Queen's University of Belfast (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

Queen's University of Belfast Parliament of Northern Ireland University constituency
Queen's University of Belfast shown within Northern Ireland
Created:	1921
Abolished:	1969
Election Method:	Single transferable vote

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.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 3.1 Elections in the 1920s 3.2 Elections in the 1930s 3.3 Elections in the 1940s 3.4 Elections in the 1950s 3.5 Elections in the 1960s 4 References

Boundaries

The constituency was not a physical area but was a university constituency, elected by the graduates of the Queen's University of Belfast.

Members of Parliament

Election	Member	Party		Member	Party		Member	Party		Member	Party
MPs (1921)	John Campbell		Ulster Unionist	John Hanna Robb		Ulster Unionist	Robert James Johnstone		Ulster Unionist	Hugh Morrison		Ulster Unionist
MPs (1929)	Robert Corkey		Ulster Unionist							Robert McNeill		Independent Unionist
MPs (1935)										Arthur Brownlow Mitchell		Ulster Unionist
MPs (1938)				John MacDermott		Ulster Unionist
MPs (1938)							Howard Stevenson		Ulster Unionist
MPs (1942)										William Lyle		Ulster Unionist
MPs (1943)	John W. Renshaw		Ulster Unionist
MPs (1944)				Herbert Quin		Ulster Unionist
MPs (1945)	Frederick McSorley		Independent							Irene Calvert		Independent
MPs 1948	Samuel Irwin		Ulster Unionist
MPs (1949}				Eileen M. Hickey		Independent	William Lyle		Ulster Unionist
MPs (1949)							Frederick Lloyd-Dodd		Ulster Unionist
MPs (1953)										Elizabeth Maconachie		Ulster Unionist
MPs (1958)				Charles Stewart		Independent
MPs (1961)	Sheelagh Murnaghan		Liberal
MPs (1962)							Ian McClure		Ulster Unionist
MPs (1966)				Robert Porter		Ulster Unionist

Election results

Elections in the 1920s

1921 General Election: Queen's University of Belfast (4 seats)
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Ulster Unionist	John Campbell	835	43.4	1	1
	Ulster Unionist	John Hanna Robb	368	19.1	3	2
	Ulster Unionist	Robert James Johnstone	279	14.5	2	2
	Ulster Unionist	Hugh Morrison	243	12.6	4	3
	Sinn Féin	Sean Dolan	201	10.4		3
Turnout			1,926	76.2	N/A

At the Northern Ireland general election, 1925, John Campbell, Robert James Johnstone, Hugh Morrison and John Hanna Robb were elected unopposed.

1929 General Election: Queen's University of Belfast (4 seats)
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Ulster Unionist	John Hanna Robb	528	24.9	1	1
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Corkey	510	24.0	2	1
	Independent Unionist	Robert McNeill	441	20.8	3	1
	Ulster Unionist	Robert James Johnstone	340	16.0	4	3
	Ulster Unionist	Arthur Brownlow Mitchell	302	14.2		3
Turnout			2,121	63.8	N/A

Elections in the 1930s

1933 General Election: Queen's University of Belfast (4 seats)
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Ulster Unionist	Robert James Johnstone	695	29.5	1	1
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Corkey	512	21.7	2	1
	Ulster Unionist	John Hanna Robb	451	19.1	3	2
	Independent Unionist	Robert McNeill	368	15.6	4	2
	Independent	Frederick McSorley	331	14.0		2
Turnout			2,357	62.0	- 1.8

At the Queen's University of Belfast by-election, 1935, Arthur Brownlow Mitchell was elected unopposed.

1938 General Election: Queen's University of Belfast (4 seats)
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Corkey	608	24.8	1	1
	Ulster Unionist	Robert James Johnstone	600	24.5	2	1
	Ulster Unionist	Arthur Brownlow Mitchell	369	14.7	3	5
	Independent	Frederick McSorley	359			5
	Independent Unionist	S. Sims	259	10.6		3
	Ulster Unionist	John MacDermott	253	10.3	4	5
Turnout			2,448	61.1	- 0.9

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.

Queen's University of Belfast by-election, 1944
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Herbert Quin	1,178	53.6	N/A
	Independent	Irene Calvert	1,020	46.4	N/A
Majority			158	71.9	N/A
Turnout			2,198	46.7	- 14.4
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

1945 General Election: Queen's University of Belfast (4 seats)
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Independent	Frederick McSorley	649	21.6	1	1
	Ulster Unionist	Howard Stevenson	580	19.3	2	1
	Independent	Irene Calvert	570	18.9	3	1
	Ulster Unionist	Herbert Quin	535	17.8	4	3
	Ulster Unionist	E. B. Wallace	286	9.5		3
	Ulster Unionist	William Lyle	279	9.3		3
	Independent Unionist	S. Sims	109	3.6		2
Turnout			3,008	59.1	- 2.0

Queen's University of Belfast by-election, 1948
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Samuel Irwin	2,735	70.8	N/A
	Independent	Eileen M. Hickey	1,126	29.2	N/A
Majority			1,609	41.7	N/A
Turnout			3,861	57.4	- 1.7
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

1949 General Election: Queen's University of Belfast (4 seats)
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Ulster Unionist	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
	Ulster Unionist	E. B. Wallace	620	11.8		3
	Ulster Unionist	William Lyle	588	11.2	4	3
	Ulster Unionist	Howard Stevenson	339	6.5		2
Turnout			5,237	75.0	+ 15.9

Queen's University of Belfast by-election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Frederick Lloyd-Dodd	2,100	54.0	N/A
	Independent Unionist	N. S. Dickson	1,312	33.7	N/A
	Independent	E. Reid	479	12.3	N/A
Majority			749	19.2	N/A
Turnout			3,891	54.2	- 20.8
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1950s

1953 General Election: Queen's University of Belfast (4 seats)
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Ulster Unionist	Samuel Irwin	1,840	32.9	1	1
	Independent	Eileen M. Hickey	1,206	21.6	2	1
	Ulster Unionist	Elizabeth Maconachie	940	16.8	4	2
	Ulster Unionist	Frederick Lloyd-Dodd	706	12.6	3	2
	Independent	R. Appleton	539	9.6		2
	Labour (NI)	Sam Napier	297	5.3		2
Turnout			5,586	63.7	- 11.3

1958 General Election: Queen's University of Belfast (4 seats)
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Ulster Unionist	Samuel Irwin	1,640	28.3	1	1
	Independent	Charles Stewart	1,218	21.0	2	1
	Ulster Unionist	Elizabeth Maconachie	1,131	19.5	3	2
	Liberal	Albert McElroy	759	13.1		4
	Ulster Unionist	Frederick Lloyd-Dodd	706	12.2	4	4
	Labour (NI)	S. J. Watt	345	5.9		2
Turnout			5,799	52.9	- 10.8

Elections in the 1960s

Queen's University of Belfast by-election, 1961
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sheelagh Murnaghan	2,622	52.5	N/A
	Ulster Unionist	Samuel Rodgers	2,370	47.5	N/A
Majority			252	5.0	N/A
Turnout			4,992	45.1	- 7.8
	Liberal gain from Ulster Unionist		Swing	N/A

1962 General Election: Queen's University of Belfast (4 seats)
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Ulster Unionist	Ian McClure	2,040	30.0	1	1
	Liberal	Sheelagh Murnaghan	1,698	24.9	2	1
	Ulster Unionist	Elizabeth Maconachie	1,252	18.4	3	2
	Independent	Charles Stewart	1,220	17.9	4	3
	Ulster Unionist	H. R. Brown	597	8.8		3
Turnout			6,807	53.8	+ 0.9

At the Northern Ireland general election, 1965, Harold McClure, Elizabeth Maconachie, Sheelagh Murnaghan and Charles Stewart were elected unopposed.

Queen's University of Belfast by-election, 1966
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Porter	3,717	55.6	N/A
	Liberal	Albert McElroy	2,968	44.4	N/A
Majority			749	11.2	N/A
Turnout			6,685	48.7	N/A
	Ulster Unionist gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

References

• Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results: University

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