Belfast East was a borough constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland

Parliament of Northern Ireland

The Parliament of Northern Ireland was the home rule legislature of Northern Ireland, created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, which sat from 7 June 1921 to 30 March 1972, when it was suspended...

 from 1921 - 1929. It returned four MPs, using the single transferable vote

Single transferable vote

The single transferable vote is a voting system designed to achieve proportional representation through preferential voting. Under STV, an elector's vote is initially allocated to his or her most preferred candidate, and then, after candidates have been either elected or eliminated, any surplus or...

 method of proportional representation

Proportional representation

Proportional representation is a concept in voting systems used to elect an assembly or council. PR means that the number of seats won by a party or group of candidates is proportionate to the number of votes received. For example, under a PR voting system if 30% of voters support a particular...

.

Boundaries

Belfast East contained the Dock, Pottinger and Victoria wards of the County Borough of Belfast. In 1929, the constituency was divided into the Belfast Bloomfield

Belfast Bloomfield (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

Belfast Bloomfield was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Belfast Bloomfield was a borough constituency comprising part of eastern Belfast...

, Belfast Dock

Belfast Dock (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

Belfast Dock was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Belfast Dock was a borough constituency comprising part of northern Belfast...

, Belfast Pottinger

Belfast Pottinger (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

Belfast Pottinger was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Belfast Pottinger was a borough constituency comprising part of eastern Belfast...

 and Belfast Victoria

Belfast Victoria (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

Belfast Victoria was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Belfast Victoria was a borough constituency comprising part of eastern Belfast...

 constituencies.

Politics

Belfast East was a predominantly Unionist area with some pockets of labour strength, returning four Unionists in 1921 and 2 Unionists, 1 Independent Unionist and a Northern Ireland Labour Party

Northern Ireland Labour Party

The Northern Ireland Labour Party was an Irish political party which operated from 1924 until 1987.In 1913 the British Labour Party resolved to give the recently formed Irish Labour Party exclusive organising rights in Ireland...

 MP in 1925.

Members of Parliament

Election	Member (Party)		Member (Party)		Member (Party)		Member (Party)
MPs MPs elected in the Northern Ireland general election, 1921 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....   (1921)		Dawson Bates Dawson Bates Sir Richard Dawson Bates, 1st Baronet, OBE, PC, JP, DL , also known as Sir Dawson Bates , was an Ulster Unionist Party member of the Northern Ireland House of Commons....   (Ulster Unionist Party Ulster Unionist Party The Ulster Unionist Party – sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or, in a historic sense, simply the Unionist Party – is the more moderate of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland... )		Herbert Dixon Herbert Dixon, 1st Baron Glentoran Herbert Dixon, 1st Baron Glentoran OBE PC was a Northern Ireland Unionist politician.He was born in Belfast, the fourth son of Sir Daniel Dixon, 1st Baronet, and educated at Harrow and Sandhurst, being commissioned into the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, with which regiment he served in the Second...   (Ulster Unionist Party Ulster Unionist Party The Ulster Unionist Party – sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or, in a historic sense, simply the Unionist Party – is the more moderate of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland... )		Thompson Donald Thompson Donald Thompson Donald was a Northern Irish Unionist politician.Donald was elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom in the 1918 general election for the Belfast Victoria constituency and served as MP until the constituency's abolition in 1922. Donald was elected as one of the so-called...   (Ulster Unionist Party Ulster Unionist Party The Ulster Unionist Party – sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or, in a historic sense, simply the Unionist Party – is the more moderate of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland... )		James Augustine Duff James Augustine Duff James Augustine Duff was a Scottish-born Northern Irish businessman and Ulster Unionist Party politician....   (Ulster Unionist Party Ulster Unionist Party The Ulster Unionist Party – sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or, in a historic sense, simply the Unionist Party – is the more moderate of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland... )
MPs MPs elected in the Northern Ireland general election, 1929 This is a list of Members of Parliament elected in the Northern Ireland general election, 1929. Elections to the 3rd Northern Ireland House of Commons were held on 22 May 1929....   (1929 Northern Ireland general election, 1929 -References:*... )		Jack Beattie Jack Beattie Jack Beattie was a politician from Northern Ireland.He was a teacher by profession. He joined the Northern Ireland Labour Party . In 1925, he became a Member of the Northern Ireland House of Commons for Belfast East. He represented Belfast Pottinger from 1929... (Northern Ireland Labour Party Northern Ireland Labour Party The Northern Ireland Labour Party was an Irish political party which operated from 1924 until 1987.In 1913 the British Labour Party resolved to give the recently formed Irish Labour Party exclusive organising rights in Ireland... )				James Woods Gyle James Woods Gyle James Woods Gyle was an Independent Unionist politician in Northern Ireland, member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland. He was suspended from the Orange Order in 1934 for seven years, because he visited Joseph Devlin MP for Belfast Central on his deathbed.He was elected in the Northern Ireland... (Independent Unionist Independent Unionist See also Independent .Independent Unionist has been a label sometimes used by candidates in elections in the United Kingdom, indicating a support for Unionism, retaining the unity of the British state.... )		Dawson Bates Dawson Bates Sir Richard Dawson Bates, 1st Baronet, OBE, PC, JP, DL , also known as Sir Dawson Bates , was an Ulster Unionist Party member of the Northern Ireland House of Commons....   (Ulster Unionist Party Ulster Unionist Party The Ulster Unionist Party – sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or, in a historic sense, simply the Unionist Party – is the more moderate of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland... )

Election results

• Electors: 40,198 Quota: 7,182

External links

• http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0
• http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/en.toc.dail.html