A university constituency is a constituency,used in elections to a legislature,that represents the members of one or more universities rather than residents of a geographical area. These may or may not involve plural voting,in which voters are eligible to vote in or as part of this entity and their home area's geographical constituency.
The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) is a unionist political party in Northern Ireland. The party was founded as the Ulster Unionist Council in 1905,emerging from the Irish Unionist Alliance in Ulster. Under Edward Carson,it led unionist opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement. Following the partition of Ireland,it was the governing party of Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972. It was supported by most unionist voters throughout the conflict known as the Troubles,during which time it was often referred to as the Official Unionist Party (OUP).
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.
The Northern Ireland Labour Party (NILP) was a political party in Northern Ireland which operated from 1924 until 1987.
Events from the year 1993 in Ireland.
The Ulster Liberal Party was a liberal and non-sectarian political party in Northern Ireland linked to the British Liberal Party. The party was officially neutral on the constitutional position of Northern Ireland. Members expressed different views on the issue but agreed that Northern Ireland could only join the Republic of Ireland if that was the wish of the majority of the people of Northern Ireland.
Naomi Rachel Long MLA is a Northern Irish politician who served as Minister of Justice in the Northern Ireland Executive from January 2020 to October 2022. She has served as leader of the Alliance Party since 2016 and a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Belfast East since 2020.
Monica Mary McWilliams is a Northern Irish academic,peace activist,human rights defender and former politician in Northern Ireland.
Events during the year 1993 in Northern Ireland.
Events during the year 1924 in Northern Ireland.
Thomas Joseph Campbell,known as T. J. Campbell,was an Irish politician,barrister,journalist,author and judge.
Queen's University of Belfast was a university constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland from 1921 until 1969. It returned four MPs,using proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote. In 1969 the constituency was abolished under the reforms carried out by the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland Terence O'Neill.
Albert Horatio McElroy was a minister of religion and politician in Northern Ireland.
Elizabeth Hamill Maconachie OBE,known as Bessie Maconachie,was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.
The Literary and Scientific Society of the Queen's University of Belfast is the university's debating society. The purposes of the Society,as per its Laws are to "encourage debating,oratory and rhetoric throughout the student body of the University and beyond".
Rosaleen "Rosie" McCorley is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who was selected by her party as a member (MLA) of the Northern Ireland Assembly to represent the Belfast West constituency in June 2012.
The Liberal Party of Ireland,sometimes also referred to as the Irish Liberal Party,was a minor political party in Ireland,formed in 1967 and lasting briefly until roughly 1969.
