Robert McBride (politician)
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Robert McBride (1856–26 November 1934) was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.
Biography
[edit]McBride worked as a farmer, and with textiles. He was also a lay preacher with the Church of Ireland. He joined the Ulster Unionist Party and was elected in Down at the 1921 Northern Ireland general election. He held the seat in 1925, and won West Down at the 1929 general election. He retired in 1933, but was elected to the Senate of Northern Ireland the following year, shortly before his death.[1]
References
[edit]Categories:
- 1856 births
- 1934 deaths
- Farmers from Northern Ireland
- Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1921–1925
- Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1925–1929
- Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1929–1933
- Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1933–1937
- Ulster Unionist Party members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland
- Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland for County Down constituencies
- Ulster Unionist Party members of the Senate of Northern Ireland