Queen's University of Belfast (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)
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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 proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote. In 1969 the constituency was abolished under the reforms carried out by the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland Terence O'Neill.
| Queen's University of Belfast | |
|---|---|
| Former University constituency for the Parliament of Northern Ireland | |
 Queen's University of Belfast Constituency | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1921 |
| Abolished | 1969 |
| Election method | Single transferable vote |
Franchise
editThe constituency was created by the Government of Ireland Act 1920 and its four MPs were elected by the graduates of Queen's University of Belfast.
Second Dáil
editIn May 1921, Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the self-declared Irish Republic run by Sinn Féin, passed a resolution declaring that elections to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland and the House of Commons of Southern Ireland would be used as the election for the Second Dáil.[1] All those elected were on the roll of the Second Dáil, but as no Sinn Féin MP was elected for Queen's University, it was not represented there.[2]
Members of Parliament
editElection results
editElections in the 1920s
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| UUP | John Campbell | 43.35 | 835 | |||
| UUP | John Hanna Robb | 19.11 | 368 | 438 | ||
| UUP | Professor Robert James Johnstone | 14.49 | 279 | 602 | ||
| UUP | Hugh Smith Morrison | 12.62 | 243 | 296 | 564 | |
| Sinn Féin | Sean B. Dolan | 10.44 | 201 | 204 | 204 | |
| Electorate: 2,528 Valid: 1,926 Quota: 386 Turnout: 76.19% | ||||||
- At the 1925 Northern Ireland general election, John Campbell, Robert James Johnstone, Hugh Morrison and John Hanna Robb were elected unopposed.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| UUP | John Hanna Robb | 24.9 | 528 | |||
| UUP | Robert Corkey | 24.0 | 510 | |||
| Ind. Unionist | Robert McNeill | 20.8 | 441 | |||
| UUP | Robert James Johnstone | 16.0 | 340 | 397 | 438 | |
| UUP | Arthur Brownlow Mitchell | 14.2 | 302 | 348 | 392 | |
| Electorate: 3,324 Valid: 2,121 Quota: 425 Turnout: 63.8% | ||||||
Elections in the 1930s
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ||||
| UUP | Robert James Johnstone | 29.5 | 695 | ||
| UUP | Robert Corkey | 21.7 | 512 | ||
| UUP | John Hanna Robb | 19.1 | 451 | 472 | |
| Ind. Unionist | Robert McNeill | 15.6 | 368 | 604 | |
| Independent | Frederick McSorley | 14.0 | 331 | 337 | |
| Electorate: 3,800 Valid: 2,357 Quota: 472 Turnout: 62.0% | |||||
- At the 1935 Queen's University of Belfast by-election, Arthur Brownlow Mitchell was elected unopposed.
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | Robert Corkey | 608 | 24.8 | 1 | 1 | |
| UUP | Robert James Johnstone | 600 | 24.5 | 2 | 1 | |
| UUP | Arthur Brownlow Mitchell | 369 | 14.7 | 3 | 5 | |
| Independent | Frederick McSorley | 359 | 5 | |||
| Ind. Unionist | S. Sims | 259 | 10.6 | 3 | ||
| UUP | John MacDermott | 253 | 10.3 | 4 | 5 | |
| Turnout | 2,448 | 61.1 | – 0.9 | |||
- At the 1938 Queen's University of Belfast by-election, Howard Stevenson was elected unopposed.
Elections in the 1940s
edit- At the 1942 Queen's University of Belfast by-election, William Lyle was elected unopposed.
- At the 1943 Queen's University of Belfast by-election, John W. Renshaw was elected unopposed.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | Herbert Quin | 1,178 | 53.6 | -20.7 | |
| Independent | Irene Calvert | 1,020 | 46.4 | New | |
| Majority | 158 | 71.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 2,198 | 46.7 | – 14.4 | ||
| UUP hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Frederick McSorley | 649 | 21.6 | 1 | 1 | |
| UUP | Howard Stevenson | 580 | 19.3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Independent | Irene Calvert | 570 | 18.9 | 3 | 1 | |
| UUP | Herbert Quin | 535 | 17.8 | 4 | 3 | |
| UUP | E. B. Wallace | 286 | 9.5 | 3 | ||
| UUP | William Lyle | 279 | 9.3 | 3 | ||
| Ind. Unionist | S. Sims | 109 | 3.6 | 2 | ||
| Turnout | 3,008 | 59.1 | – 2.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | Samuel Irwin | 2,735 | 70.8 | +13.9 | |
| Independent | Eileen M. Hickey | 1,126 | 29.2 | New | |
| Majority | 1,609 | 41.7 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 3,861 | 57.4 | – 1.7 | ||
| UUP hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | Samuel Irwin | 1,662 | 31.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent | Eileen M. Hickey | 1,073 | 20.5 | 2 | 1 | |
| Independent | Irene Calvert | 955 | 18.2 | 3 | 3 | |
| UUP | E. B. Wallace | 620 | 11.8 | 3 | ||
| UUP | William Lyle | 588 | 11.2 | 4 | 3 | |
| UUP | Howard Stevenson | 339 | 6.5 | 2 | ||
| Turnout | 5,237 | 75.0 | + 15.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | Frederick Lloyd-Dodd | 2,100 | 54.0 | -7.2 | |
| Ind. Unionist | N. S. Dickson | 1,312 | 33.7 | New | |
| Independent | E. Reid | 479 | 12.3 | New | |
| Majority | 749 | 19.2 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 3,891 | 54.2 | – 20.8 | ||
| UUP hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Elections in the 1950s
edit| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | Samuel Irwin | 1,840 | 32.9 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent | Eileen M. Hickey | 1,206 | 21.6 | 2 | 1 | |
| UUP | Elizabeth Maconachie | 940 | 16.8 | 4 | 2 | |
| UUP | Frederick Lloyd-Dodd | 706 | 12.6 | 3 | 2 | |
| Independent | R. Appleton | 539 | 9.6 | 2 | ||
| NI Labour | Sam Napier | 297 | 5.3 | 2 | ||
| Turnout | 5,586 | 63.7 | – 11.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | Samuel Irwin | 1,640 | 28.3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent | Charles Stewart | 1,218 | 21.0 | 2 | 1 | |
| UUP | Elizabeth Maconachie | 1,131 | 19.5 | 3 | 2 | |
| Ulster Liberal | Albert McElroy | 759 | 13.1 | 4 | ||
| UUP | Frederick Lloyd-Dodd | 706 | 12.2 | 4 | 4 | |
| NI Labour | S. J. Watt | 345 | 5.9 | 2 | ||
| Turnout | 5,799 | 52.9 | – 10.8 | |||
Elections in the 1960s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ulster Liberal | Sheelagh Murnaghan | 2,622 | 52.5 | +39.4 | |
| UUP | Samuel Rodgers | 2,370 | 47.5 | -12.5 | |
| Majority | 252 | 5.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 4,992 | 45.1 | – 7.8 | ||
| Ulster Liberal gain from UUP | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | Ian McClure | 2,040 | 30.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ulster Liberal | Sheelagh Murnaghan | 1,698 | 24.9 | 2 | 1 | |
| UUP | Elizabeth Maconachie | 1,252 | 18.4 | 3 | 2 | |
| Independent | Charles Stewart | 1,220 | 17.9 | 4 | 3 | |
| UUP | H. R. Brown | 597 | 8.8 | 3 | ||
| Turnout | 6,807 | 53.8 | + 0.9 | |||
- At the 1965 Northern Ireland general election, Harold McClure, Elizabeth Maconachie, Sheelagh Murnaghan and Charles Stewart were elected unopposed.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | Robert Porter | 3,717 | 55.6 | N/A | |
| Ulster Liberal | Albert McElroy | 2,968 | 44.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 749 | 11.2 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 6,685 | 48.7 | N/A | ||
| UUP gain from Independent | Swing | N/A | |||
References
edit- ^ "Dáil Éireann debate - Tuesday, 10 May 1921 - PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT. - ELECTIONS". Houses of the Oireachtas. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ^ "APPENDIX 19 DÁIL ÉIREANN". Houses of the Oireachtas. 16 August 1921. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
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