This is a list of Members of Parliament elected in the 1953 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

1953 Northern Ireland general election The 1953 Northern Ireland general election was held on 22 October 1953. Like all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it produced a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party. Results ''All parties shown ...

are listed.

Members

Changes

*8 May 1954:

Harry West Henry William West (27 March 1917 – 5 February 2004) was a politician in Northern Ireland who served as leader of the Ulster Unionist Party from 1974 until 1979. Career to Stormont West was born in County Fermanagh and educated at Portora Ro ...

elected for the Unionists in

Enniskillen Enniskillen ( , from ga, Inis Ceithleann , 'Cethlenn, Ceithlenn's island') is the largest town in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is in the middle of the county, between the Upper and Lower sections of Lough Erne. It had a population of ...

, following the death of

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 ...

. *15 October 1955:

Isaac Hawthorne Isaac George Hawthorne (12 November 1912 – December 1992) was a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland. Hawthorne was schooled in Portadown and Sheffield before becoming a farmer. He was elected to Armagh County Council in 1947 as an Ulster U ...

elected for the Unionists in Central Armagh, following the death of

George Dougan George Dougan (1891-1955) was a dispensary doctor and MP for Central Armagh in the Parliament of Northern Ireland. Dougan was elected to Stormont on 15 March 1941, replacing David Shillington. Dougan practiced in Church Street, Portadown Po ...

. *15 November 1955: Neville Martin elected for the Unionists in Belfast Woodvale, following the resignation of Robert Harcourt. *23 November 1956: Herbert Victor Kirk elected for the Unionists in Belfast Windsor, following the resignation of

Archibald Wilson Air Marshal Archibald Oliver Garfield Wilson (28 May 19214 July 2014) was a Rhodesian fighter pilot who served in the Royal Air Force during World War II. He went on to become a senior commander and then Air Marshal in the Rhodesian Air Force ...

. *4 December 1956: William Fitzsimmons elected for the Unionists in Belfast Duncairn, following the resignation 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 ...

. *29 April 1957: Death of

Harry Midgley Henry Cassidy Midgley, PC (NI), known as Harry Midgley (1893 – 29 April 1957) was a prominent trade-unionist and politician in Northern Ireland. Born to a working-class Protestant family in Tiger's Bay, north Belfast, he followed his father into ...

. *30 October 1957: Death of William McCleery.

References

Biographies of Members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons
{{NI elected representatives

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