MPs elected in the Northern Ireland general election, 1945
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This is a list of Members of Parliament elected in the Northern Ireland general election, 1945.
All members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons elected at the Northern Ireland general election, 1945 are listed.
All members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons elected at the Northern Ireland general election, 1945 are listed.
Members
Name | Constituency | Party |
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Robert Brown Alexander | 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 |
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 |
Thomas Bailie Thomas Bailie Thomas 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.... |
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 |
John Milne Barbour | South Antrim | 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 |
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 |
Irene Calvert Irene Calvert Irene Calvert was a Northern Irish politician and economist.Born in Belfast, as Lilian Irene Mercer Earls, she studied at Methodist College, Belfast. Leaving school at the age of 18 she worked for some years in various stores, before going to Queen's University, Belfast from 1933 to 1936 to study... |
Queen's University | Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... |
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.... |
Malachy Conlon Malachy Conlon Malachy Conlon was a nationalist politician in Ireland.Conlon strongly believed that there was a need for a membership organisation linking nationalists in Northern Ireland. He pursued this theme during his campaign for the Nationalist Party in South Armagh at the Northern Ireland general... |
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... |
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.... |
Lancelot Curran Lancelot Curran Major 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... |
Carrick | Ulster Unionist |
Harry Diamond Harry Diamond Harry Diamond was a socialist and an Irish nationalist. He was the MP for Belfast Falls in the Parliament of Northern Ireland, and later the leader of the Republican Labour Party.... |
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... |
Socialist Republican Socialist Republican Party (Ireland) The Socialist Republican Party was an Irish republican political party in Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1944 by a coalition of former Nationalist Party members, former Irish Republican Army members and Protestant trade unionists around Victor Halley, all based in West Belfast.The party... |
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.... |
George Dougan George Dougan George 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.... |
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 |
Hugh Downey Hugh Downey Hugh Downey was a politician in Northern Ireland.Downey was a Roman Catholic and worked as a barman. He joined the Northern Ireland Labour Party and by 1942 was its Vice-Chairman.... |
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... |
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... |
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 |
Robert Getgood Robert Getgood Robert Getgood , sometimes known as Bob Getgood, was a politician and trade unionist in Northern Ireland.Getgood joined the Amalgamated Transport and General Workers Union , and later became its Textile Officer. He also joined the Northern Ireland Labour Party... |
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... |
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... |
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 |
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 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.... |
William Lowry William Lowry William Lowry PC KC was an Irish barrister, judge, Ulster Unionist Member of Parliament and Attorney General for Northern Ireland-Career:... |
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 |
Robert John Lynn | North Antrim | Ulster Unionist |
Thomas Lyons Thomas 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... |
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 |
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.... |
Eddie McAteer Eddie McAteer Eddie McAteer was an nationalist politician in Northern Ireland.Born in Coatbridge, Scotland, McAteer's family moved to Derry in Northern Ireland while he was young. In 1930 he joined the Inland Revenue, where he worked until 1944. He then became an accountant and more actively involved in politics... |
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.... |
William McCoy W. F. McCoy William 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.... |
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 |
Michael McGurk Michael McGurk Michael McGurk was a nationalist politician and farmer in Northern Ireland.McGurk became active in the Irish Home Rule campaign in the early 1900s... |
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... |
Independent Nationalist Independent Nationalist Independent 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... |
Dinah McNabb Dinah McNabb Dinah McNabb was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.Born in Lurgan, McNabb studied at Queen's University, Belfast. She was elected to Armagh County Council for the Ulster Unionist Party, and was then elected at the Northern Ireland general election, 1945 in North Armagh, serving until her... |
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 |
Frederick McSorley | Queen's University | Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... |
James McSparran James McSparran James McSparran QC , was an Irish nationalist politician.McSparran was born in Glasgow to an Irish family He studied at St Mungo's Academy, Glasgow, then St Malachy's College in Belfast, Queen's University of Belfast, and the National University of Ireland.McSparran was appointed to the Irish Bar... |
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... |
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.... |
Harry Midgley Harry Midgley Henry 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.... |
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... |
Commonwealth Labour Commonwealth Labour Party The 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.... |
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 |
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 |
Peter Murnoy Peter Murnoy Peter Murnoy was a nationalist politician and political activist in Northern Ireland.Murnoy was a farmer and was a volunteer in the Irish Republican Army from 1916 until 1922. In 1926, he was the joint founder of the National Defence Association, which opposed recognition of Stormont... |
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... |
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 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.... |
Malcolm Patrick | Bannside | 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 |
Robert Perceval-Maxwell Robert Perceval-Maxwell Major John Robert Perceval-Maxwell was an Ulster Unionist Party politician from Northern Ireland.Perceval-Maxwell was educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was called to the Bar but did not practice as a Barrister. From 1935 to 1941 he was a member of the Senate of... |
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 |
Herbert Quin Herbert Quin Herbert 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... |
Queen's University | 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 |
Howard Stevenson | Queen's University | 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.... |
Norman Stronge Norman Stronge Captain Sir Charles Norman Lockhart Stronge, 8th Baronet, MC, PC , JP was a senior Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.... |
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 |
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 |
Walter Topping Walter Topping Walter 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... |
Larne | 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 |
Archibald Wilson | 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 |
Robert Nichol Wilson Robert Nichol Wilson Robert Nichol Wilson, known as R. N. Wilson, was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.Wilson studied at Malvern College and served in the Royal Artillery during World War II. After the war, he became a director of a textile company and joined the Ulster Unionist Party... |
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 |
Changes
- 1945: 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...
joined the Federation of Labour (Ireland)Federation of Labour (Ireland)The Federation of Labour was a small nationalist political party in Northern Ireland.It was founded in 1944 by much of the Belfast West branch of the Northern Ireland Labour Party , opposed to that group's acceptance of the partition of Ireland and movement towards unionism.The party was led by...
. - 15 October 1945: William McCleeryWilliam McCleery (politician)William McCleery was a prominent Unionist in Northern Ireland.McCleery was the managing director of Hale, Martin and Company, and from 1921 until 1946 was the President of the Ballymoney Chamber of Commerce, from 1922 until 1945 was Chair of the North Antrim Agricultural Association, and from 1931...
elected for the Unionists in North Antrim, following the death of Robert John Lynn. - 22 August 1946: Francis Hanna 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 CentralBelfast 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...
, following the resignation of Thomas Joseph CampbellThomas Joseph CampbellThomas 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...
. - 7 November 1946: Terence O'NeillTerence O'NeillTerence Marne O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of the Maine, PC was the fourth Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and leader of the Ulster Unionist Party...
elected for the Unionists in Bannside, following the death of Malcolm Patrick. - 27 June 1947: James Godfrey MacManawayJames Godfrey MacManawayJames Godfrey MacManaway, MBE was a British Unionist politician and Church of Ireland cleric, notable for being disqualified as a Member of Parliament, owing to his status as a priest.-Early life:...
elected for the Unionists in Londonderry City, following the resignation of William LowryWilliam LowryWilliam Lowry PC KC was an Irish barrister, judge, Ulster Unionist Member of Parliament and Attorney General for Northern Ireland-Career:...
. - 20 April 1948: Samuel Irwin elected for the Unionists in Queen's University Belfast, following the death of Frederick McSorley.
- 16 August 1948: Edward McCullaghEdward McCullaghEdward Vincent McCullagh was a nationalist politician and farmer in Northern Ireland.McCullagh was a member of Omagh Rural District Council and was active in his local Gaelic Athletic Association. In 1948, he won a by-election in Mid Tyrone and was elected to the Parliament of Northern Ireland for...
elected for the Nationalist PartyNationalist 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....
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 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...
. - 1949: 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...
disbanded the Federation of Labour (Ireland)Federation of Labour (Ireland)The Federation of Labour was a small nationalist political party in Northern Ireland.It was founded in 1944 by much of the Belfast West branch of the Northern Ireland Labour Party , opposed to that group's acceptance of the partition of Ireland and movement towards unionism.The party was led by...
and joined the Irish Labour Party.