Members of the 1st Northern Ireland Parliament
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This is a list of Members of Parliament elected in the Northern Ireland general election, 1921.
All members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons elected at the Northern Ireland general election, 1921 are listed. Only Unionist members took their seats.
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 one by Philip James Woods (Independent Unionist)
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