Belfast Windsor (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

Constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

54.580°N 5.946°W / 54.580; -5.946

Created1929
Abolished1973
Election methodFirst past the post
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Belfast Windsor
Former Borough constituency
for the Parliament of Northern Ireland
Belfast Windsor 1929-1969
Belfast Windsor shown within Belfast and Belfast shown within Northern Ireland
Former constituency
Created1929
Abolished1973
Election methodFirst past the post
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Belfast Windsor was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.

Boundaries

Belfast Windsor was a borough constituency comprising part of southern Belfast. It was created in 1929 when the House of Commons (Method of Voting and Redistribution of Seats) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 introduced first past the post elections throughout Northern Ireland.

Belfast Windsor was created by the division of Belfast South into four new constituencies. It survived unchanged, returning one member of Parliament, until the Parliament of Northern Ireland was temporarily suspended in 1972, and then formally abolished in 1973.[1]

Politics

In common with other seats in south Belfast, the constituency was strongly unionist. The seat was always held by official Unionist candidates, and the rare contests came only from other Unionists.[1]

Members of Parliament

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Election results

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General Election 22 May 1929: Belfast Windsor[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UUP Hugh Pollock 8,067 73.7
Town Tenants' Association William Magill 2,886 26.3
Majority 5,181 47.4
Turnout 10,953 67.0
UUP win (new seat)
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At the General Election 30 November 1933, Hugh Pollock was elected unopposed. At the 1937 Belfast Windsor by-election, William Dowling was elected unopposed.[2]

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General Election 9 February 1938: Belfast Windsor[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UUP William Dowling (politician) 8,982 67.0 N/A
Progressive Unionist Reginald Hanson Press 4,429 33.0 New
Majority 4,553 34.0 N/A
Turnout 13,411 70.9 N/A
UUP hold Swing N/A
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General Election 14 June 1945: Belfast Windsor[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UUP Archibald Wilson 8,737 63.7 −3.3
Commonwealth Labour James Kennedy 4,985 36.3 New
Majority 3,752 27.4 −6.6
Turnout 13,722 67.0 −3.9
UUP hold Swing
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At the 1949 and 1953 Northern Ireland general elections, Archibald Wilson was elected unopposed.[2]

At the 1956 Belfast Windsor by-election and the 1958, 1962, 1965 and 1969 Northern Ireland general elections, Herbert Kirk was elected unopposed.[2]

References

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