Patricia Ford (other)
Patricia Ford may refer to: *Patricia Ford (politician) (1921–1995), Member of Parliament from Northern Ireland *Patricia A. Ford (born 1955), American physician See also * Patricia Forde (born c. 1960), former director of the Galway Arts Festival and children's author *Pat Ford (other) Pat Ford may refer to: Sports *Pat Ford (boxer) (born 1931), Australian boxer *Pat Ford (ice hockey) (born 1964), Canadian ice hockey player and head coach Others *Pat Ford, founder of WinCustomize *Pat Ford, musician in Colossal *Pat Ford, produ ...

Patricia Ford (politician)
Patricia Ford, Lady Fisher ( Smiles; 5 April 1921 – 23 May 1995), was briefly an Ulster Unionist Party politician in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. She was the first woman Member of Parliament from Northern Ireland, and the second woman to be returned to a seat in Westminster from a constituency on the island of Ireland (the first to take her seat). Early life She was born at Donaghadee, County Down, and educated at Bangor Collegiate School, Glendower Preparatory School, London, and abroad. Her father was Ulster Unionist MP Sir Walter D. Smiles and her mother, Margaret Heigway. Career Ford returned from living in Cheshire upon her father's death in the disaster in January 1953 and was returned unopposed to Parliament from his North Down constituency. In her maiden speech to the House she was required to apologise for an article she had written in the ''Sunday Express'' in which she mentioned that Bessie Braddock and Edith Summerskill had been snoring whil ...
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