List of members of the 1st House of Commons of Northern Ireland
This is a list of Members of Parliament elected in the 1921 Northern Ireland general election.
Northern Ireland 1921–1972
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All members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons elected at the 1921 Northern Ireland general election are listed. Only Unionist members took their seats. Sinn Féin members sat instead in the republicans Second Dáil, alongside those elected to the Southern Ireland House of Commons; while Nationalist Party members refused to sit in either the Northern Ireland Parliament or the republican Dáil.
Sir James Craig, (later Viscount Craigavon) became Prime Minister. MPs from both Sinn Féin and the Nationalist Party abstained from taking their seats in the House.
Members
Notes
- Joseph Devlin was elected for both Antrim and Belfast West, but did not take either seat in parliament.
- Maj. Hon. Robert William O'Neill was Speaker of the House from 7 June 1921 to 2 May 1929.
Changes
- William Twaddell (UUP, Belfast West) was assassinated by the IRA on 22 May 1922. The resulting by-election was won by Philip James Woods (Independent Unionist)
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