George Boyle Hanna (1906–1 March 1964Ian McAllister and Richard Rose, ''United Kingdom Facts'', p.53) (PC (NI), was an

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member of the

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. He represented Belfast Duncairn from 1949 to 1956. Born in

Ballymena Ballymena ( ; from ga, an Baile Meánach , meaning 'the middle townland') is a town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is part of the Borough of Mid and East Antrim. The town is built on land given to the Adair family by King Charles I i ...

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, he was the son of

George Boyle Hanna George Boyle Hanna, KC (17 December 1877 – 30 October 1938) was a Northern Irish barrister, unionist politician and county court judge. He was born at Linen Hall Street in Ballymena, County Antrim, the son of auctioneer Robert Hanna and Mar ...

. He was educated at

Ballymena Academy Ballymena Academy is a mixed gender grammar school in the market town of Ballymena in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1828 as a small provincial school for children in the town and surrounding agricultural hinterland. Admissi ...

, the

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and

Queen's University Belfast , mottoeng = For so much, what shall we give back? , top_free_label = , top_free = , top_free_label1 = , top_free1 = , top_free_label2 = , top_free2 = , established = , closed = , type = Public research university , parent = ...

, he was called to the Bar in 1927 and became a

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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

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from 1953 to 1956 and then for five months in 1956 as Minister of Finance (''de facto'' Deputy Prime Minister), before resigning from Government and from Parliament upon his appointment as a county court judge for County Down. He died on 1 March 1964.

Sources

Biographies of Members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons

References

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