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland... |
Ulster Unionist |
John Milne Barbour | South Antrim | Ulster Unionist |
Dawson Bates Dawson Bates Sir Richard Dawson Bates, 1st Baronet, OBE, PC, JP, DL , also known as Sir Dawson Bates , was an Ulster Unionist Party member of the Northern Ireland House of Commons.... |
Belfast Victoria Belfast Victoria (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Belfast Victoria was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Belfast Victoria was a borough constituency comprising part of eastern Belfast... |
Ulster Unionist |
Jack Beattie Jack Beattie Jack Beattie was a politician from Northern Ireland.He was a teacher by profession. He joined the Northern Ireland Labour Party . In 1925, he became a Member of the Northern Ireland House of Commons for Belfast East. He represented Belfast Pottinger from 1929... |
Belfast Pottinger Belfast Pottinger (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Belfast Pottinger was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Belfast Pottinger was a borough constituency comprising part of eastern Belfast... |
Independent Labour |
Arthur Black | Belfast Willowfield Belfast Willowfield (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Belfast Willowfield was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Belfast Willowfield was a borough constituency comprising part of southern Belfast... |
Ulster Unionist |
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.... |
Lisnaskea Lisnaskea (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Lisnaskea was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Lisnaskea was a county constituency comprising the eastern part of County Fermanagh. It was created in 1929, when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland... |
Ulster Unionist |
James Brown James Brown (Northern Ireland politician) James Brown was a Unionist politician and journalist in Northern Ireland.Brown stood as an independent Farmers and New Industries candidate in South Down at the Northern Ireland general election, 1938... |
South Down South Down (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) South Down was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:South Down was a county constituency comprising part of southern County Down. It was created when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland... |
Independent Unionist Independent Unionist See also Independent .Independent Unionist has been a label sometimes used by candidates in elections in the United Kingdom, indicating a support for Unionism, retaining the unity of the British state.... |
Richard Byrne | Belfast Falls Belfast Falls (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Belfast Falls was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Belfast Falls was a borough constituency comprising part of western Belfast... |
Nationalist Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) The Nationalist Party† - was the continuation of the Irish Parliamentary Party, and was formed after partition, by the Northern Ireland-based members of the IPP.... |
Thomas Joseph Campbell Thomas Joseph Campbell Thomas Joseph Campbell , known as T. J. Campbell, was an Irish nationalist newspaper editor, politician and judge.Brought up as a Roman Catholic in Belfast, Campbell studied at St Malachy's College and the Royal University of Ireland. In 1895, he began editing the Irish News, a local nationalist... |
Belfast Central Belfast Central (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Belfast Central was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Belfast Central was a borough constituency comprising part of central Belfast... |
Nationalist Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) The Nationalist Party† - was the continuation of the Irish Parliamentary Party, and was formed after partition, by the Northern Ireland-based members of the IPP.... |
George Anthony Clark | Belfast Dock Belfast Dock (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Belfast Dock was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Belfast Dock was a borough constituency comprising part of northern Belfast... |
Ulster Unionist |
James Craig James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, PC, PC , was a prominent Irish unionist politician, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party and the first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland... |
North Down North Down (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) North Down was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:North Down was a county constituency comprising part of northern County Down, immediately south east of Belfast. It was created when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout... |
Ulster Unionist |
Robert Corkey Robert Corkey The Very Rev. Professor Robert Corkey, PC , was a Presbyterian minister, a professor of theology and a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.... |
Queen's University | Ulster Unionist |
John Clarke Davison John Clarke Davison John Clarke Davison was a barrister and Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.Davison was educated at Coleraine Academical Institution and Trinity College, Dublin and was called to the Irish Bar in 1898. He was a legal adviser to the Government of Northern Ireland from 1922-1925, and Senior... |
Mid Armagh Mid Armagh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Mid Armagh was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Mid Armagh was a county constituency comprising the south central part of County Armagh. It was created when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland... |
Ulster Unionist |
Herbert Dixon Herbert Dixon, 1st Baron Glentoran Herbert Dixon, 1st Baron Glentoran OBE PC was a Northern Ireland Unionist politician.He was born in Belfast, the fourth son of Sir Daniel Dixon, 1st Baronet, and educated at Harrow and Sandhurst, being commissioned into the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, with which regiment he served in the Second... |
Belfast Bloomfield Belfast Bloomfield (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Belfast Bloomfield was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Belfast Bloomfield was a borough constituency comprising part of eastern Belfast... |
Ulster Unionist |
Alexander Donnelly | West Tyrone West Tyrone (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) West Tyrone was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:West Tyrone was a county constituency comprising the western part of County Tyrone. It was created when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland... |
Nationalist Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) The Nationalist Party† - was the continuation of the Irish Parliamentary Party, and was formed after partition, by the Northern Ireland-based members of the IPP.... |
William Dowling | Belfast Windsor Belfast Windsor (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Belfast Windsor was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Belfast Windsor was a borough constituency comprising part of southern Belfast... |
Ulster Unionist |
Rowley Elliott Rowley Elliott Rowley Elliott was a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.He was educated at Cookstown Academy and the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and became a farmer and cattle breeder. He was a member of Tyrone County Council and served as its chairman. He was a justice of the peace and Deputy... |
South Tyrone South Tyrone (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) South Tyrone was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:South Tyrone was a county constituency comprising the central part of County Tyrone. It was created when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland... |
Ulster Unionist |
Erne Ferguson | Enniskillen Enniskillen (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Enniskillen was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Enniskillen was a county constituency comprising the northern part of County Fermanagh. It was created in 1929, when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland... |
Ulster Unionist |
James Gamble | North Tyrone North Tyrone (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) North Tyrone was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:North Tyrone was a county constituency comprising the northern part of County Tyrone. It was created when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland... |
Ulster Unionist |
Alexander Gordon Alexander Gordon (politician) Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Alexander Robert Gisborne Gordon GBE DSO PC was a Unionist Member and Senator in the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Family background:... |
East Down East Down (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) East Down was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:East Down was a county constituency comprising the towns of Ardglass, Ballynahinch, Crossgar, Downpatrick, Dunmore, Killinchy, Killyleagh, Kilmore, Saintfield and Strangford, all in the current Down District Council... |
Ulster Unionist |
John Fawcett Gordon John Fawcett Gordon John Fawcett Gordon PC was a politician in Northern Ireland.He was educated at Falls River School, Massachusetts, United States. He was manager of flax camps and a member of Belfast Corporation from 1920-23... |
Carrick | Ulster Unionist |
William Grant William Grant (Northern Ireland politician) Rt. Hon. William Grant was a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.Born in Belfast, Grant worked as a shipwright and was a founder member of the Ulster Unionist Labour Association. He was also a founder member of the Ulster Volunteer Force... |
Belfast Duncairn Belfast Duncairn (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Belfast Duncairn was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Belfast Duncairn was a borough constituency comprising part of northern Belfast... |
Ulster Unionist |
Samuel Hall-Thompson Samuel Hall-Thompson Lt-Col. Samuel Hall-Thompson was a Unionist politician from Northern Ireland.Hall-Thompson was born in Crawfordsburn and studied at Dulwich College. His father, Rt. Hon. Robert Thompson, DL, was also an MP... |
Belfast Clifton Belfast Clifton (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Belfast Clifton was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Belfast Clifton was a borough constituency comprising part of northern Belfast... |
Ulster Unionist |
Cahir Healy Cahir Healy Cahir Healy was an Irish politician.Born in Mountcharles in County Donegal, he became a journalist working on various local papers. He joined Sinn Féin on its foundation in 1905. He later campaigned against the inclusion of County Fermanagh and County Tyrone in Northern Ireland, arguing that they... |
South Fermanagh South Fermanagh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) South Fermanagh was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Fermanagh South was a county constituency comprising the southern part of County Fermanagh. It was created in 1929 when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern... |
Nationalist Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) The Nationalist Party† - was the continuation of the Irish Parliamentary Party, and was formed after partition, by the Northern Ireland-based members of the IPP.... |
Tommy Henderson Tommy Henderson Thomas Gibson Henderson was an Ulster independent Unionist politician. He served in the House of Commons of Northern Ireland from 1925 to 1953 in vigorous opposition to the Unionist governments on all issues other than the partition of Ireland, and is famous for having at one stage spoken for... |
Belfast Shankill Belfast Shankill (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Belfast Shankill was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Belfast Shankill was a borough constituency comprising part of northern Belfast... |
Independent Unionist Association Independent Unionist Association The Independent Unionist Association or Independent Unionist Party was a political party in Northern Ireland.The organisation was founded in 1937, shortly before the announcement of the Northern Ireland general election, 1938. It consisted of a disparate group of independent Unionists, and... |
Alexander Wilson Hungerford | Belfast Oldpark Belfast Oldpark (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Belfast Oldpark was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Belfast Oldpark was a borough constituency comprising part of northern Belfast... |
Ulster Unionist |
John Johnston | North Armagh North Armagh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) North Armagh was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:North Armagh was a county constituency comprising the northern part of County Armagh. It was created when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland... |
Ulster Unionist |
Robert James Johnstone | Queen's University | Ulster Unionist |
George Leeke George Leeke George Leeke was an Irish nationalist politician.Leeke owned a hotel and fishery. He was elected to Londonderry County Council for the Nationalist Party. At the Northern Ireland general election, 1921, Leeke was elected in the Londonderry seat, although he did not take his seat until 1926... |
Mid Londonderry Mid Londonderry (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Mid Londonderry was a county constituency comprising the central part of County Londonderry. It was created in 1929, when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland... |
Nationalist Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) The Nationalist Party† - was the continuation of the Irish Parliamentary Party, and was formed after partition, by the Northern Ireland-based members of the IPP.... |
Robert John Lynn | North Antrim | Ulster Unionist |
Brian Maginess Brian Maginess William Brian Maginess, QC was a member of the Government of Northern Ireland, who was widely seen as a possible successor to Lord Brookeborough as Prime Minister of Northern Ireland.... |
Iveagh Iveagh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Iveagh was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Iveagh was a county constituency comprising part of northern County Down, south west of Belfast. It was created when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland... |
Ulster Unionist |
Patrick Maxwell | Foyle Foyle (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Foyle was a single member constituency in the Parliament of Northern Ireland. It was created in 1929 as one of the five single-member constituencies replacing the former five-member Londonderry constituency... |
Nationalist Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) The Nationalist Party† - was the continuation of the Irish Parliamentary Party, and was formed after partition, by the Northern Ireland-based members of the IPP.... |
Hugh McAleer Hugh McAleer Hugh McAleer was an Irish nationalist politician.Born in Beragh, County Tyrone, McAleer worked as a teacher before being elected to Tyrone County Council. He became the President of the Ancient Order of Hibernians in County Tyrone, and at the Northern Ireland general election, 1929, he was... |
Mid Tyrone Mid Tyrone (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Mid Tyrone was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Mid Tyrone was a county constituency comprising the central part of County Tyrone. It was created when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland... |
Nationalist Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) The Nationalist Party† - was the continuation of the Irish Parliamentary Party, and was formed after partition, by the Northern Ireland-based members of the IPP.... |
John MacDermott John MacDermott, Baron MacDermott John Clarke MacDermott, Baron MacDermott, MC PC was a Northern Irish politician and lawyer who was Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland from 1951 to 1971.... |
Queen's University | Ulster Unionist |
Hugh Minford | Antrim Antrim (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Antrim was a county constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland from 1921 - 1929. It returned seven MPs, using the single transferable vote method of proportional representation.-Boundaries:... |
Ulster Unionist |
Arthur Brownlow Mitchell | Queen's University | Ulster Unionist |
Robert Moore | North Londonderry North Londonderry (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) North Londonderry was a county constituency comprising the southern part of County Londonderry. It was created in 1929, when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland... |
Ulster Unionist |
Henry Mulholland Sir Henry Mulholland, 1st Baronet Sir Henry George Hill Mulholland, 1st Baronet PC , was a Northern Ireland politician.Mulholland was the third son of Henry Lyle Mulholland, 2nd Baron Dunleath, and Norah Louisa Fanny Ward... |
Ards Ards (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Ards was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Ards was a county constituency comprising the town of Newtownards, the Ards peninsula and the town of Donaghadee. It was created in 1929 when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first past the post elections... |
Ulster Unionist |
Edward Sullivan Murphy Edward Sullivan Murphy Edward Sullivan Murphy PC KC was an Irish barrister, judge and politician. He was brother-in-law to Northern Ireland's first Lord Chief Justice, Sir Denis Henry, Bt. .He was educated at Charterhouse School, Surrey, and Trinity College, Dublin... |
City of Londonderry City of Londonderry (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) The City of Londonderry parliamentary constituency was a single member constituency in the Parliament of Northern Ireland. It was created in 1929, as one of the five single member constituencies replacing the former five member Londonderry constituency.... |
Ulster Unionist |
John William Nixon John William Nixon John William Nixon, MBE was a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.Born in Graddum, County Cavan, Nixon became a district inspector in the Royal Irish Constabulary, and transferred to its successor in the new state of Northern Ireland, the Royal Ulster Constabulary... |
Belfast Woodvale Belfast Woodvale (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Belfast Woodvale was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Belfast Woodvale was a borough constituency comprising part of western Belfast... |
Independent Unionist Independent Unionist See also Independent .Independent Unionist has been a label sometimes used by candidates in elections in the United Kingdom, indicating a support for Unionism, retaining the unity of the British state.... |
George Panter | Mourne Mourne (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Mourne was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Mourne was a county constituency comprising part of southern County Down, including the Mountains of Mourne. It was created when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern... |
Ulster Unionist |
Dehra Parker Dehra Parker Dame Dehra S. Parker, GBE, PC was the longest serving woman MP in the Northern Ireland House of Commons.-Family life:... |
South Londonderry South Londonderry (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) The South Londonderry constituency for the Parliament of Northern Ireland was created in 1929 and continued until the abolition of the Parliament in 1973... |
Ulster Unionist |
John Patrick John Patrick (politician) John Patrick was an Ulster Unionist Party politician. He was elected at the 1938 Northern Ireland general election as a Member of Parliament for Mid Antrim, and held the seat until the 1945 general election.-References:... |
Mid Antrim Mid Antrim (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Mid Antrim was a constituency of the Northern Ireland House of Commons.The House of Commons Act , 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections for 48 single-member constituencies .It was a single-member division of County Antrim represented in the Parliament of Northern Ireland... |
Ulster Unionist |
Harold Claude Robinson | Larne | Ulster Unionist |
David Shillington | Central Armagh Central Armagh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Central Armagh was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Central Armagh was a county constituency comprising the north central part of County Armagh. It was created when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland... |
Ulster Unionist |
John Maynard Sinclair | Belfast Cromac Belfast Cromac (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Belfast Cromac was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Belfast Cromac was a borough constituency comprising part of southern Belfast... |
Ulster Unionist |
Joseph Francis Stewart Joseph Francis Stewart Joseph Francis Stewart, known as Joe Stewart , was an Irish nationalist politician.After growing up in Dungannon, where he studied at the Christian Brothers' School, Stewart worked as a wine merchant and became active in the Irish Parliamentry Party... |
East Tyrone East Tyrone (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) East Tyrone was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:East Tyrone was a county constituency comprising the eastern part of County Tyrone. It was created in 1929, when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland... |
Nationalist Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) The Nationalist Party† - was the continuation of the Irish Parliamentary Party, and was formed after partition, by the Northern Ireland-based members of the IPP.... |
Frederick Thompson | Belfast Ballynafeigh Belfast Ballynafeigh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Belfast Ballynafeigh was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Belfast Ballynafeigh was a borough constituency comprising part of southern Belfast... |
Ulster Unionist |
John Warnock | Belfast St Anne's Belfast St Anne's (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Belfast St Anne's was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Belfast St Anne's was a borough constituency comprising part of south-western Belfast... |
Ulster Unionist |
George Charles Gillespie Young | Bannside | Ulster Unionist |
Changes
- 29 September 1938: Norman StrongeNorman StrongeCaptain Sir Charles Norman Lockhart Stronge, 8th Baronet, MC, PC , JP was a senior Unionist politician in Northern Ireland....
elected for the Unionists in Mid ArmaghMid Armagh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)Mid Armagh was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Mid Armagh was a county constituency comprising the south central part of County Armagh. It was created when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland...
, following the resignation of John Clarke DavisonJohn Clarke DavisonJohn Clarke Davison was a barrister and Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.Davison was educated at Coleraine Academical Institution and Trinity College, Dublin and was called to the Irish Bar in 1898. He was a legal adviser to the Government of Northern Ireland from 1922-1925, and Senior...
. - 5 December 1938: Howard Stevenson elected as a Unionist for Queen's University, following the death of Robert James Johnstone.
- 1938: James BrownJames Brown (Northern Ireland politician)James Brown was a Unionist politician and journalist in Northern Ireland.Brown stood as an independent Farmers and New Industries candidate in South Down at the Northern Ireland general election, 1938...
accepted the Ulster Unionist whipWhip (politics)A whip is an official in a political party whose primary purpose is to ensure party discipline in a legislature. Whips are a party's "enforcers", who typically offer inducements and threaten punishments for party members to ensure that they vote according to the official party policy...
. - 30 March 1939: Death of George LeekeGeorge LeekeGeorge Leeke was an Irish nationalist politician.Leeke owned a hotel and fishery. He was elected to Londonderry County Council for the Nationalist Party. At the Northern Ireland general election, 1921, Leeke was elected in the Londonderry seat, although he did not take his seat until 1926...
, MP for Mid LondonderryMid Londonderry (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)Mid Londonderry was a county constituency comprising the central part of County Londonderry. It was created in 1929, when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland...
. This position remained unfilled at the time of the 1945 general election. - 27 April 1939: William LowryWilliam LowryWilliam Lowry PC KC was an Irish barrister, judge, Ulster Unionist Member of Parliament and Attorney General for Northern Ireland-Career:...
elected for the Unionists in City of LondonderryCity of Londonderry (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)The City of Londonderry parliamentary constituency was a single member constituency in the Parliament of Northern Ireland. It was created in 1929, as one of the five single member constituencies replacing the former five member Londonderry constituency....
, following the resignation of Edward Sullivan MurphyEdward Sullivan MurphyEdward Sullivan Murphy PC KC was an Irish barrister, judge and politician. He was brother-in-law to Northern Ireland's first Lord Chief Justice, Sir Denis Henry, Bt. .He was educated at Charterhouse School, Surrey, and Trinity College, Dublin...
. - 10 November 1939: Malcolm Patrick elected for the Unionists in Bannside, following the death of George Charles Gillespie Young.
- 15 March 1941: George DouganGeorge DouganGeorge Dougan was a dispensary doctor and MP for Central Armagh in the Parliament of Northern Ireland. Dougan was elected to Stormont on 15 March 1941, replacing David Shillington....
elected for the Unionists in Central ArmaghCentral Armagh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)Central Armagh was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Central Armagh was a county constituency comprising the north central part of County Armagh. It was created when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland...
, following the death of David Shillington. - 27 March 1941: Thomas BailieThomas BailieThomas Bailie was an Ulster Unionist Party Member of Parliament in the Parliament of Northern Ireland, based at Stormont, during which time he was Deputy Speaker....
elected as an independent UnionistIndependent UnionistSee also Independent .Independent Unionist has been a label sometimes used by candidates in elections in the United Kingdom, indicating a support for Unionism, retaining the unity of the British state....
in North DownNorth Down (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)North Down was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:North Down was a county constituency comprising part of northern County Down, immediately south east of Belfast. It was created when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout...
, following the death of James CraigJames Craig, 1st Viscount CraigavonJames Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, PC, PC , was a prominent Irish unionist politician, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party and the first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland...
. - 2 July 1941: Michael McGurkMichael McGurkMichael McGurk was a nationalist politician and farmer in Northern Ireland.McGurk became active in the Irish Home Rule campaign in the early 1900s...
elected as an independent NationalistIndependent NationalistIndependent Nationalist was a political title frequently used by Irish nationalists when contesting elections to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland not as members of the Irish Parliamentary Party, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.In the...
in Mid TyroneMid Tyrone (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)Mid Tyrone was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Mid Tyrone was a county constituency comprising the central part of County Tyrone. It was created when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland...
, following the death of Hugh McAleerHugh McAleerHugh McAleer was an Irish nationalist politician.Born in Beragh, County Tyrone, McAleer worked as a teacher before being elected to Tyrone County Council. He became the President of the Ancient Order of Hibernians in County Tyrone, and at the Northern Ireland general election, 1929, he was...
. - 3 December 1941: Harry MidgleyHarry MidgleyHenry Cassidy Midgley, PC , known as Harry Midgley was a prominent politician in Northern Ireland. Born to a unionist family in Belfast, he worked in the textile industry before joining the Royal Engineers during World War I....
elected for the Northern Ireland Labour PartyNorthern Ireland Labour PartyThe Northern Ireland Labour Party was an Irish political party which operated from 1924 until 1987.In 1913 the British Labour Party resolved to give the recently formed Irish Labour Party exclusive organising rights in Ireland...
in Belfast WillowfieldBelfast Willowfield (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)Belfast Willowfield was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Belfast Willowfield was a borough constituency comprising part of southern Belfast...
, following the resignation of Arthur Black. - 2 April 1942: Eamon DonnellyEamon DonnellyEamon Donnelly was an Irish politician.Born in Ulster and living in Newry, Donnelly was elected as an independent independent republican member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland in Armagh at the 1925 general election. Shortly after his election, he was served with an order excluding him from...
elected as an independent RepublicanIndependent Republican (Ireland)Independent Republican was a political title frequently used by Irish republicans when contesting elections in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland since the 1920s....
in Belfast FallsBelfast Falls (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)Belfast Falls was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Belfast Falls was a borough constituency comprising part of western Belfast...
, following the death of Richard Byrne - 19 October 1942: William Lyle elected as a Unionist for Queen's University, following the death of Arthur Brownlow Mitchell.
- 1942: Jack BeattieJack BeattieJack Beattie was a politician from Northern Ireland.He was a teacher by profession. He joined the Northern Ireland Labour Party . In 1925, he became a Member of the Northern Ireland House of Commons for Belfast East. He represented Belfast Pottinger from 1929...
re-admitted into the Northern Ireland Labour PartyNorthern Ireland Labour PartyThe Northern Ireland Labour Party was an Irish political party which operated from 1924 until 1987.In 1913 the British Labour Party resolved to give the recently formed Irish Labour Party exclusive organising rights in Ireland...
. - December 1942: Harry MidgleyHarry MidgleyHenry Cassidy Midgley, PC , known as Harry Midgley was a prominent politician in Northern Ireland. Born to a unionist family in Belfast, he worked in the textile industry before joining the Royal Engineers during World War I....
resigned from the Northern Ireland Labour PartyNorthern Ireland Labour PartyThe Northern Ireland Labour Party was an Irish political party which operated from 1924 until 1987.In 1913 the British Labour Party resolved to give the recently formed Irish Labour Party exclusive organising rights in Ireland...
and founds the Commonwealth Labour PartyCommonwealth Labour PartyThe Commonwealth Labour Party was a minor political party in Northern Ireland. The party was founded in 1942 by Harry Midgley, former leader of the Northern Ireland Labour Party , in order to pursue his brand of labour unionism....
. - 2 July 1943: John W. Renshaw elected as a Unionist for Queen's University, following the resignation of Robert CorkeyRobert CorkeyThe Very Rev. Professor Robert Corkey, PC , was a Presbyterian minister, a professor of theology and a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland....
. - 11 August 1943: Thomas LyonsThomas Lyons (politician)Thomas Lyons was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.Lyons studied at Albert Agricultural College in Glasnevin, then emigrated to Australia in 1922. He returned to Ireland in 1939, and was elected for the Ulster Unionist Party in North Tyrone in 1943. At the 1945 UK general election, he...
elected for the Unionists in North TyroneNorth Tyrone (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)North Tyrone was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:North Tyrone was a county constituency comprising the northern part of County Tyrone. It was created when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland...
, following the death of James Gamble. - 26 August 1943: John Dermot CampbellJohn Dermot CampbellJohn Dermot Campbell DL was a Northern Irish businessman and Ulster Unionist Member of Parliament in both United Kingdom and Northern Ireland Parliaments. He was killed during World War II in a plane crash....
elected for the Unionists in Carrick, following the resignation of John Fawcett GordonJohn Fawcett GordonJohn Fawcett Gordon PC was a politician in Northern Ireland.He was educated at Falls River School, Massachusetts, United States. He was manager of flax camps and a member of Belfast Corporation from 1920-23...
. - 1943: Jack BeattieJack BeattieJack Beattie was a politician from Northern Ireland.He was a teacher by profession. He joined the Northern Ireland Labour Party . In 1925, he became a Member of the Northern Ireland House of Commons for Belfast East. He represented Belfast Pottinger from 1929...
resigned from the Northern Ireland Labour PartyNorthern Ireland Labour PartyThe Northern Ireland Labour Party was an Irish political party which operated from 1924 until 1987.In 1913 the British Labour Party resolved to give the recently formed Irish Labour Party exclusive organising rights in Ireland...
to sit as an independent Labour MP. - 13 December 1944: Herbert QuinHerbert QuinHerbert Quin was a unionist politician and barrister in Northern Ireland.Quin studied at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and Queen's University Belfast before joining the Irish Bar. He was also a chartered accountant. In 1944, he was elected as an Ulster Unionist Party MP for the...
elected as a Unionist for Queen's University, following the resignation of John MacDermottJohn MacDermott, Baron MacDermottJohn Clarke MacDermott, Baron MacDermott, MC PC was a Northern Irish politician and lawyer who was Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland from 1951 to 1971....
. - 29 December 1944: Death of Eamon DonnellyEamon DonnellyEamon Donnelly was an Irish politician.Born in Ulster and living in Newry, Donnelly was elected as an independent independent republican member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland in Armagh at the 1925 general election. Shortly after his election, he was served with an order excluding him from...
, MP for Belfast FallsBelfast Falls (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)Belfast Falls was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Belfast Falls was a borough constituency comprising part of western Belfast...
. This position remained unfilled at the time of the general election. - 12 April 1945: William McCoyW. F. McCoyWilliam Frederick McCoy was an Ulster Unionist member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland for South Tyrone who went on to become an early supporter of Ulster nationalism....
elected for the Unionists in South TyroneSouth Tyrone (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)South Tyrone was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:South Tyrone was a county constituency comprising the central part of County Tyrone. It was created when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland...
, following the death of Rowley ElliottRowley ElliottRowley Elliott was a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.He was educated at Cookstown Academy and the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and became a farmer and cattle breeder. He was a member of Tyrone County Council and served as its chairman. He was a justice of the peace and Deputy...
. - 19 April 1945: Lancelot CurranLancelot CurranMajor Sir Lancelot Ernest Curran was a Northern Ireland High Court judge and parliamentarian.He was elected as Ulster Unionist Member of Parliament for Carrick in the Stormont Parliament serving from 1945 till 1949, and was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance...
elected for the Unionists in Carrick, following the death of John Dermot CampbellJohn Dermot CampbellJohn Dermot Campbell DL was a Northern Irish businessman and Ulster Unionist Member of Parliament in both United Kingdom and Northern Ireland Parliaments. He was killed during World War II in a plane crash....
. - 19 April 1945: Walter ToppingWalter ToppingWalter William Buchanan Topping was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.Topping studied at the Rossall School and Queen's University Belfast, before becoming a barrister in 1930. During World War II, he served as a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Artillery...
elected for the Unionists in Larne, following the death of Harold Claude Robinson. - 1945: Thomas BailieThomas BailieThomas Bailie was an Ulster Unionist Party Member of Parliament in the Parliament of Northern Ireland, based at Stormont, during which time he was Deputy Speaker....
accepted the Ulster Unionist Party whipWhip (politics)A whip is an official in a political party whose primary purpose is to ensure party discipline in a legislature. Whips are a party's "enforcers", who typically offer inducements and threaten punishments for party members to ensure that they vote according to the official party policy...
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