Queen's University of Belfast was a

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of the

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from 1921 until 1969. It returned four MPs, using

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by means of the

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. In 1969 the constituency was abolished under the reforms carried out by the

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Franchise

The constituency was created by the

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and its four MPs were elected by the graduates of

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Second Dáil

In May 1921,

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, the parliament of the

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run by

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, passed a resolution declaring that

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to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland and the House of Commons of Southern Ireland would be used as the election for the

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. All those elected were on the roll of the Second Dáil, but as no Sinn Féin MP was elected for Queen's University, it was not represented there.

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 1920s

:At the

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, John Campbell, Robert James Johnstone, Hugh Morrison and

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was elected unopposed.

Elections in the 1940s

:At the 1942 Queen's University of Belfast by-election, William Lyle was elected unopposed. :At the 1943 Queen's University of Belfast by-election, John W. Renshaw was elected unopposed.

Elections in the 1950s

Elections in the 1960s

:At the

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, Harold McClure, Elizabeth Maconachie,

Sheelagh Murnaghan Sheelagh Mary Murnaghan, (26 May 1924 – 14 September 1993) was an Ulster Liberal Party Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of Northern Ireland at Stormont. Early life Sheelagh Mary Murnaghan was born on 24 May 1924 to Josep ...

and Charles Stewart were elected unopposed.

References

Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results: University
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