Samuel Rodgers
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Samuel Rodgers was a unionist politician
Politician
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 in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
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Rodgers qualified as a medical doctor at Queen's University Belfast in 1926. During World War II
World War II
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, he served with the Royal Army Medical Corps
Royal Army Medical Corps
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. He joined the Ulster Unionist Party
Ulster Unionist Party
The Ulster Unionist Party – sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or, in a historic sense, simply the Unionist Party – is the more moderate of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland...

, and stood unsuccessfully for them in Belfast Pottinger
Belfast Pottinger (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)
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 at the Northern Ireland general election, 1945. However, he managed to take the seat at the next election, in 1949
Northern Ireland general election, 1949
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Rodgers held his seat in 1953
Northern Ireland general election, 1953
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, and chaired the Unionist backbenchers' committee from 1956 until 1958, when he lost his seat. He stood for Queen's University Belfast in a 1961 by-election, but was again unsuccessful. He was elected to the Senate of Northern Ireland
Senate of Northern Ireland
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the following year, serving until his death.
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