Belfast East (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)
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- For other constituencies of the same name, see Belfast East.
Belfast East was a borough constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland from 1921-1929. It returned four MPs, using the single transferable vote method of proportional representation.
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[edit] Boundaries
Belfast East contained the wards of Dock, Pottinger and Victoria.
[edit] Politics
Belfast East was a predominantly Unionist area with some pockets of labour strength, returning four Unionists in 1921 and 2 Unionists, 1 Independent Unionist and a Northern Ireland Labour Party MP in 1925.
[edit] Election results
- Electors: 40,198 Turnout: 89.3 Quota: 7,182
| 1921 General Election: Belfast East (4 seats) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| R.D. Bates | Ulster Unionist | 10,026 | 27.92 | 1 | 1 | |
| H. Dixon | Ulster Unionist | 8,849 | 24.64 | 2 | 1 | |
| T. Donald | Ulster Unionist | 6,856 | 19.09 | 3 | 3 | |
| J.A. Duff | Ulster Unionist | 3,585 | 9.98 | 4 | 4 | |
| A. Savage | Sinn Féin | 3,573 | 9.95 | |||
| T.J. Campbell | Irish Nationalist | 2,373 | 6.61 | |||
| H.C. Midgley | Independent Labour | 645 | 1.80 | |||
[edit] See also
Belfast (Northern Ireland Parliament constituencies)
[edit] External links
- http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0
- http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/en.toc.dail.html
- For the exact definition of Northern Ireland constituency boundaries see http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/boundaries.html
