William Stewart (Belfast South MP)

William John Stewart (1868 – 14 May 1946) was a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.

William Stewart
Member of Parliament
for Belfast South
In office
30 May 1929 – 26 July 1945
Preceded byThomas Moles
Succeeded byConolly Gage
Personal details
Born1868
Died14 May 1946(1946-05-14) (aged 77–78)
NationalityBritish
Political partyUlster Unionist Party

Life

Stewart studied at Queen's College, Belfast and became managing director at Stewart and Partners, Ltd. In 1919 he was an Independent Unionist candidate. He was elected as Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Belfast South at the 1929 general election, and was an MP to 1945.[1]

Unopposed, Stewart was re-elected in 1931 and 1935. In 1938 he founded the Ulster Progressive Unionist Association. Progressive Unionist candidates opposed UUP candidates in elections, but Stewart continued to take the Conservative and Unionist whip at Westminster.

Stewart retired from Parliament at the 1945 general election and died the following year, aged 77.

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References
  • Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  • Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

Notes
  1. Harbinson, John F. (1973). The Ulster Unionist Party, 1882–1973. Belfast: Blackstaff Press. p. 181. ISBN 0856400769.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Thomas Moles		 Member of Parliament for Belfast South
1929–1945		 Succeeded by
Conolly Gage


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