This is a list of members of Parliament elected in the 1962 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

1962 Northern Ireland general election The 1962 Northern Ireland general election was held on 31 May 1962. While the Ulster Unionist Party lost three seats, they retained a large majority as in all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland. Results ''A ...

are listed.

Members

Changes

*6 December 1962: William Kennedy of the

Ulster Unionist Party The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) is a unionist political party in Northern Ireland. The party was founded in 1905, emerging from the Irish Unionist Alliance in Ulster. Under Edward Carson, it led unionist opposition to the Irish Home Rule m ...

replaced Joseph Morgan in Belfast Cromac. *1964: Harry Diamond and

Gerry Fitt Gerard Fitt, Baron Fitt (9 April 1926 – 26 August 2005) was a politician in Northern Ireland. He was a founder and the first leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), a social democratic and Irish nationalist party. Early yea ...

become founder members of the

Republican Labour Party The Republican Labour Party (RLP) was a political party in Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1964, with two MPs at Stormont, Harry Diamond and Gerry Fitt. They had previously been the sole Northern Ireland representatives of the Socialist R ...

. *9 May 1964:

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 ...

of the

replaced

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 ...

in Iveagh. *30 June 1964:

Austin Currie Joseph Austin Currie (11 October 1939 – 9 November 2021) was an Irish politician who served as a Minister of State for Justice with responsibility for Children's Rights from 1994 to 1997. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Wes ...

of the Nationalist Party replaced Joseph Stewart in East Tyrone. *3 December 1964:

Basil Kelly The Rt Hon. Sir John William Basil Kelly, PC, PC (NI), QC (10 May 1920 – 5 December 2008), usually known as Sir Basil Kelly, was a Northern Irish barrister, judge and politician. Life Kelly was born into an Ulster Protestant family in Clo ...

of the

replaced John L. O. Andrews in Mid Down. *19 June 1965: John Dobson of the

replaced David John Little in West Down.

References

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

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