List of members of the 1st House of Commons of Northern Ireland

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The 1st House of Commons of Northern Ireland was elected at the 1921 Northern Ireland general election.

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All members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons are listed. Only Unionist members took their seats. Sinn Féin members sat instead in the republicans Second Dáil, alongside those elected to the Southern Ireland House of Commons; while Nationalist Party members refused to sit in either the Northern Ireland Parliament or the republican Dáil.

Sir James Craig, (later Viscount Craigavon) was appointed Prime Minister of Northern Ireland on 7 June 1921.

Members

NameConstituencyParty
Milne Barbour Antrim   Unionist Party
Maj. Hon. Robert William O'Neill Antrim  Unionist Party
George Boyle Hanna Antrim  Unionist Party
Robert Crawford Antrim  Unionist Party
Robert Megaw Antrim  Unionist Party
John Fawcett Gordon Antrim  Unionist Party
Joseph Devlin Antrim   Nationalist Party
Richard Best Armagh  Unionist Party
Michael Collins Armagh   Sinn Féin
Maj. David Shillington Armagh  Unionist Party
John Dillon Nugent Armagh   Nationalist Party
Sir Dawson Bates East Belfast  Unionist Party
Capt. Herbert Dixon East Belfast  Unionist Party
Thompson Donald East Belfast  Unionist Party
James Augustine Duff East Belfast  Unionist Party
Lloyd Campbell North Belfast  Unionist Party
Samuel McGuffin North Belfast  Unionist Party
William Grant North Belfast  Unionist Party
Robert McKeown North Belfast  Unionist Party
Thomas Moles South Belfast  Unionist Party
Hugh Pollock South Belfast  Unionist Party
Sir Crawford McCullagh South Belfast  Unionist Party
Julia McMordie South Belfast  Unionist Party
Thomas Henry Burn West Belfast  Unionist Party
Robert Lynn West Belfast  Unionist Party
William Twaddell West Belfast  Unionist Party
Joseph Devlin West Belfast   Nationalist Party
Sir James Craig, Bt Down  Unionist Party
Éamon de Valera Down  Sinn Féin
J. M. Andrews Down  Unionist Party
Thomas Lavery Down  Unionist Party
Capt. Hon. Harry Mulholland Down  Unionist Party
Robert McBride Down  Unionist Party
Thomas McMullan Down  Unionist Party
Patrick O'Neill Down   Nationalist Party
Arthur Griffith Fermanagh and Tyrone  Sinn Féin
Edward Archdale Fermanagh and Tyrone  Unionist Party
William Coote Fermanagh and Tyrone  Unionist Party
Seán Milroy Fermanagh and Tyrone  Sinn Féin
William Thomas Miller Fermanagh and Tyrone  Unionist Party
James Cooper Fermanagh and Tyrone  Unionist Party
Seán O'Mahony Fermanagh and Tyrone  Sinn Féin
Thomas Harbison Fermanagh and Tyrone   Nationalist Party
Sir Robert Anderson Londonderry  Unionist Party
Eoin MacNeill Londonderry  Sinn Féin
Dehra Chichester Londonderry  Unionist Party
John Martin Mark Londonderry  Unionist Party
George Leeke Londonderry   Nationalist Party
Dr John Campbell Queen's University of Belfast  Unionist Party
Prof. Robert Johnstone Queen's University of Belfast  Unionist Party
John Hanna Robb Queen's University of Belfast  Unionist Party
Dr Hugh Morrison Queen's University of Belfast  Unionist Party

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