Created 1921 Founded 1921 | Abolished 1969 | |
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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 the single transferable vote method of proportional representation. In 1969 the constituency was abolished under reforms carried out by the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland Terence O'Neill.
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The constituency was not a physical area but was a university constituency, elected by the graduates of the Queen's University of Belfast.
Elections in the 1920s
At the Northern Ireland general election, 1925, John Campbell, Robert James Johnstone, Hugh Morrison and John Hanna Robb were elected unopposed.Elections in the 1930s
At the Queen's University of Belfast by-election, 1935, Arthur Brownlow Mitchell was elected unopposed.At the Queen's University of Belfast by-election, 1938, Howard Stevenson was elected unopposed.Elections in the 1940s
At the Queen's University of Belfast by-election, 1942, William Lyle was elected unopposed.At the Queen's University of Belfast by-election, 1943, John W. Renshaw was elected unopposed.Elections in the 1960s
At the Northern Ireland general election, 1965, Harold McClure, Elizabeth Maconachie, Sheelagh Murnaghan and Charles Stewart were elected unopposed.References
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