John W. Renshaw

John W. Renshaw (28 December 1877 – 12 October 1955) was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.

Born in Newry, Renshaw studied at the Newry Intermediate School, Queen's College, Galway and Queen's College, Belfast, before becoming a teacher at the Croydon High School. In 1911, he moved to become Principal of the Shaftesbury House Tutorial College.[1]

In 1943, Renshaw was elected to the Northern Ireland House of Commons to represent the Queen's University of Belfast for the Ulster Unionist Party, although he did not stand at the Northern Ireland general election, 1945. He was a member of the Senate of Queen's University Belfast from 1938 until his death.[1]

In his spare time, Renshaw was a member of the Freemasons.[1]

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Parliament of Northern Ireland
Preceded by
Robert Corkey
John MacDermott
Howard Stevenson
William Lyle
Member of Parliament for Queen's University
1943–1945
With: John MacDermott to 1944
Howard Stevenson 1928–1949
William Lyle to 1945
Herbert Quin from 1944
Succeeded by
Frederick McSorley
Herbert Quin
Howard Stevenson
Irene Calvert
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