Ulster Unionist Chief Whip
Encyclopedia
This is a list of people who served as Chief Whip
of the Ulster Unionist Party
in the Parliament of the United Kingdom
, the Parliament of Northern Ireland
and the Northern Ireland Assembly
.
Chief Whip
The Chief Whip is a political office in some legislatures assigned to an elected member whose task is to administer the whipping system that ensures that members of the party attend and vote as the party leadership desires.-The Whips Office:...
of the 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...
in the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories, located in London...
, the Parliament of Northern Ireland
Parliament of Northern Ireland
The Parliament of Northern Ireland was the home rule legislature of Northern Ireland, created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, which sat from 7 June 1921 to 30 March 1972, when it was suspended...
and the Northern Ireland Assembly
Northern Ireland Assembly
The Northern Ireland Assembly is the devolved legislature of Northern Ireland. It has power to legislate in a wide range of areas that are not explicitly reserved to the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and to appoint the Northern Ireland Executive...
.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
- 1886: Ellison Macartney and R. V. Penrose-Fitzgerald
- James KilfedderJames KilfedderSir James Alexander Kilfedder was a Northern Ireland unionist politician.-Early life:...
- William Ross
- 1997: Martin SmythMartin SmythReverend William Martin Smyth is a Northern Irish unionist politician, and was Ulster Unionist Party Member of Parliament for Belfast South from 1982-2005...
- 2001: Roy BeggsRoy BeggsJohn Robert Beggs, commonly known as Roy Beggs, is a Northern Ireland politician.Beggs was educated at Ballyclare High School, followed by Stranmillis College, to study teacher training...
- 2005: Post vacant
Parliament of Northern Ireland
Until 1969, Chief Whips were given the title "Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Finance".- 1921: Herbert Dixon, 1st Baron GlentoranHerbert Dixon, 1st Baron GlentoranHerbert Dixon, 1st Baron Glentoran OBE PC was a Northern Ireland Unionist politician.He was born in Belfast, the fourth son of Sir Daniel Dixon, 1st Baronet, and educated at Harrow and Sandhurst, being commissioned into the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, with which regiment he served in the Second...
- 1942: Sir Norman StrongeNorman StrongeCaptain Sir Charles Norman Lockhart Stronge, 8th Baronet, MC, PC , JP was a senior Unionist politician in Northern Ireland....
- 1944: Sir Wilson HungerfordWilson HungerfordSir Alexander Wilson Hungerford , known as Wilson Hungerford, was a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.Born in Belfast, Hungerford was employed by the Irish Unionist Party from 1912. In 1921, he became Secretary of the Ulster Unionist Council, serving until 1941, and was also Secretary of the...
- 1945: Lancelot CurranLancelot CurranMajor Sir Lancelot Ernest Curran was a Northern Ireland High Court judge and parliamentarian.He was elected as Ulster Unionist Member of Parliament for Carrick in the Stormont Parliament serving from 1945 till 1949, and was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance...
- 1947: Walter ToppingWalter ToppingWalter William Buchanan Topping was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.Topping studied at the Rossall School and Queen's University Belfast, before becoming a barrister in 1930. During World War II, he served as a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Artillery...
- 1956: Brian FaulknerBrian FaulknerArthur 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...
- 1959: Isaac George HawthorneIsaac George HawthorneIsaac George Hawthorne was a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.Hawthorne was schooled in Portadown and Sheffield before becoming a farmer. He was elected to Armagh County Council in 1947 as an Ulster Unionist Party member, holding his seat until 1958...
- 1963: William Craig
- 1963: James Chichester-ClarkJames Chichester-ClarkJames Dawson Chichester-Clark, Baron Moyola, PC, DL was the penultimate Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and eighth leader of the Ulster Unionist Party between 1969 and March 1971. He was Member of the Northern Ireland Parliament for South Londonderry for 12 years beginning at the by-election...
- 1966: Post vacant
- 1968: Roy BradfordRoy BradfordRoy Hamilton Bradford was a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland and a government minister in both the Parliament of Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1973....
- 1969: John DobsonJohn Dobson (UK politician)John Dobson is a former solicitor and unionist politician in Northern Ireland.Born in Lurgan, Dobson studied at Lurgan College and Trinity College Dublin. He joined the Ulster Unionist Party and was elected to Banbridge Urban District Council in 1961, serving until 1967. In 1965, he was elected...
- 1971: John BrookeJohn Brooke, 2nd Viscount BrookeboroughJohn Warden Brooke, 2nd Viscount Brookeborough, Bt, PC was a Northern Irish politician, the son of Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, the 1st Viscount Brookeborough.-Early life:...
Assistant Whips
Until 1969, Assistant Whips were given the title "Assistant Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Finance".- 1921: Thomas Henry BurnThomas Henry BurnThomas Henry Burn was an Ulster Unionist member of the UK Parliament and the Parliament of Northern Ireland. He represented Belfast St Anne's in the former from 1918–1922, and Belfast West in the latter from 1921-1929....
- 1925: Henry MulhollandHenry Mulholland, 2nd Baron DunleathHenry Lyle Mulholland, 2nd Baron Dunleath , was an Irish Conservative Member of Parliament.Dunleath was the son of John Mulholland, 1st Baron Dunleath. The Mulholland family were prominent in the cotton and linen industry in Ireland...
- 1929: Sir Basil BrookeBasil Brooke, 1st Viscount BrookeboroughBasil Stanlake Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough, Bt, KG, CBE, MC, PC, HML was an Ulster Unionist politician who became the third Prime Minister of Northern Ireland in 1943 and held office until 1963....
- 1933: Sir Wilson HungerfordWilson HungerfordSir Alexander Wilson Hungerford , known as Wilson Hungerford, was a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.Born in Belfast, Hungerford was employed by the Irish Unionist Party from 1912. In 1921, he became Secretary of the Ulster Unionist Council, serving until 1941, and was also Secretary of the...
- 1941: Sir Norman StrongeNorman StrongeCaptain Sir Charles Norman Lockhart Stronge, 8th Baronet, MC, PC , JP was a senior Unionist politician in Northern Ireland....
- 1942: Robert CorkeyRobert CorkeyThe Very Rev. Professor Robert Corkey, PC , was a Presbyterian minister, a professor of theology and a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland....
- 1943: vacant
- 1945: John Edgar BaileyJohn Edgar BaileyJohn Edgar Bailey was a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.A farmer by profession, he was educated at private school and was a member of Down County Council. He was elected to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland from the West Down seat in 1938, and represented the constituency until his...
- 1958: Harry WestHarry WestHenry William West was a politician in Northern Ireland who served as leader of the Ulster Unionist Party from 1974 until 1979.West was born in County Fermanagh and educated at Portora Royal School in Enniskillen...
- 1958: William James MorganWilliam James MorganWilliam James Morgan was a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.A businessman by profession, he owned James Morgan & Sons, a transport contractors' business. He was president of the Irish Temperance Alliance and chairman of Oldpark YMCA...
- 1961: William FitzsimmonsWilliam Fitzsimmons (politician)William Kennedy Fitzsimmons was a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.Born in Belfast, Fitzsimmons studied at Skegoneill National School and Belfast Technical College. He became a domestic engineer, and in 1948 was appointed as a Belfast Water Commissioner, serving as chairman of the...
- 1963: James Chichester-ClarkJames Chichester-ClarkJames Dawson Chichester-Clark, Baron Moyola, PC, DL was the penultimate Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and eighth leader of the Ulster Unionist Party between 1969 and March 1971. He was Member of the Northern Ireland Parliament for South Londonderry for 12 years beginning at the by-election...
- 1963: vacant
- 1965: Isaac George HawthorneIsaac George HawthorneIsaac George Hawthorne was a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.Hawthorne was schooled in Portadown and Sheffield before becoming a farmer. He was elected to Armagh County Council in 1947 as an Ulster Unionist Party member, holding his seat until 1958...
- 1966: Roy BradfordRoy BradfordRoy Hamilton Bradford was a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland and a government minister in both the Parliament of Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1973....
and Samuel MagowanSamuel MagowanSamuel Magowan was an Ulster Unionist member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland. He represented Iveagh from 1964-1973.He was a shopkeeper and a member of Hillsborough Rural District Council from 1955 to 1964.... - 1967: Samuel MagowanSamuel MagowanSamuel Magowan was an Ulster Unionist member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland. He represented Iveagh from 1964-1973.He was a shopkeeper and a member of Hillsborough Rural District Council from 1955 to 1964....
and vacancy - 1968: Samuel MagowanSamuel MagowanSamuel Magowan was an Ulster Unionist member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland. He represented Iveagh from 1964-1973.He was a shopkeeper and a member of Hillsborough Rural District Council from 1955 to 1964....
and Joseph BurnsJoseph Burns (UK politician)Joseph Burns was an Ulster Unionist member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland. He represented North Londonderry from 1960-1973.... - 1969: Samuel MagowanSamuel MagowanSamuel Magowan was an Ulster Unionist member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland. He represented Iveagh from 1964-1973.He was a shopkeeper and a member of Hillsborough Rural District Council from 1955 to 1964....
and John William KennedyJohn William KennedyJohn William Kennedy was an Ulster Unionist member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland. He represented Belfast Cromac from 1962-1973....
Northern Ireland Assembly
- 1973: Lloyd Hall-ThompsonLloyd Hall-ThompsonRobert Lloyd Hall-Thompson TD , known as Lloyd Hall-Thompson, was a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.Born in Belfast, Hall-Thompson was the son of Samuel Hall-Thompson, and grandson of Rt. Hon. Robert Thompson MP. He studied at Campbell College in Belfast and joined the Ulster Unionist...
- 1975Northern Ireland Constitutional ConventionThe Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention was an elected body set up in 1975 by the UK Labour government of Harold Wilson as an attempt to deal with constitutional issues surrounding the status of Northern Ireland....
: Austin ArdillAustin ArdillCaptain Robert Austin Ardill MC was a former Northern Irish unionist politician.Ardill was born in Belfast and educated at Coleraine Academical Institution. He later worked as the managing director of a feedstuffs company... - 1982Northern Ireland Assembly, 1982The Northern Ireland Assembly established in 1982 represented an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to restore the devolution to Northern Ireland which had been suspended 10 years previously. The Assembly was abolished in 1986.-Origins:...
: William DouglasWilliam Douglas (Northern Ireland politician)William Albert Boyd Douglas was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.Douglas worked as a farmer and served as a flight lieutenant in the Royal Air Force during World War II... - 1996Northern Ireland ForumThe Northern Ireland Forum was a body set up in 1996 as part of a process of negotiations that eventually led to the Belfast Agreement in 1998....
: Robert CoulterRobert CoulterRev Dr Robert Coulter MLA is a Unionist politician from Northern Ireland.He is an Ulster Unionist Party MLA for North Antrim. Coulter was born in 1929, making him the second oldest MLA after the Rev. Ian Paisley.... - 1998Northern Ireland AssemblyThe Northern Ireland Assembly is the devolved legislature of Northern Ireland. It has power to legislate in a wide range of areas that are not explicitly reserved to the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and to appoint the Northern Ireland Executive...
: Jim WilsonJim Wilson (UK politician)Jim Wilson is a Northern Irish politician.Born in County Antrim, Wilson attended Belfast College of Technology before becoming a marine engineer. He was elected to Newtownabbey Borough Council in 1975 for the Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party, and joined the Ulster Unionist Party the following... - 2001: Ivan DavisIvan DavisIvan Roy Davis, Jr. , is an American classical pianist.-The Early Years:Davis received his Bachelor of Music in 1952 from University of North Texas College of Music, and an Artist's Diploma, as a Fulbright Scholar, from the Santa Cecilia Academy in Rome...
- 2004: David McClartyDavid McClartyCouncillor David McClarty, MLA is an Independent Unionist politician from Northern Ireland.He is from Coleraine and was educated at Coleraine Academical Institution and Magee College...
- 2007: David McNarryDavid McNarryDavid McNarry MLA is a Unionist politician from Northern Ireland. He stood for the Ulster Unionist Party in North Down in the 1982 Assembly elections but failed to be elected. He is now a UUP MLA for Strangford, elected in 2003 and re-elected in 2007. He is currently UUP chief whip...
- 2008: Fred CobainFred CobainFred Cobain, MBE is a Unionist politician from Northern Ireland and was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly from 1998 until 2011.Cobain was first elected to Belfast City Council in 1985. He served as Lord Mayor of Belfast in 1990-1991...
- 2011: John McCallisterJohn McCallisterJohn McCallister, MLA is a Northern Ireland Unionist politician who, in 2007, was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly as an Ulster Unionist Party member for South Down....