The Minister of Finance (''de facto'' Deputy Prime Minister) 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

Prime Minister of Northern Ireland The prime minister of Northern Ireland was the head of the Government of Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972. No such office was provided for in the Government of Ireland Act 1920; however, the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, as with governo ...

for a brief period in 1940 – 41 and was vacant for two weeks during 1953, following the death of incumbent Minister John Maynard Sinclair. The Office was often seen as being occupied by the Prime Minister's choice of successor. Two Ministers of Finance went on to be Prime Minister, while two more, Maginness and Jack Andrews were widely seen as possible successors to the Premiership.

Deputy Prime Minister

From 3 May 1969, a separate and distinct office of ''Deputy Prime Minister'' was created and occupied by

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 ...

, who was also Leader of the Senate.

Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Ministry of Finance

*1921 – 1937

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. Background and educa ...

*1937 – 1940

Alexander Gordon Alexander Gordon may refer to: * Alexander Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly (died 1470), Scottish magnate * Alexander Gordon (bishop of Aberdeen) (died 1518), Precentor of Moray and Bishop-elect of Aberdeen * Alexander Gordon, 3rd Earl of Huntly (died ...

*1940 – 1941 vacant *1941 – 1943 Maynard Sinclair ''Office abolished 1943''

Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Finance (and Chief Whip)

*1921 – 1942

Herbert Dixon, 1st Baron Glentoran Herbert Dixon, 1st Baron Glentoran, OBE, PC (NI), DL (23 January 1880 – 20 July 1950) was a Unionist politician from Ireland, present day Northern Ireland. Early life Dixon was born in Belfast, the fourth son of Sir Daniel Dixon, 1st Baro ...

*1942 – 1944

Sir Norman Stronge Sir Charles Norman Lockhart Stronge, 8th Baronet, MC, PC, JP (23 July 1894 – 21 January 1981) was a senior Ulster Unionist Party politician in Northern Ireland. Before his involvement in politics, he fought in the First World War as a junio ...

*1944 – 1945 Sir Wilson Hungerford *1945 – 1947

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 ...

*1947 – 1956 Walter Topping *1956 – 1959

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 ...

*1959 – 1963

Isaac George 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 ...

*1963: William Craig *1963 – 1966

James Chichester-Clark James Dawson Chichester-Clark, Baron Moyola, PC, DL (12 February 1923 – 17 May 2002) was the penultimate Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and eighth leader of the Ulster Unionist Party between 1969 and March 1971. He was Member of the N ...

*1966 – 1968 vacant *1968 – 1969

Roy Bradford Roy Hamilton Bradford (7 July 1921 – 2 September 1998) was a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland and a government minister in both the Parliament of Northern Ireland and the 1973 Northern Ireland Assembly. Born in Ligoniel in Belfast, ...

''Office abolished 1969''

Assistant Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Finance (and Assistant Chief Whip)

*1921 – 1925

Thomas Henry Burn Thomas Henry Burn (19 January 1875 – 1933) was an Ulster Unionist member of the UK Parliament and the Parliament of Northern Ireland The Parliament of Northern Ireland was the home rule legislature of Northern Ireland, created under the ...

*1925 – 1929 Henry Mulholland *1929 – 1933 Sir Basil Brooke *1933 – 1941 Sir Wilson Hungerford *1941 – 1942

*1942 – 1943

Robert Corkey Robert Corkey (1881 – 26 January 1966) was a Presbyterian minister, a professor of theology and a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland. Biography He was born at Glendermott Parish, Waterside, Derry, the son of Rev. Dr Joseph Corkey. He wa ...

*1943 – 1945 vacant *1945 – 1958

John Edgar Bailey John Edgar Bailey (1897 – 14 November 1958) was a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland. A farmer by profession, he was educated at private school and was a member of Down County Council. He was elected to the House of Commons of Northern ...

*1958

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 R ...

*1958 – 1961

William James Morgan William James Morgan (PC(NI)) (17 July 1914 – 12 May 1999) was a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland. Biography A businessman by profession, he owned James Morgan & Sons, a transport contractors' business. He was president of the Irish ...

*1961 – 1963 William Fitzsimmons *1963

*1963 – 1965 vacant *1965 – 1966

*1966 – 1967

and

Samuel Magowan Samuel Magowan (5 February 1910 – 1976Ian McAllister and Richard Rose, ''United Kingdom Facts'', p.56) was an Ulster Unionist member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland. He represented Iveagh Iveagh ( ; ) is the name of several historical ...

*1967 – 1968

and vacancy *1968 – 1969

and Joseph Burns *1969

and

John William Kennedy John William Kennedy (born 1910, date of death unknown) was a Northern Irish Ulster Unionist politician who was a member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland. He represented Belfast Cromac from 1962 to 1973. Kennedy was an area supervisor for a ...

''Office abolished 1969''

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 Ministers of Finance of Northern Ireland