This is a list of members of Parliament elected in the 1945 Northern Ireland general election. All members of the

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 wit ...

elected at the 1945 Northern Ireland general election are listed.

Members

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*1945:

Jack Beattie Jack may refer to: Places * Jack, Alabama, US, an unincorporated community * Jack, Missouri, US, an unincorporated community * Jack County, Texas, a county in Texas, USA People and fictional characters * Jack (given name), a male given name, ...

joined the

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. *15 October 1945: William McCleery elected for the Unionists in North Antrim, following the death of

Robert John Lynn Sir Robert John Lynn (31 January 1873 – 5 August 1945) was a British Ulster Unionist Party politician. In March 1924 he was knighted. Parliamentary career He was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Belfast Woodvale from 1918 gene ...

. *22 August 1946: Francis Hanna elected for the

Northern Ireland Labour Party The Northern Ireland Labour Party (NILP) was a political party in Northern Ireland which operated from 1924 until 1987. Origins The roots of the NILP can be traced back to the formation of the Belfast Labour Party in 1892. William Walker stoo ...

in Belfast Central, following the resignation of

Thomas Joseph Campbell Thomas Joseph Campbell (14 December 1871 – 3 May 1946), known as T. J. Campbell, was an Irish politician, barrister, journalist, author and judge. Early life and education Campbell was born in Belfast on 14 December 1871. He studied at St Ma ...

. *7 November 1946:

Terence O'Neill Terence Marne O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of the Maine, PC (NI) (10 September 1914 – 12 June 1990), was the fourth prime minister of Northern Ireland and leader (1963–1969) of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP). A moderate unionist, who sought ...

elected for the Unionists in Bannside, following the death of Malcolm Patrick. *27 June 1947:

James Godfrey MacManaway James Godfrey MacManaway, MBE (22 April 1898 – 3 November 1951) was a British Unionist politician and Church of Ireland cleric, notable for being disqualified as a Member of Parliament, owing to his status as a priest. Early life James Godf ...

elected for the Unionists in Londonderry City, following the resignation of

William Lowry The Rt Hon. William Lowry, PC (NI), KC (19 March 1884 – 14 December 1949), was a Northern Irish barrister, judge, Ulster Unionist Party Member of Parliament, and Attorney General for Northern Ireland Career Born in Limavady, he was educated ...

. *20 April 1948: Samuel Irwin elected for the Unionists in Queen's University Belfast, following the death of

Frederick McSorley Frederick MacSorley or McSorley (1892 – 9 February 1948) was a Belfast-based Irish surgeon and independent member of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland. He unsuccessfully stood as an independent for Queen's University of Belfast before b ...

. *16 August 1948:

Edward McCullagh Edward Vincent McCullagh (2 December 1912 – 28 November 1986) was a nationalist (Ireland), nationalist politician and farmer in Northern Ireland. He was born in the townland of Sheskinshule (Greencastle, County Tyrone, Greencastle) in 1912, the ...

elected for the Nationalist Party in Mid Tyrone, following the death of Michael McGurk. *1949:

disbanded the

and joined the

Irish Labour Party The Labour Party ( ga, Páirtí an Lucht Oibre, literally "Party of the Working People") is a centre-left and social-democratic political party in the Republic of Ireland. Founded on 28 May 1912 in Clonmel, County Tipperary, by James Connolly, ...

References

Biographies of Members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons
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