This is a list of Members of Parliament elected in the 1949 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
1949 Northern Ireland general election
The 1949 Northern Ireland general election was held on 19 February 1949. The election became known as the Chapel-gate election because collections were held at churches in the Republic of Ireland to support the Nationalist Party campaign.
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are listed.
Members
Changes
*1949:
Socialist Republican Party dissolved;
Harry Diamond thereafter sat as an
independent
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*24 October 1949:
Thomas Charles Nelson
Thomas Charles Nelson (1888–16 March 1954) was a unionist (Ireland), unionist politician in Northern Ireland.
Nelson grew up in County Fermanagh, where he became the owner of a painting and decorating business, and served with the B Specials. H ...
elected for the Unionists in
Enniskillen
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, following the resignation of
Erne Ferguson
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*15 November 1949:
Frederick Lloyd-Dodd elected for the Unionists in
Queen's University, following the death of
William Lyle.
*29 November 1949:
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 ...
elected for the Unionists in
Belfast Duncairn, following the death of
William Grant
*20 January 1950:
Alexander Hunter
Dr Alexander Hunter (1729–17 May 1809) was a Scottish physician, known also as a writer and editor.
Life
Born in Edinburgh in 1729 (the ''Memoir'' says 1733), he was eldest son of a prosperous druggist.
He was sent to the grammar school at ...
elected for the Unionists in
Carrick, following the resignation of
Lancelot Curran
Major Sir Lancelot Ernest Curran (8 March 1899 – 20 October 1984, leighrayment.com; accessed 26 September 2017.) was a Northern Ireland High Court judge and parliamentarian.
He was elected as Ulster Unionist Member of Parliament for Carrick ...
.
*4 April 1950:
Robert Harcourt elected for the Unionists in
Belfast Woodvale, following the death of
John William Nixon
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*31 October 1950:
Daniel Dixon elected for the Unionists in
Belfast Bloomfield, following the death of
Herbert Dixon.
*6 December 1950:
Charles McGleenan elected for the
Anti-Partition League of Ireland in
South Armagh South Armagh may refer to:
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, following the death of
Malachy Conlon
Malachy Conlon (died 27 March 1950) was a nationalist politician in Ireland.
Conlon strongly believed that there was a need for a membership organisation linking nationalists in Northern Ireland. He pursued this theme during his campaign for the ...
.
*2 February 1951:
Nat Minford
Nathaniel Owens Minford (2 December 1912 – 5 September 1975) was a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland. Life
Minford was born in Templepatrick and was the son of Hugh Minford, who became an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) Member of the Parlia ...
elected for the Unionists in
Antrim, following the death of
Hugh Minford.
*18 June 1951:
Edward Warburton Jones
Sir Edward Warburton Jones PC(NI) PC QC (3 July 1912 – 17 March 1993), was a Northern Irish barrister, judge and politician.
Jones, son of a Resident Magistrate, was educated at Portora Royal School and Trinity College Dublin. He was call ...
elected for the Unionists in
City of Londonderry, following the resignation of
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
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*10 December 1951:
Brian McConnell elected for the Unionists in
South Antrim, following the death of
John Milne Barbour
Sir John Milne Barbour, 1st Baronet JP, DL (1868 – 3 October 1951) was a Northern Irish politician and baronet. As a member of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland he was styled The Right Honourable Sir Milne Barbour.
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*31 January 1953: Death of
John Maynard Sinclair
John Maynard Sinclair (4 August 1896 – 31 January 1953) was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland. Born in Belfast, in 1896, son of John Sinclair DL and Alice Montgomery, he was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution, and in ...
.
References
Biographies of Members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons
{{NI elected representatives
1949
Events
January
* January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022.
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