Elizabeth Maconachie
Elizabeth Hamill Maconachie, known as Bessie Maconachie, was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.
Maconachie studied at Queen's University Belfast, then worked as a schoolteacher. At the Northern Ireland general election, 1953, she was elected as an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) MP for the Queen's University of Belfast seat. One of only a very few women to serve at Stormont, she held her seat until its abolition in 1969.[1] She was on the more liberal wing of the UUP, and favoured some reform.[2]
Maconachie was a member of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,[3] In the 1970s, Maconachie served as Chairman of the Unionist Society.[4]
References
- ↑ Biographies of Members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons
- ↑ Conn McCluskey, Up off their knees, p.91
- ↑ Dorothy V. Hall, Making Things Happen, p.130
- ↑ Irish historical studies, Issues 129-130, p.106
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| Preceded by Irene Calvert Samuel Irwin Eileen M. Hickey Frederick Lloyd-Dodd |
Member of Parliament for Queen's University of Belfast 1953–1969 With: Eileen M. Hickey to 1958 Samuel Irwin to 1961 Frederick Lloyd-Dodd to 1962 Charles Stewart from 1958–1966 Sheelagh Murnaghan from 1961 Ian McClure from 1962 Robert Porter from 1966 |
Constituency abolished
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