The Minister of Commerce was a member of the

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(

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) in the

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which governed

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from 1921 to 1972. The post was combined with that of the

Minister of Agriculture An agriculture ministry (also called an) agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency, or ministry of rural development) is a ministry charged with agriculture. The ministry is often headed by a minister f ...

until 1925. In 1943, it was renamed Minister of Commerce and Production and was combined with the post of

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until 1945, then with

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until 1949.

Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Commerce (and Production)

*1921 – 1925

Robert McKeown Robert John McKeown (12 May 1869 – 9 April 1925) was a Northern Irish businessman and Ulster Unionist Party politician. Born in Coagh, County Tyrone, he was educated privately and was a director of a linen manufacturing company. From 1914 - 192 ...

*1925 – 1941 vacant *1941 – 1943 Sir Wilson Hungerford *1943 – 1945

Brian Maginess William Brian Maginess, QC (10 July 1901 – 16 April 1967), was a member of the Government of Northern Ireland, who was widely seen as a possible successor to The 1st Viscount Brookeborough as Prime Minister of Northern Ireland. Life He was ...

*1945 vacant *1945 – 1949

Robert Perceval-Maxwell Major John Robert Perceval-Maxwell (1896–1963) was an Ulster Unionist Party politician from Northern Ireland. Perceval-Maxwell was educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was called to the Bar but did not pract ...

*1949 - 1952 vacant *1952 – 1953 2nd Baron Glentoran *1953 - 1959 vacant *1959 – 1961 William Morgan *1961 vacant *1961 – 1965 William Fitzsimmons *1965 - 1969 vacant *1969 – 1971 John Brooke ''Office abolished 1971''

References

The Government of Northern Ireland
{{Northern Ireland ministerial positions 1921-72 1921 establishments in Northern Ireland 1972 disestablishments in Northern Ireland Executive Committee of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland