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

Queen's University of Belfast
Former University Constituency for the Parliament of Northern Ireland
Queen's University of Belfast shown within Northern Ireland
Former constituency
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.

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

Election results

Elections in the 1920s

1921 General Election: Queen's University of Belfast (4 seats)
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 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 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	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3
	UUP	John Hanna Robb	24.9	528
	UUP	Robert Corkey	24.0	510
	Independent 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

1933 General Election: Queen's University of Belfast (4 seats)
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2
	UUP	Robert James Johnstone	29.5	695
	UUP	Robert Corkey	21.7	512
	UUP	John Hanna Robb	19.1	451	472
	Independent 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 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
	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
	Independent Unionist	S. Sims	259	10.6		3
	UUP	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	%	±%
	UUP	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
	UUP 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
	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
	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	%	±%
	UUP	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
	UUP hold		Swing	N/A

1949 General Election: Queen's University of Belfast (4 seats)
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

Queen's University of Belfast by-election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UUP	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
	UUP hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1950s

1953 General Election: Queen's University of Belfast (4 seats)
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

1958 General Election: Queen's University of Belfast (4 seats)
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
	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

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

1962 General Election: Queen's University of Belfast (4 seats)
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	UUP	Ian McClure	2,040	30.0	1	1
	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 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	%	±%
	UUP	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
	UUP gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

References

Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results: University

Parliament of Northern Ireland constituencies

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Queen's University	Queen's University (to 1969)

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