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Queen's University of Belfast (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

Queen's University of Belfast (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

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Queen's University of Belfast was a university constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland from 1921 until 1969. It returned four MPs, using proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote. In 1969 the constituency was abolished under the reforms carried out by the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland Terence O'Neill.

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The constituency was created by the Government of Ireland Act 1920 and its four MPs were elected by the graduates of Queen's University of Belfast.

Second Dáil

In May 1921, Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the self-declared Irish Republic run by Sinn Féin, passed a resolution declaring that elections to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland and the House of Commons of Southern Ireland would be used as the election for the Second Dáil.[1] 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.[2]

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 1920s

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    At the 1925 Northern Ireland general election, John Campbell, Robert James Johnstone, Hugh Morrison and John Hanna Robb were elected unopposed.
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      Elections in the 1930s

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        At the 1935 Queen's University of Belfast by-election, Arthur Brownlow Mitchell was elected unopposed.
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        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.
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        Elections in the 1950s

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        Elections in the 1960s

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        At the 1965 Northern Ireland general election, Harold McClure, Elizabeth Maconachie, Sheelagh Murnaghan and Charles Stewart were elected unopposed.
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        References

        1. "Dáil Éireann debate - Tuesday, 10 May 1921 - PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT. - ELECTIONS". Houses of the Oireachtas. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
        2. "APPENDIX 19 DÁIL ÉIREANN". Houses of the Oireachtas. 16 August 1921. Retrieved 20 February 2019.

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