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FORMER WOMEN MEMBERS OF THE NORTHERN IRELAND PARLIAMENT
AND ASSEMBLIES
The Parliament of Northern Ireland was established
in 1921 concurrent with the foundation of the Irish Free State in the
south. The House of Commons had 50 members and the Senate had 24 members
elected by MPs for eight-year terms, as well as the Lord Mayor of Belfast
and Mayor of Londonderry ex officio. At the first two elections MPs were
elected by PR-STV and thereafter by first-past-the-post, though Queen's
University remained a multi-member constituency with four MPs elected
by STV. The parliament was suspended in 1972 and abolished the following
year.
The unicameral assemblies of 1973-74 and 1982-86 both had 78 members elected
by PR-STV. The Observatory does not include the elected Constitutional
Convention of 1975 or the Forum of 1996-98, but it does include current
members of the Northern Ireland Assembly. To
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Former women MPs in the Northern Ireland Parliament,
1921 to 1972
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Name
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Party
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Constituency
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Dates
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Dehra Parker
(Chichester until 1928) |
Unionist
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Londonderry County & City,
South Londonderry (1933-) |
1921-29,
1933-60
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| Julia McMordie |
Unionist |
South Londonderry |
1921-25
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| Margaret Waring |
Unionist |
Iveagh |
1929-33
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| Lilian Calvert |
Independent |
Queen's University |
1945-53
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| Dinah McNabb |
Unionist |
Armagh North |
1945-69
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| Eileen Hickey |
Independent |
Queen's University |
1949-58
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| Bessie Maconachie |
Unionist |
Queen's University |
1953-69
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| Sheelagh Murnaghan |
Liberal |
Queen's University |
1961-69
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| Anne Dickson |
Unionist |
Carrick |
1969-72
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Former women senators in the Northern Ireland
Parliament, 1921 to 1972
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Name
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Party
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Dates
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| Marion Greeves |
Indepdendent |
1950-58
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| Edith Taggart |
Unionist |
1970-72
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Former women members of the Northern Ireland
Assembly, 1973 to 1974
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Name
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Party
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Constituency
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Dates
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| Shena Conn |
Unionist |
Londonderry |
1973-74
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| Rose Jean Coulter |
Independent Unionist |
West Belfast |
1973-74
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| Anne Dickson |
Independent Unionist |
South Antrim |
1973-74
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| Eileen Paisley |
DUP |
East Belfast |
1973-74
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Former women members of the Northern Ireland
Assembly, 1982 to 1986
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| Dorothy Dunlop |
Unionist |
East Belfast |
1982-86
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| Mary McSorley |
SDLP |
Mid Ulster |
1982-86
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| Mary Simpson |
Unionist |
South Armagh |
1982-86
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