Leader of the Senate of Northern Ireland
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The Leader of the Senate of Northern Ireland was the Leader of the House
in the Senate of Northern Ireland
. The post was a cabinet position that was nevertheless politically unimportant. In his memoirs, Brian Faulkner
expresses surprise that Jack Andrews
accepted the position, as he saw it as a demotion.
The Deputy Leader of the Senate of Northern Ireland was the third-ranking position in the Senate, after the Leader and the Speaker
. The position of Deputy Leader was established, along with the Senate itself, in 1921, and the position was abolished in 1961.
Leader of the House
There are several offices titled Leader of the House:* Leader of the House in the Australian Parliament* Leader of the House in the Parliament of Singapore* Leader of the House in the Parliament of Sri Lanka...
in the Senate of Northern Ireland
Senate of Northern Ireland
The Senate of Northern Ireland was the upper house of the Parliament of Northern Ireland created by the Government of Ireland Act 1920. It was abolished with the passing of the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973.-Powers:...
. The post was a cabinet position that was nevertheless politically unimportant. In his memoirs, Brian Faulkner
Brian Faulkner
Arthur Brian Deane Faulkner, Baron Faulkner of Downpatrick, PC was the sixth and last Prime Minister of Northern Ireland from March 1971 until his resignation in March 1972...
expresses surprise that Jack Andrews
Jack Andrews
Sir John Lawson Ormrod Andrews KBE, DL was a member of both the Northern Ireland House of Commons and the Senate of Northern Ireland....
accepted the position, as he saw it as a demotion.
The Deputy Leader of the Senate of Northern Ireland was the third-ranking position in the Senate, after the Leader and the Speaker
Speaker of the Senate of Northern Ireland
The Speaker of the Senate of Northern Ireland was the Speaker in the Senate of Northern Ireland.-List of Speakers:*1921-1930: Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 3rd Marquess of Dufferin and Ava*1930-1950: Maxwell Ward, 6th Viscount Bangor...
. The position of Deputy Leader was established, along with the Senate itself, in 1921, and the position was abolished in 1961.
List of Leaders
- 1921-1926: Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of LondonderryCharles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of LondonderryCharles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry, KG, MVO, PC, PC , styled Lord Stewart until 1884 and Viscount Castlereagh between 1884 and 1915, was an Anglo-Irish peer and had careers in both Irish and British politics...
- 1926-1937: James Edward Caulfeild, 8th Viscount Charlemont
- 1937-1943: John Hanna RobbJohn Hanna RobbJohn Hanna Robb was a Northern Irish barrister and Ulster Unionist Party politician.The son of Rev. J. Gardner Robb, DD, LLD, Robb was educated at Royal Belfast Academical Institution, Queen's College, Belfast and called to the Bar at Gray's Inn and King's Inns, Dublin in 1898.He was a Stormont MP...
- 1943-1944: Robert CorkeyRobert CorkeyThe Very Rev. Professor Robert Corkey, PC , was a Presbyterian minister, a professor of theology and a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland....
- 1944-1950: Sir Roland Thomas Nugent, Bt.
- 1951-1961: Alexander Robert Gisborne Gordon
- 1961-1964: Daniel Dixon, 2nd Baron GlentoranDaniel Dixon, 2nd Baron GlentoranDaniel Stewart Thomas Bingham Dixon, 2nd Baron Glentoran KBE was a Northern Ireland soldier and politician....
- 1964-1972: Jack AndrewsJack AndrewsSir John Lawson Ormrod Andrews KBE, DL was a member of both the Northern Ireland House of Commons and the Senate of Northern Ireland....
List of Deputy Leaders
- 1921-1929: Algernon Skeffington, 12th Viscount Massereene and 5th Viscount Ferrard
- 1929-1930: Maxwell Ward, 6th Viscount BangorMaxwell Ward, 6th Viscount BangorMaxwell Richard Crosbie Ward, 6th Viscount Bangor was an Irish peer and politician.Ward was educated at Harrow School and the Military Academy, Woolwich. He was a representative peer in the House of Lords from 1913-1950 and an Ulster Unionist member of the Senate of Northern Ireland from 1921...
- 1930-1941: John Andrew LongJohn Andrew LongJohn Andrew Long was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.Long worked as a farmer and served on various public boards before his election as an Ulster Unionist member of the Senate of Northern Ireland in 1921, serving until his death in 1941...
- 1941-1948: Sir Joseph DavisonJoseph DavisonSir Joseph Davison was a prominent Northern Irish Unionist politician.He was knighted in the Honours for the Opening of the Parliament of Northern Ireland in 1921...
- 1948-1960: William Moore Wallis ClarkWilliam Moore Wallis ClarkWilliam Moore Wallis Clark was an Ulster Unionist member of the Senate of Northern Ireland from 1946 until 1961. He was Deputy Leader of the Senate and Parliamentary Secretary in the Department of the Prime Minister from 1948-60....
- 1960-1961: Daniel McGladderyDaniel McGladderyDaniel Ritchie McGladdery was an Ulster Unionist member of the Senate of Northern Ireland from 1957 until the Senate's abolition in 1973. He was Deputy Leader of the Senate from 1960 until the office was abolished in 1961 and Parliamentary Secretary in the Department of the Prime Minister from...