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This is a list of members of the Senate of Northern Ireland.
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This is a list of members of the Senate of Northern Ireland.
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| 1921–1929 | Henry Armstrong (Unionist) | Harold Barbour (Unionist) | Sir Basil Brooke (Unionist); resigned March 1922 | Joseph Cunningham (Unionist) | Sir James Johnston (Unionist); died 13 April 1924 | James Graham Leslie (Unionist) | Marquess of Londonderry (Unionist) | William John McDowell (Unionist) | Viscount Pirrie (Unionist); died 7 June 1924 | John Porter-Porter (Unionist) | Thomas Sinclair (Unionist) | Joseph Andrew Woods (Unionist) died 6 October 1925 | 1921–1925 | Duke of Abercorn (Unionist); disqualified 12 December 1922 | Viscount Bangor (Unionist) | Hugh T. Barrie (Unionist); died 18 April 1922 | Samuel Cunningham (Independent Unionist) | James Hill Dickson (Unionist) | Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (Unionist) | Adam Duffin (Unionist); died 13 March 1924 | Thomas Greer (Unionist) | John Andrew Long (Unionist) | Viscount Massereene and Ferrard (Unionist) | Robert Perceval-Maxwell (Unionist) | Robert Sharman-Crawford (Unionist) |
| Sir Emerson Herdman (Unionist) from 16 June 1923 | John Clements Glendinning (Unionist) from 30 June 1922 [lower-alpha 1] | Sir Thomas Dixon, Bt. (Unionist) from 24 April 1924 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hugh Montgomery 12 April 1922 [lower-alpha 2] – 8 October 1924 (deceased); Viscount Charlemont (Unionist) from 14 May 1925 | Sir William Coates, Bt. (Unionist) 23 May 1924 – March 1929 (resigned); Edward Sullivan Murphy (Unionist) from 22 March 1929 | Sir George Clark, Bt. (Unionist) from 14 May 1925 | William Barclay (Unionist) from 10 November 1925 | 1925–1933 | Sir Emerson Herdman (Unionist) | Viscount Bangor (Unionist) | John Clements Glendinning (Unionist) | Samuel Cunningham (Unionist) | James Hill Dickson (Unionist) | Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (Unionist); died 21 July 1930 | Sir Thomas Dixon, Bt. (Unionist) | Thomas Greer (Unionist); died 19 February 1928 | John Andrew Long (Unionist) | Viscount Massereene and Ferrard (Unionist); resigned 1929 | Robert Dorman (Labour) | Robert Sharman-Crawford (Unionist) | |||||||||
| 1929–1937 | Henry Armstrong (Unionist) | Thomas Joseph Campbell (Nationalist); resigned June 1934 | Viscount Charlemont (Unionist) | Joseph Cunningham (Unionist) | Thomas Stanislaus McAllister (Nationalist) | James Graham Leslie (Unionist) | John McHugh (Nationalist) | William John McDowell (Unionist); died 29 June 1929 | Sir George Clark, Bt. (Unionist); died 23 March 1935 | John Porter-Porter (Unionist) | Thomas Sinclair (Unionist) | William Barclay (Unionist) | Thomas Lavery (Unionist) from 23 October 1930 | Hercules Pakenham (Unionist) from 4 April 1928 | Arthur Frederick Dobbs (Unionist) from 29 July 1929 | ||||||||||
| John Clements Glendinning (Unionist) from 17 October 1934 | Andrew Quigley (Unionist) from 29 July 1929; died 14 June 1937 | Dr William Gibson (Unionist) from 30 April 1935 | 1933–1941 | Sir Emerson Herdman (Unionist) | Viscount Bangor (Unionist) | James Woods Gyle (Independent Unionist); died 2 December 1934 | Samuel Cunningham (Unionist) | James Hill Dickson (Unionist); died 5 July 1938 | Thomas Lavery (Unionist); died 11 January 1940 | Sir Thomas Dixon, Bt. (Unionist) | Hercules Pakenham (Unionist); died 28 March 1937 | John Andrew Long (Unionist) | Thomas McLaughlin (Nationalist) | James McMahon (Nationalist); died 25 April 1936 | Robert Sharman-Crawford (Unionist); died 20 March 1934 | ||||||||||
| 1937–1945 | John Boyle (Unionist) | John Clements Glendinning (Unionist) | Viscount Charlemont (Unionist); resigned December 1937 | Joseph Cunningham (Unionist) | Thomas Stanislaus McAllister (Nationalist) | James Graham Leslie (Unionist) | John McHugh (Nationalist) | Hugh Duff (Unionist); died 10 June 1940 | Dr William Gibson (Unionist); resigned 26 November 1942 | Joseph Maguire (Nationalist) | Thomas Sinclair (Unionist); died 25 November 1940 | William Barclay (Unionist) | Sir Joseph Davison (Unionist) from 7 January 1935 | Henry Taylor (Unionist) from 11 October 1938 | William Kingan (Unionist) from 25 January 1940 | Arthur Frederick Dobbs (Unionist) from 23 April 1937 | Sir Roland Nugent (Unionist) from 29 May 1936 | Robert McBride (Unionist) 25 April 1934 – 26 November 1934 (died); Robert Perceval-Maxwell (Unionist) from 7 January 1935 | |||||||
| John Hanna Robb (Unionist) 15 December 1937 – 6 May 1943 (disqualified); Rev Robert Corkey (Unionist) from 1 June 1943 | William Ernest Stevenson (Unionist) from 2 July 1940 | Gerald Browne (Unionist) from 17 December 1942 | George Whaley (Unionist) from 23 December 1940 | 1941–1949 | Sir Emerson Herdman (Unionist); died February 1949 | Viscount Bangor (Unionist) | Sir Joseph Davison (Unionist); died 15 July 1948 | Samuel Cunningham (Unionist); resigned 22 March 1945 | Henry Taylor (Unionist) | William Kingan (Unionist); died 8 December 1946 | Sir Thomas Dixon, Bt. (Unionist) | Arthur Frederick Dobbs (Unionist) | John Andrew Long (Unionist); died 30 July 1941 | Thomas McLaughlin (Nationalist); died 4 April 1944 | Sir Roland Nugent (Unionist) | Thaddeus Lynch (Nationalist) | |||||||||
| 1945–1953 | John Boyle (Unionist); died 10 May 1950 | John Clements Glendinning (Unionist); resigned January 1946 | Rev Robert Corkey (Unionist) | Joseph Cunningham (Unionist) | Thomas Stanislaus McAllister (Nationalist); died 29 April 1950 | James Graham Leslie (Unionist); died 16 May 1949 | Thomas Nelson (Unionist); resigned 6 October 1949 | William James Smyth (Labour); died 28 January 1950 | Gerald Browne (Unionist); died 7 February 1951 | Joseph Maguire (Nationalist); died 29 June 1951 | William McConnell Wilton (Independent Unionist) | William Barclay (Unionist); died September 1945 | Marquess of Hamilton (Unionist) from 22 March 1949 | Sir Wilson Hungerford (Unionist) from 27 August 1948 | Kennedy Stewart (Unionist) from 24 April 1945 | John McCormick (Unionist) from 30 January 1947 | Robert Perceval-Maxwell (Unionist) from 5 September 1941 | Gerry Lennon (Nationalist) from 8 May 1944 | |||||||
| Marion Greeves (Unionist) from 20 June 1950 | William Moore Wallis Clark (Unionist) from 12 March 1946 | John McNally (Nationalist) from 20 June 1950 | David Bill (Unionist) from 21 June 1949 | Henry Richardson (Unionist) from 15 November 1949 | Dr Herbert Quin (Unionist) from 21 February 1950 | Sir George Clark, Bt. (Unionist) from 13 March 1951 | Charles Bradley (Nationalist) from 21 August 1951 | Henry Fleming (Unionist) from 24 October 1945 | 1949–1957 | Marquess of Hamilton (Unionist) (Duke of Abercorn from 1953) | Viscount Bangor (Unionist); died 17 November 1950 | Sir Wilson Hungerford (Unionist) | Kennedy Stewart (Unionist); resigned 15 March 1955 | Henry Taylor (Unionist); died 23 January 1957 | John McCormick (Unionist) | Louis Lynch (Nationalist) | Arthur Frederick Dobbs (Unionist); died 17 December 1955 | Paddy O'Hare (Nationalist) | Gerry Lennon (Nationalist) | Sir Roland Nugent (Unionist) | William Ernest Stevenson (Unionist); resigned 31 March 1954 | ||||
| 1953–1961 | Marion Greeves (Unionist) | William Moore Wallis Clark (Unionist) | Prof Robert Corkey (Unionist) | Joseph Cunningham (Unionist) | Dr John Patrick Donaghy (Independent) | David Bill (Unionist); resigned 29 October 1956 | Henry Richardson (Unionist); resigned 29 January 1957 | Dr Herbert Quin (Unionist) | Sir George Clark, Bt. (Unionist) | Charles Bradley (Nationalist); died 29 June 1957 | Paddy McGill (Nationalist) | Henry Fleming (Unionist); died 28 February 1956 | Alexander Gordon (Unionist) from 5 December 1950 | Samuel Boyd (Unionist) from 18 April 1955 | Daniel McGladdery (Unionist) from 19 February 1957 | James Bailie (Unionist) from 25 March 1955 | James Pollock (Unionist) from 23 April 1954 | ||||||||
| Alexander McConnell (Unionist) from 20 November 1956 | Albert Walmsley (Unionist) from 19 February 1957 | John McGlade (Nationalist) from 19 July 1957 | Robert Armstrong (Unionist) 16 April 1956 – 25 May 1961 (died) | 1957–1965 | Duke of Abercorn (Unionist); resigned 8 May 1962 | Alexander Gordon (Unionist); resigned 20 July 1964 | James Glencairn Cunningham (Unionist) | Samuel Boyd (Unionist); resigned 27 November 1962 | Daniel McGladdery (Unionist) | John McCormick (Unionist); died 20 August 1958 | Joseph Fisher (Unionist); died 5 July 1963 | James Bailie (Unionist) | Paddy O'Hare (Nationalist) | Gerry Lennon (Nationalist) | Sir Roland Nugent (Unionist); resigned 18 February 1961 | William Stewart (Unionist) | |||||||||
| 1961–1969 | Marion Greeves (Unionist) | Alec Cooke (Unionist) | Prof Robert Corkey (Unionist); died 26 January 1966 | Joseph Cunningham (Unionist); died 14 July 1965 | Dr John Patrick Donaghy (Nationalist) | John Cherry Drennan (Unionist) | Albert Walmsley (Unionist); resigned 6 July 1964 | Dr Herbert Quin (Unionist); died 16 April 1968 | Sir George Clark, Bt. (Unionist) | John McGlade (Nationalist); died 2 June 1967 | Paddy McGill (Nationalist) | Arnold Schofield (Labour) | John Barnhill (Unionist) from 26 July 1962 | Jack Andrews (Unionist) from 6 August 1964 | Dr Samuel Rodgers (Unionist) from 20 December 1962 | John Stewart Johnston (Unionist) from 24 October 1958 | Samuel Kinghan (Unionist) from 15 November 1963 | Lord Glentoran (Unionist) from 13 March 1961 | |||||||
| James Glencairn Cunningham (Unionist) from 24 February 1966 | Nelson Elder (Unionist) from 11 February 1966 | Lord Robert Grosvenor (Unionist) 20 October 1964 – 24 July 1967 (resigned); William Wilson (Unionist) from 16 July 1968 | David McClelland (Unionist) from 27 June 1967 | 1965–1973 | John Barnhill (Unionist); died 12 December 1971 | Jack Andrews (Unionist) | Norman Kennedy (Labour) | Dr Samuel Rodgers (Unionist); died 17 June 1970 | Daniel McGladdery (Unionist) | Patrick Francis Mallon (Nationalist) | Samuel Kinghan (Unionist) | James Bailie (Unionist); died 15 July 1967 | Paddy O'Hare (Nationalist) | Gerry Lennon (Nationalist) | Lord Glentoran (Unionist) | William Stewart (Unionist) | |||||||||
| 1969–1973 | William Cameron (Unionist) | Archibald Gibson (Unionist) | James Glencairn Cunningham (Unionist) | Nelson Elder (Unionist) | William James Morgan (Unionist); resigned 2 April 1970 | John Cherry Drennan (Unionist) | William Wilson (Unionist) | Charles McCullough (Unionist) | Paddy Wilson (Republican Labour) | David McClelland (Unionist) | Paddy McGill (Nationalist) | Claude Wilton (Liberal) | Edith Taggart (Unionist) from 24 November 1970 | John Stewart Johnston (Unionist) from 23 November 1967 | |||||||||||
| Ian McClure (Unionist) from 5 November 1970 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Start | Name | Party | Notes |
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| 20 June 1921 | Sir William Frederick Coates, Bt. | Unionist | |
| 27 February 1923 | Sir William George Turner | Unionist | |
| 5 March 1929 | Sir William Frederick Coates, Bt. | Unionist | |
| 10 March 1931 | Sir Crawford McCullagh, Bt. | Unionist | |
| 22 May 1942 | George Ruddell Black | Unionist | Died 28 December 1942 |
| 6 January 1943 | Sir Crawford McCullagh, Bt. | Unionist | |
| 12 November 1946 | Sir William Frederick Neill | Unionist | |
| 8 November 1949 | William Ernest George Johnston | Unionist | |
| 1 June 1951 | Sir James Henry Norritt | Unionist | |
| 12 June 1953 | Sir Percival Brown | Unionist | |
| 18 May 1955 | Robert Harcourt | Unionist | |
| 29 May 1957 | Cecil McKee | Unionist | |
| 29 May 1959 | Robin Kinahan | Unionist | |
| 30 May 1961 | Martin Kelso Wallace | Unionist | |
| 29 May 1963 | William Jenkins | Unionist | |
| 27 May 1966 | Sir William Duncan Geddis | Unionist | |
| 29 May 1969 | Sir Joseph Foster Cairns | Unionist | |
| May 1972 | William Christie | Unionist |
| Start | Name | Party | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 June 1921 | Hugh O'Doherty | Nationalist | Did not take the oath |
| 27 February 1923 | Maxwell Scott Moore | Unionist | |
| 13 March 1925 | John Gilbert Magee | Unionist | |
| 15 March 1927 | James Hamilton | Unionist | |
| 26 February 1929 | Dudley McCorkell | Unionist | |
| 10 July 1935 | James McIlmunn Wilton | Unionist | |
| 23 May 1939 | Sir Basil McFarland, Bt. | Unionist | |
| 28 May 1940 | Frederick Simmons | Unionist | |
| 20 July 1945 | Sir Basil McFarland, Bt. | Unionist | |
| 3 May 1950 | Gerald Stanley Glover | Unionist | |
| 17 June 1952 | Samuel Orr | Unionist | |
| 27 May 1954 | Samuel Sydney Dowds | Unionist | |
| 28 May 1957 | John Gordon Colhoun | Unionist | |
| 30 May 1961 | Gerald Stanley Glover | Unionist | |
| 30 May 1963 | Albert Anderson | Unionist | Resigned 2 May 1968 |
| 4 June 1968 | William Beatty | Unionist | Post abolished 2 April 1969 |
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