Patrick Francis McGill (1913–1977) was a

journalist A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalis ...

and

nationalist Nationalism is an idea and movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the state. As a movement, nationalism tends to promote the interests of a particular nation (as in a group of people), Smith, Anthony. ''Nationalism: Th ...

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking ...

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

. McGill was the editor-in-chief of the '' Ulster Herald'' series of newspapers, and was a Nationalist Party member of the

Senate of Northern Ireland The Senate of Northern Ireland was the upper house of the Parliament of Northern Ireland created by the Government of Ireland Act 1920. It was abolished with the passing of the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973. Powers In practice the S ...

from 1953 until the body was abolished in 1972.Brendan Lynn, ''Holding the Ground: The Nationalist Party in Northern Ireland, 1945 - 72'' (1997), McGill served as the Secretary of the

Irish Anti-Partition League The Irish Anti-Partition League (APL) was a political organisation based in Northern Ireland which campaigned for a united Ireland from 1945 to 1958. Foundation Prior to the establishment of the League, there had been no rank-and-file organis ...

from 1953 until its dissolution 1956, and as Secretary of the Parliamentary Nationalist Party from 1958. During this time, he adopted a cautious approach towards modernising party structures, in contrast to

Eddie McGrady Edward Kevin McGrady (3 June 1935 – 11 November 2013) was an Irish nationalist politician of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Down from 1987 to 2010. McGrady was also a Member ...

. In 1965, McGill was awarded a PhD from Queen's University Belfast, having written his thesis on ''The Senate in Northern Ireland, 1921-1962''. He served as a Deputy Speaker of the Senate from 1965 until its abolition. He stood for Mid Ulster at the

1973 Northern Ireland Assembly election Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. P ...

, but was unsuccessful.The Northern Ireland Senate, 1921-72
Northern Ireland Elections

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Alumni of Queen's University Belfast Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1953–1957 Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1957–1961 Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1961–1965 Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1965–1969 Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1969–1973 Nationalist Party (Ireland) members of the Senate of Northern Ireland Journalists from Northern Ireland 1913 births 1977 deaths Male non-fiction writers from Northern Ireland {{Parliament-of-Northern-Ireland-member-stub