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William James Morgan (secretary)
William James Morgan (Privy Council of Northern Ireland, PC (NI)) (17 July 1914 – 12 May 1999) was a Ulster Unionist Party, Unionist politician in Northern Ireland. Biography A businessman by profession, he owned James Morgan & Sons, a transport contractors' business. He was president of the Irish Temperance Alliance and chairman of Oldpark YMCA. He was elected to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland from the Belfast Oldpark (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency), Belfast Oldpark seat in 1949, and represented the constituency until his defeat by Northern Ireland Labour Party, Labour in 1958. He was then elected for Belfast Clifton (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency), Belfast Clifton in a 1959 by-election, and served that constituency until being defeated in 1969. He served as Minister of Finance (Northern Ireland), Assistant Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Finance and Ulster Unionist Chief Whip, Assistant Whip from 1958 to 1961. This included five mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention
The Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention (NICC) was an elected body set up in 1975 by the United Kingdom Labour government of Harold Wilson as an attempt to deal with constitutional issues surrounding the status of Northern Ireland. Formation of the Constitutional Convention The idea for a constitutional convention was first mooted by the Northern Ireland Office in its white paper ''The Northern Ireland Constitution'', published on 4 July 1974. The paper laid out plans for elections to a body which would seek agreement on a political settlement for Northern Ireland. The proposals became law with the enactment of the Northern Ireland Act 1974 later that month. With Lord Chief Justice Robert Lowry appointed to chair the new body, elections were announced for 1 May 1975. The elections were held for the 78-member body using the single transferable vote system of proportional representation in each of Northern Ireland's twelve Westminster constituencies. Initially the body wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
