MPs Elected In The Northern Ireland General Election, 1953
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MPs Elected In The Northern Ireland General Election, 1953
This is a list of Members of Parliament elected in the 1953 Northern Ireland general election. All members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons elected at the 1953 Northern Ireland general election are listed. Members Changes *8 May 1954: Harry West elected for the Unionists in Enniskillen, following the death of Thomas Charles Nelson. *15 October 1955: Isaac Hawthorne elected for the Unionists in Central Armagh, following the death of George Dougan. *15 November 1955: Neville Martin elected for the Unionists in Belfast Woodvale, following the resignation of Robert Harcourt. *23 November 1956: Herbert Victor Kirk elected for the Unionists in Belfast Windsor, following the resignation of Archibald Wilson. *4 December 1956: William Fitzsimmons elected for the Unionists in Belfast Duncairn, following the resignation of George Boyle Hanna. *29 April 1957: Death of Harry Midgley. *30 October 1957: Death of William McCleery. ReferencesBiographies of Members of the No ...
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Northern Ireland House Of Commons
The House of Commons of Northern Ireland was the lower house of the Parliament of Northern Ireland created under the ''Government of Ireland Act 1920''. The upper house in the bicameral parliament was called the Senate. It was abolished with the passing of the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973. Membership The House of Commons had a membership of 52. Until 1969, 48 were from territorial constituencies and 4 were for graduates of The Queen's University of Belfast; in that year the QUB seats were abolished and four extra territorial constituencies created on the outskirts of Belfast, where the population had grown. For the electoral constituencies used, see Northern Ireland Parliament constituencies. Functions The House of Commons fulfilled the normal lower house functions to be found in the Westminster System of Government. Its roles were * to grant Supply to the Government; * to grant to or withdraw confidence from the Government; * to provide a talent bank from which ...
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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. It was created in 1929 as one of the eight seats replacing the former Down constituency 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. The constituency 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
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Eileen M
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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. 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 Victoria was created by the division of Belfast East 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
The seat contained the eastern parts of the former Victoria ward. It covered an area equivalent to ...
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Bill Henderson (Northern Ireland Politician)
Captain Oscar William James Henderson (17 August 1924 – 22 October 2010), known as Bill Henderson was a Northern Ireland newspaper owner and legislator who, as a member of the Ulster Unionist Party, represented the constituency of Belfast Victoria in the Northern Ireland House of Commons. Henderson was the son of Royal Navy Commander Oscar Henderson, and Alicia Mary Henry. He was raised at Hillsborough Castle, the official residence of the monarch in Northern Ireland, where his father served as private secretary and comptroller general to the James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn, the first Governor of Northern Ireland. His younger brother was the television executive Robert Brumwell "Brum" Henderson. Henderson served in World War II as part of the Irish Guards regiment of the British Army and, in 1949, achieved the honorary rank of captain. In the aftermath of 1953 Northern Ireland general election, he became a member of the Northern Ireland House of Commons for the safe Be ...
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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 (Method of Voting and Redistribution of Seats) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland. Fermanagh South was created by the division of Fermanagh and Tyrone into eight new constituencies, of which three were in County Fermanagh. The constituency 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


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Cahir Healy
Cahir Healy (2 December 1877 – 8 February 1970) was an Irish politician. Background 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 had an Irish nationalist majority (see Partition of Ireland). He was interned with 300 others on the prison ship HMS Argenta for eighteen months from July 1922. Healy is quoted on the reasons for his arrest and internment: "All my life, I have been a man of peace. It is not, therefore, because they feared that I would disturb the peace of Northern Ireland that they dragged me away from my wife and family, but for political reasons. I have been engaged in preparing the case for the inclusion of these areas (Fermanagh and Tyrone) in the Free State. To get me out of the way, local politicians urged my arrest." Healy was elected in the 192 ...
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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. 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 Woodvale was created by the division of Belfast West 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


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Robert Harcourt
Sir Robert John Rolston Harcourt, JP (1902 – 25 August 1969) was a Northern Irish politician. Robert Harcourt, known as John, became the director of F. E. Harcourt and Company coal merchants. He was High Sheriff of Belfast in 1949, and later in the year unsuccessfully stood as the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) candidate for South Down. Soon after this, John William Nixon, the independent Unionist MP for Belfast Woodvale, died. Harcourt stood in the ensuing by-election on 4 April 1950 and was elected. In 1955, Harcourt was elected Lord Mayor of Belfast, a position which carried with it an ''ex officio'' position in the Senate of Northern Ireland. He served until 1957, when he was knighted A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a head of state (including the Pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the Christian denomination, church or the country, especially in a military capacity. Knighthood .... Harcourt was an active member of the O ...
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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. 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 Duncairn 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


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In common with other seats in North Belfast, the seat had little

George Hanna (1906–1964)
George Boyle Hanna (1906–1 March 1964Ian McAllister and Richard Rose, ''United Kingdom Facts'', p.53) (PC (NI), was an Ulster Unionist member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland. He represented Belfast Duncairn from 1949 to 1956. Born in Ballymena, County Antrim, he was the son of George Boyle Hanna. He was educated at Ballymena Academy, the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and Queen's University Belfast, he was called to the Bar in 1927 and became a King's Counsel in 1946. He was Commissioner for the Unionist Party in Armagh from 1934 to 1941. He served in the Cabinet of Sir Basil Brooke as Minister of Home Affairs An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ... from 1953 to 1956 and then for five months in 1956 as Minister of Finance (''de facto'' Deputy Prime Minis ...
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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. 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 Central was created by the division of Belfast West 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
The constituency consisted of inner city areas of Belfast equivalent to the modern areas of Unity, Brown Squa ...
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