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 self-declared

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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 1925 Northern Ireland general election, John Campbell, Robert James Johnstone, Hugh Morrison and

John Hanna Robb John Hanna Robb (4 November 1873 – 21 June 1956) was a Northern Irish barrister and Ulster Unionist Party politician. The son of Rev. J. Gardner Robb, DD, LLD and Martha, daughter of Rev. John Hanna, of Ballymagowan House.1935 Queen's University of Belfast by-election,

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was elected unopposed. :At the 1938 Queen's University of Belfast by-election, Howard Stevenson 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 and Charles Stewart were elected unopposed.

References

Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results: University
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