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1962 Northern Ireland General Election ...
The 1962 Northern Ireland general election was held on 31 May 1962. While the Ulster Unionist Party lost three seats, they retained a large majority as in all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland. Results ''All parties shown.Electorate: 903,596 (458,838 in contested seats); Turnout: 66.0% (302,681).'' Votes summary Seats summary See also * List of members of the 10th House of Commons of Northern Ireland Notes ReferencesNorthern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results {{Northern Ireland elections 1962 Northern Ireland general election Northern Ireland general election General election A general election is an electoral process to choose most or all members of a governing body at the same time. They are distinct from By-election, by-elections, which fill individual seats that have become vacant between general elections. Gener ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Members Of The 10th House Of Commons Of Northern Ireland
This is a list of members of Parliament elected in the 1962 Northern Ireland general election. All members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons elected at the 1962 Northern Ireland general election are listed. Members Changes *6 December 1962: William Kennedy of the Ulster Unionist Party replaced Joseph Morgan in Belfast Cromac. *1964: Harry Diamond and Gerry Fitt become founder members of the Republican Labour Party. *9 May 1964: Samuel Magowan of the Ulster Unionist Party replaced Brian Maginess in Iveagh. *30 June 1964: Austin Currie of the Nationalist Party replaced Joseph Stewart in East Tyrone. *3 December 1964: Basil Kelly of the Ulster Unionist Party replaced John L. O. Andrews in Mid Down. *19 June 1965: John Dobson of the Ulster Unionist Party replaced David John Little in West Down. ReferencesBiographies of Members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons {{NI elected representatives 1962 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen's University, Belfast (Northern Ireland Parliament Constituency)
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. Franchise The 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 In 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. 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. Members of Parliament Election results ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1962 Elections In The United Kingdom
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the Jian'an Era, during the reign of the Xian Emperor of the Han. * The Xian Emperor returns to war-r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Elections To The Parliament Of Northern Ireland
A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air and space forces, marines or naval infantry. In some usages, the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". OED Online. March 2021. Oxford University Press. https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/77489?rskey=dCKrg4&result=1 (accessed May 11, 2021) The adjective ''general'' had been affixed to officer designations since the late medieval period to indicate relative superiority or an extended jurisdiction. French Revolutionary system Arab system Other variations Other nomenclatures for general officers include the titles and ranks: * Adjutant general * Commandant-general * Inspector general * General-in-chief * General of the Air Force (USAF only) * General of the Armies of the United States (of America), a title created for General John J. Pershing, and subsequently granted posthumously to George Washington and Ulysses S. Grant * (" general admiral" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Members Of The 10th House Of Commons Of Northern Ireland
This is a list of members of Parliament elected in the 1962 Northern Ireland general election. All members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons elected at the 1962 Northern Ireland general election are listed. Members Changes *6 December 1962: William Kennedy of the Ulster Unionist Party replaced Joseph Morgan in Belfast Cromac. *1964: Harry Diamond and Gerry Fitt become founder members of the Republican Labour Party. *9 May 1964: Samuel Magowan of the Ulster Unionist Party replaced Brian Maginess in Iveagh. *30 June 1964: Austin Currie of the Nationalist Party replaced Joseph Stewart in East Tyrone. *3 December 1964: Basil Kelly of the Ulster Unionist Party replaced John L. O. Andrews in Mid Down. *19 June 1965: John Dobson of the Ulster Unionist Party replaced David John Little in West Down. ReferencesBiographies of Members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons {{NI elected representatives 1962 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belfast Duncairn (Northern Ireland Parliament Constituency)
Belfast Duncairn was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland. Boundaries Belfast Duncairn was a borough constituency comprising part of northern Belfast. It was created in 1929 when the House of Commons (Method of Voting and Redistribution of Seats) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 introduced first past the post, first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland. Belfast Duncairn was created by the division of Belfast North (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency), Belfast North into four new constituencies. It survived unchanged, returning one member of Parliament, until the Parliament of Northern Ireland was Northern Ireland (Temporary Provisions) Act 1972, temporarily suspended in 1972, and then Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973, formally abolished in 1973.The Northern Ireland House of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Socialist Party (Ireland)
The World Socialist Party (Ireland), founded as the Socialist Party of Ireland in 1949 before changing its name a decade later, was a Marxist political party in the impossibilist tradition. It was a companion party of the World Socialist Movement (WSM) and was closely connected to the Socialist Party of Great Britain (SPGB). The party's offices were in Belfast and it was most active in Northern Ireland, although it was also active in the Republic of Ireland. The party participated in elections in Northern Ireland, but without success. ''Socialist View'' was the party's newspaper. The party disbanded in the 1990s. Political positions As with all parties in the WSM, the object of the World Socialist Party of Ireland was " e establishment of a system of society based upon the common ownership and democratic control of the means and instruments for producing and distributing wealth by and in the interests of the whole community.''Manifesto of the Socialist Party of Ireland'' (1949). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belfast Central (Northern Ireland Parliament Constituency)
Belfast Central was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland. Boundaries Belfast Central was a borough constituency comprising part of central Belfast. It was created in 1929, when the House of Commons (Method of Voting and Redistribution of Seats) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland. Belfast Central was created by the division of Belfast West into four new constituencies. It survived unchanged, returning one member of Parliament, until the Parliament of Northern Ireland was temporarily suspended in 1972, and then formally abolished in 1973.The Northern Ireland House of Commons, 1921-1972 Northern Ireland Elections The constituency consisted of inner city areas of Belfast equivalent to the modern areas of Unity, Brown Squa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belfast Dock (Northern Ireland Parliament Constituency)
Belfast Dock was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland. Boundaries Belfast Dock was a borough constituency comprising part of northern Belfast. It was created in 1929 when the House of Commons (Method of Voting and Redistribution of Seats) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland. Belfast Dock was created by the division of Belfast East (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency), Belfast East into four new constituencies. It survived unchanged, returning one member of Parliament, until the Parliament of Northern Ireland was Northern Ireland (Temporary Provisions) Act 1972, temporarily suspended in 1972, and then Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973, formally abolished in 1973.The Northern Ireland House of Commons, 1921-1972 Northern I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belfast Falls (Northern Ireland Parliament Constituency)
Belfast Falls was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland. Boundaries Belfast Falls was a borough constituency comprising part of western Belfast. It was created in 1929, when the House of Commons (Method of Voting and Redistribution of Seats) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland. Belfast Falls was created by the division of Belfast West (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency), Belfast West into four new constituencies. It was formed from the Falls ward and included the Falls Road (Belfast), Falls Road. It survived unchanged, returning one member of Parliament, until the Parliament of Northern Ireland was Northern Ireland (Temporary Provisions) Act 1972, temporarily suspended in 1972, and then Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973, formally abolished in 1973. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Irish General Election 1962
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House Of Commons Of Northern Ireland
The House of Commons of Northern Ireland was the lower house of the Parliament of Northern Ireland created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920. The upper house in the bicameral parliament was called the Senate. It was abolished with the passing of the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973. Membership The House of Commons had a membership of 52. Until 1969, 48 were from territorial constituencies and 4 were for graduates of The Queen's University of Belfast; in that year the QUB seats were abolished and four extra territorial constituencies created on the outskirts of Belfast, where the population had grown. For the electoral constituencies used, see Northern Ireland Parliament constituencies. Functions The House of Commons fulfilled the normal lower house functions to be found in the Westminster System of Government. Its roles were * to grant Supply to the Government; * to grant to or withdraw confidence from the Government; * to provide a talent bank from which memb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
