Leader of the Senate of Northern Ireland

The Leader of the Senate of Northern Ireland was the Leader of the House in the Senate of Northern Ireland. The post was a cabinet position that was nevertheless politically unimportant. In his memoirs, Brian Faulkner expresses surprise that Jack Andrews accepted the position, as he saw it as a demotion.

The Deputy Leader of the Senate of Northern Ireland was the third-ranking position in the Senate, after the Leader and the Speaker. The position of Deputy Leader was established, along with the Senate itself, in 1921, and the position was abolished in 1961.

List of leaders

NameEntered officeLeft officeParty1.Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry19211926Ulster Unionist Party2.James Caulfeild, 8th Viscount Charlemont19261937Ulster Unionist Party3.John Hanna Robb19371943Ulster Unionist Party4.Robert Corkey19431944Ulster Unionist Party5.Sir Roland Nugent19441951Ulster Unionist Party6.Alexander Gordon19511961Ulster Unionist Party7.Daniel Dixon19611964Ulster Unionist Party8.Jack Andrews19641972Ulster Unionist Party

List of deputy leaders

NameEntered officeLeft officeParty1.Algernon Skeffington, 12th Viscount Massereene19211929Ulster Unionist Party2.Maxwell Ward, 6th Viscount Bangor19291930Ulster Unionist Party3.John Andrew Long19301941Ulster Unionist Party4.Sir Joseph Davison19411948Ulster Unionist Party5.William Moore Wallis Clark19481960Ulster Unionist Party6.Daniel McGladdery19601961Ulster Unionist Party

See also Speaker of the Senate of Northern Ireland

References Members of the Northern Ireland Senate, 1921-1972