List of members of the Senate of Northern Ireland

This is a list of members of the Senate of Northern Ireland.

Senators

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Senators ex officio

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Lord Mayor of Belfast

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Start Name Party Notes
20 June 1921 Sir William Frederick Coates, Bt. Unionist
27 February 1923 Sir William George Turner Unionist
5 March 1929 Sir William Frederick Coates, Bt. Unionist
10 March 1931 Sir Crawford McCullagh, Bt. Unionist
22 May 1942 George Ruddell Black Unionist Died 28 December 1942
6 January 1943 Sir Crawford McCullagh, Bt. Unionist
12 November 1946 Sir William Frederick Neill Unionist
8 November 1949 William Ernest George Johnston Unionist
1 June 1951 Sir James Henry Norritt Unionist
12 June 1953 Sir Percival Brown Unionist
18 May 1955 Robert Harcourt Unionist
29 May 1957 Cecil McKee Unionist
29 May 1959 Robin Kinahan Unionist
30 May 1961 Martin Kelso Wallace Unionist
29 May 1963 William Jenkins Unionist
27 May 1966 Sir William Duncan Geddis Unionist
29 May 1969 Sir Joseph Foster Cairns Unionist
May 1972 William Christie Unionist

Mayor of Londonderry

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Start Name Party Notes
20 June 1921 Hugh O'Doherty Nationalist Did not take the oath
27 February 1923 Maxwell Scott Moore Unionist
13 March 1925 John Gilbert Magee Unionist
15 March 1927 James Hamilton Unionist
26 February 1929 Dudley McCorkell Unionist
10 July 1935 James McIlmunn Wilton Unionist
23 May 1939 Sir Basil McFarland, Bt. Unionist
28 May 1940 Frederick Simmons Unionist
20 July 1945 Sir Basil McFarland, Bt. Unionist
3 May 1950 Gerald Stanley Glover Unionist
17 June 1952 Samuel Orr Unionist
27 May 1954 Samuel Sydney Dowds Unionist
28 May 1957 John Gordon Colhoun Unionist
30 May 1961 Gerald Stanley Glover Unionist
30 May 1963 Albert Anderson Unionist Resigned 2 May 1968
4 June 1968 William Beatty Unionist Post abolished 2 April 1969

Alphabetical index

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Name[1] From To Party Status
The 3rd Duke of Abercorn 1921 1922 Unionist Elected
The 4th Duke of Abercorn 1949 1962 Unionist Elected
Albert Anderson 1963 1968 Unionist Mayor of Londonderry
Jack Andrews 1964 1973 Unionist Elected
Henry Armstrong 1921 1937 Unionist Elected
Robert Armstrong 1956 1961 Unionist[2] Elected
James Bailie 1955 1967 Unionist Elected
The 6th Viscount Bangor 1921 1950 Unionist Elected
Harold Barbour 1921 1929 Unionist[2] Elected
William Barclay 1925 1945 Unionist[3] Elected
John Barnhill 1962 1971 Unionist Elected
Hugh T. Barrie 1921 1922 Unionist Elected
William Beatty 1968 1969 Unionist Mayor of Londonderry
David Bill 1949 1956 Unionist[4] Elected
George Black 1942 1942 Unionist Lord Mayor of Belfast
Samuel Boyd 1955 1962 Unionist[2] Elected
John Boyle 1937 1950 Unionist[3] Elected
Charles Bradley 1951 1957 Nationalist[5] Elected
Sir Basil Brooke 1921 1922 Unionist Elected
Percival Brown 1953 1955 Unionist Lord Mayor of Belfast
Gerald Browne 1942 1951 Unionist[6] Elected
Joseph Cairns 1969 1973 Unionist Lord Mayor of Belfast
William Cameron 1969 1973 Unionist[7] Elected
Thomas Joseph Campbell 1929 1934 Nationalist Elected
The 8th Viscount Charlemont 1925 1937 Unionist Elected
George Anthony Clark 1951 1969 Unionist Elected
George Smith Clark 1925 1935 Unionist[8] Elected
William Clark 1946 1961 Unionist[4] Elected
William Coates 1921; 1924 1923; 1931 Unionist Elected/Lord Mayor of Belfast
John Colhoun 1957 1961 Unionist Mayor of Londonderry
Alec Cooke 1961 1969 Unionist Elected
Robert Corkey 1943 1965 Unionist Elected
James Glencairn Cunningham 1957; 1967 1965; 1972 Unionist Elected
Joseph Cunningham 1921 1965 Unionist[8] Elected
Samuel Cunningham 1921 1945 Independent Unionist;[9] Unionist[3] Elected
Joseph Davison 1935 1948 Unionist Elected
James Hill Dickson 1921 1938 Unionist[2] Elected
Sir Thomas Dixon 1924 1949 Unionist[10] Elected
Arthur Frederick Dobbs 1929; 1937 1933; 1955 Unionist[10] Elected
John Patrick Donaghy 1953 1968 Independent;[4] Nationalist[11] Elected
Robert Dorman 1925 1933 Labour (NI)[9] Elected
Samuel Sydney Dowds 1954 1957 Unionist Mayor of Londonderry
John Cherry Drennan 1961 1973 Unionist[7] Elected
Hugh Duff 1937 1940 Unionist[3] Elected
The 3rd Marquess of Dufferin and Ava 1921 1930 Unionist Elected
Adam Duffin 1921 1924 Unionist[2] Elected
Nelson Elder 1966 1973 Unionist[7] Elected
Joseph Fisher 1957 1963 Unionist[2] Elected
Henry Fleming 1945 1956 Unionist[4] Elected
William Duncan Geddis 1966 1969 Unionist Lord Mayor of Belfast
Archibald Gibson 1969 1973 Unionist[7] Elected
William Gibson 1935 1942 Unionist[3] Elected
John Clements Glendinning 1922; 1934 1933; 1946 Unionist[3] Elected
The 2nd Baron Glentoran 1961 1973 Unionist Elected
Gerald Stanley Glover 1950 1952 Unionist Mayor of Londonderry
Alexander Robert Gisborne Gordon 1950 1964 Unionist Elected
Thomas Greer 1921 1928 Unionist[2] Elected
Marion Greeves 1950 1969 Unionist;[4] Independent Elected
Robert George Grosvenor 1964 1967 Unionist Elected
James Woods Gyle 1933 1935 Independent Unionist Elected
James Hamilton 1927 1929 Unionist Mayor of Londonderry
Robert Harcourt 1955 1957 Unionist Lord Mayor of Belfast
Sir Emerson C. Herdman 1923 1949 Unionist[10] Elected
Wilson Hungerford 1948 1957 Unionist Elected
William Jenkins 1963 1966 Unionist Lord Mayor of Belfast
Sir James Johnston 1921 1924 Unionist[2] Elected
John Stewart Johnston 1958; 1967 1965; 1973 Unionist[2] Elected
William Ernest George Johnston 1949 1951 Unionist Lord Mayor of Belfast
Norman Kennedy 1965 1973 Labour (NI)[12] Elected
Robert Kinahan 1959 1961 Unionist Lord Mayor of Belfast
Samuel Kinghan 1963 1973 Unionist Elected
William Kinghan 1940 1946 Unionist[10] Elected
Thomas Lavery 1930 1940 Unionist Elected
Gerry Lennon 1944 1969 Nationalist Elected
James Graham Leslie 1921 1949 Unionist[8] Elected
The 7th Marquess of Londonderry 1921 1929 Unionist Elected
John Andrew Long 1921 1941 Unionist Elected
Louis Lynch 1949 1957 Nationalist[13] Elected
Thaddeus Lynch 1941 1949 Nationalist[10] Elected
Thomas McAllister 1929 1950 Nationalist[3] Elected
Robert McBride 1934 1935 Unionist Elected
David McClelland 1967 1973 Unionist[7] Elected
Ian McClure 1968 1973 Unionist Elected
Alexander McConnell 1956 1961 Unionist[2] Elected
Dudley McCorkell 1929 1935 Unionist Mayor of Londonderry
John McCormick 1947 1958 Unionist[2] Elected
Sir Crawford McCullagh 1931; 1943 1942; 1946 Unionist Lord Mayor of Belfast
Charles McCullough 1968 1973 Unionist; Democratic Unionist Elected
William John McDowell 1921 1929 Unionist[8] Elected
Sir Basil McFarland 1939; 1945 1940; 1950 Unionist Mayor of Londonderry
Paddy McGill 1953 1973 Nationalist Elected
Daniel McGladdery 1957 1973 Unionist Elected
John McGlade 1958 1967 Nationalist Elected
John McHugh 1929 1945 Nationalist Elected
Cecil McKee 1957 1959 Unionist Lord Mayor of Belfast
Thomas McLaughlin 1933 1944 Nationalist[10] Elected
James McMahon 1933 1936 Nationalist[14] Elected
John McNally 1950 1953 Nationalist[4] Elected
John Gilbert Magee 1925 1927 Unionist Mayor of Londonderry
Joseph Maguire 1937 1951 Nationalist[3] Elected
Patrick Francis Mallon 1965 1973 Nationalist[12] Elected
The 12th Viscount Massereene and Ferrard 1921 1929 Unionist Elected
Hugh Montgomery 1922 1924 Unionist Elected
Maxwell Moore 1923 1925 Unionist Mayor of Londonderry
William James Morgan 1969 1970 Unionist Elected
Edward Sullivan Murphy 1929 1929 Unionist Elected
William Frederick Neill 1946 1949 Unionist Lord Mayor of Belfast
Thomas Nelson 1945 1949 Unionist Elected
James Norritt 1951 1953 Unionist Lord Mayor of Belfast
Sir Roland Nugent 1936 1961 Unionist Elected
Hugh O'Doherty 1921 1923 Nationalist Mayor of Londonderry
Paddy O'Hare 1949 1973 Nationalist Elected
Samuel Orr 1952 1954 Unionist Mayor of Londonderry
Hercules Pakenham 1928 1937 Unionist[2] Elected
Robert Perceval-Maxwell 1921 1925 Unionist[2] Elected
Robert Perceval-Maxwell 1935; 1941 1941; 1945 Unionist Elected
The 1st Viscount Pirrie 1921 1924 Unionist[2] Elected
James Pollock 1954 1957 Unionist Elected
John Porter-Porter 1921 1937 Unionist Elected
Andrew Quigley 1929 1937 Unionist Elected
Herbert Quin 1950 1968 Unionist Elected
Henry Richardson 1949 1957 Unionist[4] Elected
John Hanna Robb 1937 1943 Unionist Elected
Samuel Rodgers 1962 1970 Unionist Elected
Arnold Schofield 1961 1969 Labour (NI)[11] Elected
Robert Gordon Sharman-Crawford 1921 1934 Unionist Elected
Frederick Simmons 1940 1945 Unionist Mayor of Londonderry
Thomas Sinclair 1921 1940 Unionist Elected
William James Smyth 1945 1950 Labour (NI)[6] Elected
William Ernest Stevenson 1940; 1945 1945; 1954 Unionist[2] Elected
Kennedy Stewart 1945 1955 Unionist[2] Elected
William Stewart 1957 1973 Unionist[2] Elected
Edith Taggart 1968 1973 Unionist Elected
Henry Taylor 1938 1957 Unionist[10] Elected
William George Turner 1923 1929 Unionist Lord Mayor of Belfast
Martin Wallace 1961 1963 Unionist Lord Mayor of Belfast
Albert Walmsley 1957 1964 Unionist Elected
George Whaley 1941 1945 Unionist[2] Elected
Paddy Wilson 1969 1973 Republican Labour; Social Democratic and Labour Elected
William Wilson 1968 1973 Unionist[7] Elected
Claude Wilton 1969 1973 Liberal; Social Democratic and Labour Elected
James McElmunn Wilton 1935 1939 Unionist Mayor of Londonderry
William McConnell Wilton 1945 1953 Independent Unionist[6] Elected
Joseph Andrew Woods 1921 1925 Unionist[2] Elected

References

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  1. ^ Members of the Northern Ireland Senate, 1921–72, Northern Ireland Elections
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s John F. Harbinson, The Ulster Unionist Party, 1882–1973, pp.204–209
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "Unionists lose a seat", Irish Times, 22 June 1937
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "Northern Senate election", Irish Times, 23 May 1953
  5. ^ Commonwealth Year Book 1956, p.205
  6. ^ a b c "New Northern Senate", Irish Times, 25 August 1945
  7. ^ a b c d e f "Clark loses seat in N.I. Senate", Irish Times, 7 June 1969
  8. ^ a b c d "Thirteen Nominations for Twelve Seats", Irish News, 12 June 1929
  9. ^ a b "Missing Voting Papers", Manchester Guardian, 15 July 1925
  10. ^ a b c d e f g "Northern Senate elections: Contest for vacant seats", Irish Times, 14 June 1941
  11. ^ a b Fergus Pyle, "Morgan nominated for N.I. Senate", Irish Times, 21 May 1969
  12. ^ a b "Contest for 12 seats in N.I. Senate", Irish Times, 21 May 1965
  13. ^ The Commonwealth Yearbook (1956), p.205
  14. ^ Brian Barton, The Blitz: Belfast in the war years, p.10