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    Ulster Unionist Chief Whip

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    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[edit]

    1886: William Ellison-Macartney and Robert Uniacke-Penrose-Fitzgerald[1]
    James Kilfedder
    1974: Robert Bradford
    1975: Harold McCusker
    1978: William Ross
    1997: Martin Smyth
    2001: Roy Beggs
    2005: Post vacant
    2015: None appointed

    Parliament of Northern Ireland[edit]

    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[edit]

    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[edit]

    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]
    2017: Steve Aiken
    2019: Robbie Butler
    2021: John Stewart

    See also[edit]

    1. ^ John F. Harbinson, The Ulster Unionist Party, 1882-1973, pp.129
    2. ^ The Government of Northern Ireland
    3. ^ The Government of Northern Ireland
    4. ^ Biography - Jim Wilson Archived 2008-11-21 at the Wayback Machine, Northern Ireland Assembly
    5. ^ "McNarry wasn't sacked, says UUP leader", Ballymoney and Moyle Times, 24 September 2008
    6. ^ "John McCallister is the new Ulster Unionist Chief Whip replacing Fred Cobain. Hopes to still be deputy leader." BBC
    7. ^ "New UUP leader announces assembly team reshuffle"
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