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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. It was created in 1929 when the House of Commons (Method of Voting and Redistribution of Seats) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland. Belfast Oldpark was created by the division of Belfast North into four new constituencies. It survived unchanged, returning one member of Parliament, until the Parliament of Northern Ireland was temporarily suspended in 1972, and then formally abolished in 1973.The Northern Ireland House of Commons, 1921-1972 Northern Ireland Elections Politics In common with other seats in North Belfast, the seat had little |
Northern Ireland Parliament Constituencies
The Northern Ireland House of Commons existed from 1921 to 1973 as the lower House of the devolved legislature of the part of the United Kingdom called Northern Ireland. As in the UK Parliament the constituencies were classified as Borough constituencies, borough, County constituencies, county or University constituencies, university constituencies. In 1921–29 the 52 provincial Members of Parliament were elected using proportional representation by the single transferable vote in multi member constituencies. The constituencies which returned one or two members to the UK Parliament, between 1922 and 1950, were used for Northern Ireland devolved elections in the 1921–29 period. Between 1929 and 1969 there were 48 single member constituencies, using the first past the post method of election. The non-territorial University constituency continued to return 4 members using the single transferable vote. For the 1969 election 4 new territorial constituencies were created to rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Getgood
Robert Getgood (23 March 1884 – 30 November 1964) was a politician and trade unionist in Northern Ireland. He was born in Ballymacanallen, Co Down, the son of George Getgood, a cobbler, and Eliza Jane Patton. In 1921 he married Annie Thompson. Getgood joined the Amalgamated Transport and General Workers Union (ATGWU), and later became its Textile Officer.Matt Merigan, ''Eagle Or Cuckoo?: The Story of the Atgwu in Ireland'' He also joined the Northern Ireland Labour Party (NILP). In 1931, he stood in an election for the Chairmanship of the party against Harry Midgley and Sam Kyle, but they were all beaten by Hugh Gemmell. However, Midgley became Chair later in the decade. During a dispute about the Spanish Civil War, Midgley stood down and Getgood finally became Chair in 1938.Graham S. Walker, ''The Politics of Frustration: Harry Midgley and the Failure of Labour in Northern Ireland'' In 1940, Getgood was elected to the Executive of the Irish Trades Union Congress (ITUC), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Blease
William John Blease, Baron Blease Justice of Peace, JP (28 May 1914 – 16 May 2008) was a trade unionist and politician from Northern Ireland. Blease, the son of William John Blease and Sarah Watts, was educated at McClure Public Elementary School and Belfast Metropolitan College, Belfast Technical College, the National Council of Labour Colleges and then the Workers' Educational Association. Blease worked first as a shop apprentice from 1929, becoming a grocer's assistant and grocery branch manager between 1938 and 1940. In 1940, he moved to Harland and Wolff, Belfast shipyard, where he stayed as clerk until 1945. He then became branch manager of the The Co-operative Group, Co-op Society of Belfast until 1959. In 1976, he was appointed as a justice of the peace for Belfast. He was also a member of the Chartered Management Institute, British Institute of Management. An active trade unionist, Blease was elected to the Northern Ireland Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1953 Northern Ireland General Election
The 1953 Northern Ireland general election was held on 22 October 1953. Like all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it produced a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party. Results ''All parties shown. Electorate 888,352 (428,216 in contested seats); Turnout 60.2% (257,924).'' Votes summary Seats summary See also * MPs elected in the Northern Ireland general election, 1953 ReferencesNorthern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results 1953 elections in the United Kingdom 1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Yug ... October 1953 events in the United Kingdom 1953 elections in Northern Ireland {{NorthernIreland-election-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack MacGougan
Jack Macgougan (21 August 1913 – 12 December 1998) was a trade unionist and socialist activist in Ireland. Born in Belfast to a Protestant family, Macgougan became an active trade unionist at an early age. In 1935 he was elected Secretary of the Socialist Party of Northern Ireland, a Northern Ireland Labour Party-affiliate split from the Independent Labour Party (NILP). In 1934, along with Victor Halley, Jack White and other northern trade unionists and socialists, he attended the convention in Athlone that established the broad "anti-imperialist" Republican Congress, and initiative of a left split from the Irish Republican Army. From 1936 he was active, alongside Betty Sinclair, Halley and others, in organising relief aid for the Spanish Republic in civil war with Franco.Courtney (2013), 331-332. In the 1938 Northern Ireland general election, he stood for the NILP in Belfast Oldpark, taking second place, with 40.8% of the vote. In 1945, he was appointed Irish Regional Organ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1938 Northern Ireland General Election
The 1938 Northern Ireland general election was held on 9 February 1938. Like all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it produced a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party. The newly-formed Ulster Progressive Unionist Association came second in vote share, but won no seats. Results ''Electorate: 825,101 (464,860 in contested seats); Turnout: 71.1% (330,355).'' Seat changes Votes summary Seats summary ReferencesNorthern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results {{Northern Ireland elections Northern Ireland general election 1938 Events January * January 1 ** The Constitution of Estonia#Third Constitution (de facto 1938–1940, de jure 1938–1992), new constitution of Estonia enters into force, which many consider to be the ending of the Era of Silence and the a ... Northern Ireland general election 1938 elections in Northern Ireland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William McConnell Wilton
William McConnell Wilton was a Northern Irish Unionist politician who served as Chairman of the Independent Unionist Association. He was also a prominent lay Presbyterian. Biography In his youth, Wilton was a keen footballer, and played for Institute F.C. in the club's first ever match. Wilton became politically active. His first candidacy was as an independent Unionist in Belfast Oldpark, at the 1933 Northern Ireland general election. He lost to the incumbent, Wilson Hungerford, despite taking more than 40% of the vote. When the Independent Unionist Association was founded, in 1937, Wilton was elected as its Chairman."Feeling in Northern Ireland", ''Irish Times'', 14 January 1938 He stood for the new organisation at the 1938 general election, in Belfast Clifton, taking 45.6% of the vote, but again missing out on election. Wilton also stood in the 1943 Belfast West by-election, taking third place, with 17.5% of the votes cast. Wilton was a member of the Northern Irel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1933 Northern Ireland General Election
The 1933 Northern Ireland general election was held on 30 November 1933. Like all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it produced a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party. 33 of the 52 seats were uncontested, the largest number in the history of the House of Commons. Results ''Electorate 793,952 (250,519 in contested seats); Turnout 67.7% (169,690). The sole member elected for Fianna Fáil was the President of the Executive Council (Prime Minister) of the Irish Free State, Éamon de Valera Éamon de Valera (, ; first registered as George de Valero; changed some time before 1901 to Edward de Valera; 14 October 1882 – 29 August 1975) was a prominent Irish statesman and political leader. He served several terms as head of govern ....'' Seat changes Votes summary Seats summary ReferencesNorthern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results 1933 Northern Ireland general election Northern Ireland general election 1933 elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Kyle
Sam Kyle (1884 – 1962) was an Irish trade unionist and politician. Born into a Protestant family at 57 Riga Street in Belfast on 7 November 1884, he was the son of Samuel Kyle, a draper, and Jane Wilson. Kyle joined the Independent Labour Party. Michael Farrell, ''Northern Ireland: The Orange State'' He became active in the Workers' Union, eventually becoming a full-time organiser for the union. At the 1918 general election, he stood in Belfast Shankill for the Belfast Labour Representation Committee. While unsuccessful, he was a prominent figure in the 1919 Belfast strike, and gained election to Belfast City Council in 1920. The Labour Representation Committee became the main section of the Northern Ireland Labour Party (NILP), and Kyle was elected for the party at the 1925 Northern Ireland general election, to represent Belfast North, standing in opposition to partition. For the next four years, he acted as the leader of the NILP, pursuing a policy of working with sympath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973 Northern Ireland Assembly Election
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Vivian Simpson (politician)
Frederick Vivian Simpson (23 August 1903 – 1977) was a politician in Northern Ireland. Born in Dublin, Simpson worked as a draper and footwear manufacturer, and also became a lay preacher. Simpson joined the Northern Ireland Labour Party (NILP) and stood unsuccessfully for Stormont in Larne both in a 1945 by-election, and in the general election later that year. In 1947, he was elected to Carrickfergus District Council. In the 1953 general election he switched to contest Carrick, but was again unsuccessful. He was finally elected to Stormont in Belfast Oldpark in 1958. He then stood down from his council seat, and retained his Parliamentary seat at each subsequent election. In March 1969, Simpson became the Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means and Deputy Speaker of the Northern Ireland House of Commons, holding this post until the prorogation of the Parliament in 1972. After his party colleague Paddy Devlin defected to the Social Democratic and Labour Party, he became th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1958 Northern Ireland General Election
The 1958 Northern Ireland general election was called on 27 February by 1st Viscount Brookeborough to be held on 20 March 1958. Like all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it produced a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party. The Northern Ireland Labour Party returned to the Commons after being wiped out in the 1949 election. Campaign Announcing the election, Viscount Brookeborough remarked that the election would be on the Border issue once more, noting that this was the ninth election on the same issue. Unemployment was also an issue in the election with 50,000 people out of work in the province in that year. Results ''Electorate: 891,064 (359,816 in contested seats); Turnout: 67.1% (241,501).'' Votes summary Seats summary See also *List of members of the 9th House of Commons of Northern Ireland This is a list of members of Parliament elected in the 1958 Northern Ireland general election. All members of the Norther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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