Minister of Finance (Northern Ireland)

The minister of finance (de facto deputy prime minister) was a member of the Executive Committee of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland (Cabinet) in the Parliament of Northern Ireland which governed Northern Ireland from 1921 to 1972. The post was combined with that of the prime minister of Northern Ireland for a brief period in 1940–1941 and was vacant for two weeks during 1953, following the death of incumbent minister John Maynard Sinclair. The office was often seen as being occupied by the prime minister's choice of successor. Two ministers of finance went on to be prime minister, while two more, Maginness and Jack Andrews, were widely seen as possible successors to the premiership.

#	Name	Took office	Prime Minister
1.	Hugh MacDowell Pollock	7 June 1921	Craigavon	UUP
2.	J. M. Andrews	21 April 1937	Craigavon, Andrews	UUP
3.	John Milne Barbour	16 January 1941	Andrews	UUP
4.	John Maynard Sinclair	6 May 1943	Brookeborough	UUP
	Vacant	31 January 1953	Brookeborough	N/A
5.	Brian Maginess	13 February 1953	Brookeborough	UUP
6.	George Boyle Hanna	20 April 1956	Brookeborough	UUP
7.	Terence O'Neill	21 September 1956	Brookeborough	UUP
8.	Jack Andrews	25 March 1963	O'Neill	UUP
9.	Ivan Neill	22 July 1964	O'Neill	UUP
10.	Herbert Kirk	2 April 1965	O'Neill, Chichester-Clark, Faulkner	UUP

Deputy Prime Minister

From 3 May 1969, a separate and distinct office of Deputy Prime Minister was created and occupied by Jack Andrews, who was also Leader of the Senate.

Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Ministry of Finance

1921 – 1937 Milne Barbour
1937 – 1940 Alexander Gordon
1940 – 1941 vacant
1941 – 1943 Maynard Sinclair

Office abolished 1943

Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Finance (and Chief Whip)

1921 – 1942 Herbert Dixon, 1st Baron Glentoran
1942 – 1944 Sir Norman Stronge
1944 – 1945 Sir Wilson Hungerford
1945 – 1947 Lancelot Curran
1947 – 1956 Walter Topping
1956 – 1959 Brian Faulkner
1959 – 1963 Isaac George Hawthorne
1963: William Craig
1963 – 1966 James Chichester-Clark
1966 – 1968 vacant
1968 – 1969 Roy Bradford

Office abolished 1969

Assistant Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Finance (and Assistant Chief Whip)

1921 – 1925 Thomas Henry Burn
1925 – 1929 Henry Mulholland
1929 – 1933 Sir Basil Brooke
1933 – 1941 Sir Wilson Hungerford
1941 – 1942 Sir Norman Stronge
1942 – 1943 Robert Corkey
1943 – 1945 vacant
1945 – 1958 John Edgar Bailey
1958 Harry West
1958 – 1961 William James Morgan
1961 – 1963 William Fitzsimmons
1963 James Chichester-Clark
1963 – 1965 vacant
1965 – 1966 Isaac George Hawthorne
1966 – 1967 Roy Bradford and Samuel Magowan
1967 – 1968 Samuel Magowan and vacancy
1968 – 1969 Samuel Magowan and Joseph Burns
1969 Samuel Magowan and John William Kennedy

Office abolished 1969

References

The Government of Northern Ireland