Queen's University, Belfast was a university constituency in both the United Kingdom Parliament (from 1918 until 1950) and the Parliament of Northern Ireland (from 1921 until 1969). University constituencies existed from 1603 until 1950 to allow a University to be represented in the United Kingdom Parliament. ... Westminster is the name of a city that covers much of central London, located to the west of the ancient City of London, and which has been the principal seat of government in England for more than nine hundred years. ... The UK general election of 1922 was held on 15th November 1922. ... The United Kingdom general election in 1950 was the first general election ever after a full term of a Labour government. ... 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. ... 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ...

Boundaries

The constituency was not a physical area but was rather elected by the graduates of Queen's University, Belfast. The Queens University of Belfast Queens University, Belfast (QUB) - or officially The Queens University of Belfast - is a university in Belfast, Northern Ireland. ...

The constituency returned one member to Westminster and four to Stormont, with the latter elected by Single Transferable Vote. The Single Transferable Vote, or STV, is a preference voting system designed to minimise wasted votes in multi-candidate elections while ensuring that votes are explicitly for candidates rather than party lists. ...

Westminster elections

MPs from 1918 until 1950

• 1918 - 1940 (resignation) T. Sinclair Ulster Unionist Party
• 1940 (by-election) - 1950 Professor D.L. Savory Ulster Unionist Party

The UK general election of 1922 was held on 15th November 1922. ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to 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. ... 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. ...

Northern Ireland Parliamentary Elections

Members of the Northern Ireland Parliament elected between 1921 and 1969. 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ...

• 1921 - 1929 Dr. J. Campbell Ulster Unionist Party
• 1921 - 1938 (resignation) J.H. Robb Ulster Unionist Party
• 1921 - 1938 (death) Professor R.J. Johnstone Ulster Unionist Party
• 1921 - 1929 Dr. H.S. Morrison Ulster Unionist Party

• 1929 - 1943 (resignation) Rev. Prof. R. Corkey Ulster Unionist Party
• 1929 - 1935 (resignation) R.N. McNeill Independent Unionist

• 1935 (by-election) - 1942 (death) Dr. A.B. Mitchell Ulster Unionist Party

• 1938 - 1943 (resignation) - J.C. MacDermott Ulster Unionist Party

• 1938 (by-election) - 1949 - H. Stevenson Ulster Unionist Party

• 1942 (by-election) - 1945 - Dr W. Lyle Ulster Unionist Party

• 1943 (by-election) - 1945 - Dr J.W. Renshaw Ulster Unionist Party

• 1944 (by-election) - 1949 - H. Quin Ulster Unionist Party

• 1945 - 1948 (death) Dr. F. McSorley Independent
• 1945 - 1953 L.I.M. Calvert Independent

• 1948 (by-election) - 1961 (death) - S.T. Irwin Ulster Unionist Party

• 1949 - 1958 - Dr. Eileen M. Hickey Independent
• 1949 - 1953 - E.B. Wallace Ulster Unionist Party

• 1949 (by-election) - 1962 - Professor F.T. Lloyd-Dodd Ulster Unionist Party

• 1953 - 1969 E.H. Maconachie Ulster Unionist Party

• 1958 - 1969 C. Stewart Independent

• 1961 (by-election) - 1969 Miss S.M. Murnaghan Liberal Party

• 1962 - 1969 - Dr. H.I. McClure Ulster Unionist Party

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Politics and History of the constituency

University constituencies had existed in the United Kingdom Parliament and its predecessors since 1603 and in 1918 Queen's was enfranchised as such. When the Parliament of Northern Ireland was established, the same franchise was preserved. Events March 24 - Elizabeth I of England dies and is succeeded by her cousin King James VI of Scotland, uniting the crowns of Scotland and England April 28 – Funeral of Elizabeth I of England in Westminster Abbey July 17 or July 19 - Sir Walter Raleigh arrested for treason. ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

As with most other Northern Ireland seats in this period, the electorate was heavily inclined towards the Ulster Unionists, with no contests for the Westminster seat taking place at all in the interwar years.

In the late 1940s legislation was passed to abolish the university constituencies at Westminster. The constituency survived in the Stormont Parliament but increasingly there were demands to abolish the second votes for graduates and introduce "One Person, One Vote". By the 1960s only two of the four seats were regularly won by Ulster Unionists, with one being won by the Liberal Party. In 1969 the seat was abolished under reforms carried out by the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland Terence O'Neill. Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century Decades: 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s - 1940s - 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s Years: 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 Events and trends Technology First nuclear bomb First cruise missile, the V1 flying bomb and the first ballistic missile, the... Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Years: 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 Events and trends The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around the world. ... The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party to form a new party which would become known as... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland was the head of the Government of Northern Ireland, appointed by the Governor of Northern Ireland under the Government of Ireland Act 1920. ... Captain Terence ONeill, Baron ONeill of the Maine ( September 10, 1914 - June 12, 1990), was the fourth Prime Minister of Northern Ireland. ...