Belfast South by-election, 1963
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The Belfast South
by-election
of 22 October 1963 was held after the death of Ulster Unionist Party
Member of Parliament
(MP) Sir David Campbell
on 12 June the same year. The seat was retained by the Ulster Unionists.
Belfast South (UK Parliament constituency)
Belfast South is a Parliamentary Constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons.-Boundaries:The seat was created in 1922 when, as part of the establishment of the devolved Stormont Parliament for Northern Ireland, the number of MPs in the Westminster Parliament was drastically cut...
by-election
By-election
A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....
of 22 October 1963 was held after the death of Ulster Unionist Party
Ulster Unionist Party
The Ulster Unionist Party – sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or, in a historic sense, simply the Unionist Party – is the more moderate of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland...
Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) Sir David Campbell
David Campbell (South Belfast MP)
Sir David Callender Campbell was an Ulster Unionist politician in Northern Ireland. He was elected Member of Parliament for Belfast South in a 1952 by-election, and served until his death in 1963...
on 12 June the same year. The seat was retained by the Ulster Unionists.