Ulster Unionist Chief Whip
This is a list of people who served as Chief Whip of the Ulster Unionist Party in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, the Parliament of Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
- 1886: Ellison Macartney and R. V. Penrose-Fitzgerald[1]
- James Kilfedder
- William Ross
- 1997: Martin Smyth
- 2001: Roy Beggs
- 2005: Post vacant
- 2015: None appointed
Parliament of Northern Ireland
Until 1969, Chief Whips were given the title "Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Finance".[2]
- 1921: Herbert Dixon, 1st Baron Glentoran
- 1942: Sir Norman Stronge
- 1944: Sir Wilson Hungerford
- 1945: Lancelot Curran
- 1947: Walter Topping
- 1956: Brian Faulkner
- 1959: Isaac George Hawthorne
- 1963: William Craig
- 1963: James Chichester-Clark
- 1966: Post vacant
- 1968: Roy Bradford
- 1969: John Dobson
- 1971: John Brooke
Assistant Whips
Until 1969, Assistant Whips were given the title "Assistant Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Finance".[3]
- 1921: Thomas Henry Burn
- 1925: Henry Mulholland
- 1929: Sir Basil Brooke
- 1933: Sir Wilson Hungerford
- 1941: Sir Norman Stronge
- 1942: Robert Corkey
- 1943: vacant
- 1945: John Edgar Bailey
- 1958: Harry West
- 1958: William James Morgan
- 1961: William Fitzsimmons
- 1963: James Chichester-Clark
- 1963: vacant
- 1965: Isaac George Hawthorne
- 1966: Roy Bradford and Samuel Magowan
- 1967: Samuel Magowan and vacancy
- 1968: Samuel Magowan and Joseph Burns
- 1969: Samuel Magowan and John William Kennedy
Northern Ireland Assembly
- 1973: Lloyd Hall-Thompson
- 1975: Austin Ardill
- 1982: William Douglas
- 1996: Robert Coulter
- 1998: Jim Wilson[4]
- 2001: Ivan Davis
- 2004: David McClarty
- 2007: David McNarry
- 2008: Fred Cobain[5]
- 2011: John McCallister [6]
- 2012 Robin Swann [7]
See also
- ↑ John F. Harbinson, The Ulster Unionist Party, 1882-1973, pp.129
- ↑ The Government of Northern Ireland
- ↑ The Government of Northern Ireland
- ↑ Biography - Jim Wilson, Northern Ireland Assembly
- ↑ "McNarry wasn't sacked, says UUP leader", Ballymoney and Moyle Times, 24 September 2008
- ↑ "John McCallister is the new Ulster Unionist Chief Whip replacing Fred Cobain. Hopes to still be deputy leader." BBC
- ↑ "New UUP leader announces assembly team reshuffle"
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