The Leader of the Senate of Northern Ireland was the Leader of the House in the

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. The post was a cabinet position that was nevertheless politically unimportant. In his memoirs,

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 ...

expresses surprise that

Jack Andrews Sir John Lawson Ormrod Andrews (15 July 1903 – 12 January 1986) was a member of both the Northern Ireland House of Commons and the Senate of Northern Ireland. Son of Prime Minister J. M. Andrews, he was educated at Moure Grange Preparatory ...

accepted the position, as he saw it as a demotion. The Deputy Leader of the Senate of Northern Ireland was the third-ranking position in the Senate, after the Leader and the

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. The position of Deputy Leader was established, along with the Senate itself, in 1921, and the position was abolished in 1961.

List of leaders

List of deputy leaders

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References

Members of the Northern Ireland Senate, 1921-1972
Senate of Northern Ireland

List of leaders

List of deputy leaders

See also

References