John Warden Brooke, 2nd Viscount Brookeborough, PC (November 9, 1922 РMarch 5, 1987) was an Ulster Unionist politician, the son of the Northern Irish UUP leader the 1st Viscount Brookeborough, who succeeded his father as Stormont MP for Lisnaskea in 1968. He retained that seat until the proroguing of the Northern Ireland Parliament in 1972. The Privy Council of Northern Ireland was a formal body of advisors to the Sovereign and was a vehicle for the monarchs prerogative powers in the province. ... November 9 is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 52 days remaining. ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ... March 5 is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (65th in leap years). ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP) is a political party in Northern Ireland representing the unionist community, and was the party of government in Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972. ... Sir Basil Stanlake Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough, Bt, KG, CBE, MC, PC (June 9, 1888-August 18, 1973) was an Irish Unionist politician. ... Stormont is Stormont, a suburb of Belfast Stormont Castle, a castle in the area Parliament Building of Northern Ireland, known as Stormont a nickname for the former Parliament of Northern Ireland and its unionist-dominated executive, the Government of Northern Ireland Stormont County an old county that is now a... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... Lisnaskea (Lios na Sc̩ithe in Irish) is a large village and the second largest settlement in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, and is the former seat of the ancient Maguire Kings. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday. ... The Parliament of Northern Ireland was the home rule legislature created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, which existed from June 7, 1921 to March 30, 1972, when it was suspended. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...

He was a member of a dissident group of Ulster Unionist backbench MPs who campaigned for the removal of Terence O'Neill as Prime Minister. When O'Neill finally resigned in April 1969 his successor, James Chichester-Clark, brought some of this dissident group into his government. Brooke was made Parliamentary Secretary at the Ministry of Commerce (1969-1970). Under Brian Faulkner's premiership, he was government Chief Whip (1971-1972). The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP) is a political party in Northern Ireland representing the unionist community, and was the party of government in Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972. ... Terence Marne ONeill, Baron ONeill of the Maine, PC (10 September 1914–12 June 1990) was the fourth Prime Minister of Northern Ireland. ... A prime minister is the very most senior minister of a cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... The Right Honourable James Dawson Chichester-Clark, Baron Moyola, PC, DL (February 12, 1923–May 17, 2002) was the fifth Prime Minister of Northern Ireland. ... The Chief Whip is a political office in some legislatures assigned to an elected member whose task is to administer the whipping system that ensures that members of the party attend and vote as the party leadership desires. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...

In the Northern Ireland Assembly (1973-74) he represented North Down. When the Unionist Party of Northern Ireland was founded by pro Sunningdale Agreement members of the Ulster Unionists Brooke joined and was again elected for North Down to the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention (1975-76). He also represented the views of the Unionist Party of Northern Ireland (UPNI) in the House of Lords. The Northern Ireland Assembly is a home rule legislature established in Northern Ireland under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, but currently under suspension. ... North Down is a Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons and also an Assembly constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly. ... The Unionist Party of Northern Ireland was a political party founded by Brian Faulkner in September 1974. ... The Sunningdale Agreement on December 9, 1973, was an attempt to end the Northern Ireland troubles by forcing unionists to share power with nationalists. ... The Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention was an elected body set up in 1975 by the Labour government of Harold Wilson as an attempt to deal with constitutional issues surrounding the status of Northern Ireland. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... The Unionist Party of Northern Ireland was a political party founded by Brian Faulkner in September 1974. ... The Unionist Party of Northern Ireland was a political party founded by Brian Faulkner in September 1974. ... This article is about the British House of Lords. ...

See also

• List of Northern Ireland Members of the House of Lords