Speaker of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland
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The Speaker of the Northern Ireland House of Commons was the presiding officer of the lower house of Parliament in Northern Ireland.
The Speaker had an official residence, Stormont House. All the Speakers were members of the Ulster Unionist Party on their election.
There was initially one Deputy Speaker, also invariably an Ulster Unionist, who was also the Chairman of Ways and Means. In 1958 a second Deputy Speaker was appointed, and given the title Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means. From 1963 onwards, this post was often given to members of the Nationalist Party or Northern Ireland Labour Party.
Speakers
- 1921 - 29: Hugh O'Neill
- 1929 - 45: Harry Mulholland
- 1945 - 56: Norman Stronge
- 1956: William Frederick McCoy
- 1956 - 69: Norman Stronge
- 1969 - 72: Ivan Neill
Chairman of Ways and Means and Deputy Speaker
- 1921 - 37: Thomas Moles
- 1937: John Clarke Davison
- 1937 - 45: Robert John Lynn
- 1945: Howard Stevenson
- 1945 - 48: Thomas Bailie
- 1948 - 50: Robert Nichol Wilson
- 1950 - 53: Samuel Hall-Thompson
- 1953 - 55: Terence O'Neill
- 1955 - 69: Thomas Lyons
- 1969 - 72: Walter Scott
Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means and Deputy Speaker
- 1958 - 62: Joseph William Morgan
- 1962 - 63: Brian McConnell
- 1963 - 65: Billy Boyd
- 1966: James O'Reilly
- 1966 - 67: Paddy Gormley
- 1967 - 69: James O'Reilly
- 1969 - 72: Vivian Simpson