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

Template:EngvarB Template:Infobox 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	Member	Party		Member	Party		Member	Party		Member	Party
MPs (1921)	John Campbell	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	John Hanna Robb	rowspan=3 bgcolor=Template:Party color|	[[Ulster Unionist Party|Template:Party shortname]]	Robert James Johnstone	rowspan=4 bgcolor=Template:Party color|	[[Ulster Unionist Party|Template:Party shortname]]	Hugh Morrison	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color
MPs (1929)	Robert Corkey	rowspan=5 bgcolor=Template:Party color|		[[Ulster Unionist Party|Template:Party shortname]]			Robert McNeill		REDIRECT Template:Party name with color
MPs (1935)		Arthur Brownlow Mitchell					rowspan=3 bgcolor=Template:Party color|		[[Ulster Unionist Party|Template:Party shortname]]
MPs (1938)			John MacDermott		rowspan=4 bgcolor=Template:Party color|		[[Ulster Unionist Party|Template:Party shortname]]
MPs (1938)					Howard Stevenson	rowspan=6 bgcolor=Template:Party color|		[[Ulster Unionist Party|Template:Party shortname]]
MPs (1942)		William Lyle				rowspan=3 bgcolor=Template:Party color|			[[Ulster Unionist Party|Template:Party shortname]]
MPs (1943)	John W. Renshaw			rowspan=2 bgcolor=Template:Party color|		[[Ulster Unionist Party|Template:Party shortname]]
MPs (1944)			Herbert Quin	rowspan=3 bgcolor=Template:Party color|			[[Ulster Unionist Party|Template:Party shortname]]
MPs (1945)	Frederick McSorley	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color		Irene Calvert		rowspan=4 bgcolor=Template:Party color|			[[Independent (politician)|Template:Party shortname]]
MPs 1948	Samuel Irwin	rowspan=5 bgcolor=Template:Party color|				[[Ulster Unionist Party|Template:Party shortname]]
MPs (1949)		Eileen M. Hickey	rowspan=3 bgcolor=Template:Party color|		[[Independent (politician)|Template:Party shortname]]		William Lyle	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color
MPs (1949)			Frederick Lloyd-Dodd				rowspan=4 bgcolor=Template:Party color|	[[Ulster Unionist Party|Template:Party shortname]]
MPs (1953)				Elizabeth Maconachie			rowspan=5 bgcolor=Template:Party color|		[[Ulster Unionist Party|Template:Party shortname]]
MPs (1958)		Charles Stewart			rowspan=3 bgcolor=Template:Party color|		[[Independent (politician)|Template:Party shortname]]
MPs (1961)	Sheelagh Murnaghan				rowspan=3 bgcolor=Template:Party color|	[[Ulster Liberal Party|Template:Party shortname]]
MPs (1962)			Ian McClure		rowspan=2 bgcolor=Template:Party color|			[[Ulster Unionist Party|Template:Party shortname]]
MPs (1966)		Robert Porter			REDIRECT Template:Party name with color

Election results

Elections in the 1920s

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

Elections in the 1930s

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

1938 General Election: Queen's University of Belfast (4 seats)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
		Robert Corkey	608	24.8	1	1
		Robert James Johnstone	600	24.5	2	1
		Arthur Brownlow Mitchell	369	14.7	3	5
		Frederick McSorley	359			5
		S. Sims	259	10.6		3
		John MacDermott	253	10.3	4	5
Turnout			2,448	61.1

At the 1938 Queen's University of Belfast by-election, Howard Stevenson was elected unopposed.

Elections in the 1940s

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.

1944 Queen's University of Belfast by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Herbert Quin	Template:Replace	53.6
		Irene Calvert	1,020	46.4
Majority			158	71.8
Turnout			2,198	46.7
	hold		Swing	N/A

1945 General Election: Queen's University of Belfast (4 seats)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
		Frederick McSorley	649	21.6	1	1
		Howard Stevenson	580	19.3	2	1
		Irene Calvert	570	18.9	3	1
		Herbert Quin	535	17.8	4	3
		E. B. Wallace	286	9.5		3
		William Lyle	279	9.3		3
		S. Sims	109	3.6		2
Turnout			3,008	59.1

1948 Queen's University of Belfast by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Samuel Irwin	Template:Replace	70.8
		Eileen M. Hickey	1,126	29.2
Majority			1,609	41.7
Turnout			3,861	57.4
	hold		Swing	N/A

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

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
		Samuel Irwin	1,662	31.7	1	1
		Eileen M. Hickey	1,073	20.5	2	1
		Irene Calvert	955	18.2	3	3
		E. B. Wallace	620	11.8		3
		William Lyle	588	11.2	4	3
		Howard Stevenson	339	6.5		2
Turnout			5,237	75.0

1949 Queen's University of Belfast by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Frederick Lloyd-Dodd	Template:Replace	54.0
		N. S. Dickson	1,312	33.7
		E. Reid	479	12.3
Majority			749	19.2
Turnout			3,891	54.2
	hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1950s

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

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
		Samuel Irwin	1,840	32.9	1	1
		Eileen M. Hickey	1,206	21.6	2	1
		Elizabeth Maconachie	940	16.8	4	2
		Frederick Lloyd-Dodd	706	12.6	3	2
		R. Appleton	539	9.6		2
		Sam Napier	297	5.3		2
Turnout			5,586	63.7

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

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
		Samuel Irwin	1,640	28.3	1	1
		Charles Stewart	1,218	21.0	2	1
		Elizabeth Maconachie	1,131	19.5	3	2
		Albert McElroy	759	13.1		4
		Frederick Lloyd-Dodd	706	12.2	4	4
		S. J. Watt	345	5.9		2
Turnout			5,799	52.9

Elections in the 1960s

1961 Queen's University of Belfast by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Sheelagh Murnaghan	Template:Replace	52.5
		Samuel Rodgers	2,370	47.5
Majority			252	5.0
Turnout			4,992	45.1
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	N/A

1962 General Election: Queen's University of Belfast (4 seats)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
		Ian McClure	2,040	30.0	1	1
		Sheelagh Murnaghan	1,698	24.9	2	1
		Elizabeth Maconachie	1,252	18.4	3	2
		Charles Stewart	1,220	17.9	4	3
		H. R. Brown	597	8.8		3
Turnout			6,807	53.8

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

1966 Queen's University of Belfast by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Robert Porter	Template:Replace	55.6
		Albert McElroy	2,968	44.4
Majority			749	11.2
Turnout			6,685	48.7
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	N/A

References

• Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results: University