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This is a list of members of Parliament elected in the 1929 Northern Ireland general election. Elections to the 3rd Northern Ireland House of Commons were held on 22 May 1929.
All members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons elected at the 1929 Northern Ireland general election are listed.
Sir James Craig, (created Viscount Craigavon following the election) continued as Prime Minister.
The Parliament of Northern Ireland was the home rule legislature of Northern Ireland, created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, which sat from 7 June 1921 to 30 March 1972, when it was suspended because of its inability to restore order during The Troubles, resulting in the introduction of Direct Rule. It was abolished under the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973.
Elections in Northern Ireland are held on a regular basis to local councils, the Northern Ireland Assembly and to the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
County Carlow was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which from 1801 to 1885 returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, and one MP from 1885 to 1922.
Independent Unionist has been a label sometimes used by candidates in elections in the United Kingdom, indicating a support for British unionism.
The Rt Hon. Dame Dehra S. Parker, GBE, PC (NI), was the longest serving female MP in the House of Commons of Northern Ireland.
James Woods Gyle was an Independent Unionist politician in Northern Ireland, member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.
Thomas Robert Lavery (1852–1938) was an Irish Unionist politician. He worked as a director of a hemstitching company before his election as an Ulster Unionist Party member of Down County Council.