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Members Of The 11th Northern Ireland Parliament
This is a list of members of Parliament elected in the 1965 Northern Ireland general election. All members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons elected at the 1965 Northern Ireland general election are listed. Members Changes *23 November 1966: Robert Wilson Porter of the Ulster Unionist Party was elected for Queen's University to replace independent MP Charles Stewart. *25 May 1967: Michael Keogh of the Nationalist Party was elected in South Down to replace Joseph Connellan. *22 March 1968: John Brooke of the Ulster Unionist Party was elected in Lisnaskea to replace his father, Basil Brooke. *16 May 1968: Albert Anderson of the Ulster Unionist Party was elected in City of Londonderry to replace Edward Warburton Jones. *6 November 1968: Richard Ferguson of the Ulster Unionist Party The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) is a unionist political party in Northern Ireland. The party was founded in 1905, emerging from the Irish Unionist Alliance in Ulster. Under E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Politics Unlike t ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Faulkner
Arthur Brian Deane Faulkner, Baron Faulkner of Downpatrick, (18 February 1921 – 3 March 1977), was the sixth and last Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, from March 1971 until his resignation in March 1972. He was also the chief executive of the short-lived Northern Ireland Executive during the first half of 1974. Faulkner was also the leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) from 1971 to 1974. Early life Faulkner was born in Helen's Bay, County Down, Ireland, some 2 months before the creation of Northern Ireland. The elder of two sons of James and Nora Faulkner. His younger brother was Colonel Sir Dennis Faulkner, CBE VRD UD DL. James Faulkner owned the Belfast Collar Company which traded under the name Faulat. At that time, Faulat was the largest single purpose shirt manufacturer in the world, employing some 3,000 people. He was educated initially at Elm Park preparatory school, Killylea, County Armagh, but at 14 was sent to the Church of Ireland-affiliated St Colu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 (Method of Voting and Redistribution of Seats) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland. West Down was created by the division of Down into eight 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 seat included the town of Banbridge, and also certain district electoral divisions of the rural districts of Banbridge and Newry No.1.A list of the townlands comprising each of those divisions is ithe Belfast Gazette Publication date:22 June 1923 Issue:104 Page:241 (Banbridge RD)anthe Belfast Gazette Publication date:22 June 1923 Issue:104 Page:260 (Newry RD)/ref> Politics The seat had a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Dobson (Northern Ireland Politician)
John Dobson (7 May 1929 - 12 September 2009) was a former solicitor and unionist politician in Northern Ireland. Born in Lurgan, Dobson studied at Lurgan College and Trinity College Dublin. He joined the Ulster Unionist Party and was elected to Banbridge Urban District Council in 1961, serving until 1967. In 1965, he was elected to the Northern Ireland House of Commons, representing West Down. From 1968 he served as Chairman of the backbench grouping, the 66 Committee, standing down the following year, when he was appointed Minister and Leader of the House of Commons The Minister and Leader of the House of Commons was a cabinet post in the Parliament of Northern Ireland which governed Northern Ireland from 1921 to 1972. The position was established in 1966. It was vacant for two short periods, in 1968 and ..., a post he held until 1971. References Councillors in County Down Members of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland Members of the House of Common ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. 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 Falls was created by the division of Belfast West into four new constituencies. It was formed from the Falls ward and included the Falls Road. 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 The constituency was t ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Diamond (politician)
Harry Diamond (1908–1996) 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. In 1927, Diamond was the main initiator and first chairman of O'Donnell's GAA. He later became chairman of Antrim GAA. Diamond was an active nationalist before the Second World War and in 1933 was sentenced to a month in jail for refusing to pay a fine given out for addressing an illegal rally in support of republican prisoners. The following year, he stood in the Belfast Central by-election as an "Anti-Partition" candidate. In 1944, Diamond became a founder member of the Socialist Republican Party. He took the Belfast Falls seat at the 1945 Northern Ireland general election. In 1949, no one else contested the seat, and he remained the Socialist Republican Party's only MP, but the party disbanded that year. While most of its members joined the Irish Labour Party, Diamond held h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 (Method of Voting and Redistribution of Seats) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland. East Tyrone was created by the division of Fermanagh and Tyrone into eight new constituencies, of which five were in County Tyrone. 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 The main town in the area was |
Austin Currie
Joseph Austin Currie (11 October 1939 – 9 November 2021) was an Irish politician who served as a Minister of State for Justice with responsibility for Children's Rights from 1994 to 1997. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin West constituency from 1989 to 2002, representing Fine Gael, and as a Member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland (MP) for East Tyrone from 1964 to 1972, representing the Nationalist Party and later the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP). Early life Born in Coalisland, Co Tyrone on 11 October 1939, Austin was the eldest of 11 children born to Mary (née O’Donnell) and John Currie. He was educated at the renowned St Patrick's academy, Dungannon, and graduated in politics and history from Queen's University Belfast. On 20 June 1968, he squatted at a Kinnard Park house given to a Unionist secretary during a housing protest in Caledon. All 14 houses in the new council development had been allocated to Protestants. Then a sitting MP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larne (Northern Ireland Parliament Constituency)
Larne was a single-member county constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland. Boundaries and boundary changes This was a division of County Antrim. Before 1929, it was part of the seven-member Antrim constituency. The constituency sent one MP to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland from 1929 until the Parliament was temporarily suspended in 1972, and then formally abolished in 1973. In terms of the then local government areas the constituency in 1929 comprised parts of the rural districts of Antrim, Ballymena and Larne. The division also included the whole of the urban districts of Larne and Whitehead. Members of Parliament Elections ''The parliamentary representatives of the division were elected using the first past the post system.'' * ''Appointment of Hanna as a County Court Judge'' * ''Death of Robinson'' * ''Appointment of Topping as Recorder of Belfast'' * ''Parlia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Craig (Northern Ireland Politician)
William "Bill" Craig (2 December 1924 – 25 April 2011) was a Northern Irish politician best known for forming the Unionist Vanguard movement. Biography Early life From Cookstown, County Tyrone, Craig was educated at Royal School Dungannon, Larne Grammar School and Queen's University Belfast. After serving in the Royal Air Force (as a Lancaster bomber rear gunner) during World War II, he became a solicitor. Politics He was active in the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and led the Ulster Young Unionist Council. He was elected to the Stormont Parliament in a by-election in 1960 for Larne, and became a Minister in 1963. He held several portfolios under Terence O'Neill, eventually as Minister for Home Affairs. His most notable action while in this office was to ban the march of Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association on 5 October 1968. He also accused the civil rights movement of being a political front for the IRA. On 11 December 1968, O'Neill dismissed Craig when he suspecte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 (Method of Voting and Redistribution of Seats) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland. South Armagh was created by the division of Down into eight new constituencies. 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 seat was centred on the towns of Newry and Warrenpoint, and also included certain district electoral divisions of the rural districts of Kilkeel and Newry No. 1.A list of the townlands comprising each of those divisions is ithe Belfast Gazette Publication date:22 June 1923 Issue:104 Page:260 (Newry No. 1 RD)anthe Belfast Gazette Publication date:22 June 1923 Issue:104 Page ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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