Elizabeth Maconachie
Elizabeth Hamill Maconachie, known as Bessie Maconachie, was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.
Maconachie studied at Queen's University Belfast, then worked as a schoolteacher. At the Northern Ireland general election, 1953, she was elected as an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) MP for the Queen's University, Belfast seat. One of only a very few women to serve at Stormont, she held her seat until its abolition in 1969.[1] She was on the more liberal wing of the UUP, and favoured some reform.[2]
Maconachie was a member of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,[3] In the 1970s, Maconachie served as Chairman of the Unionist Society.[4]
References
- ^ Biographies of Members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons
- ^ Conn McCluskey, Up off their knees, p.91
- ^ Dorothy V. Hall, Making Things Happen, p.130
- ^ Irish historical studies, Issues 129-130, p.106
Categories:
- Alumni of Queen's University Belfast
- Female members of the Parliament of Northern Ireland
- Members of the Parliament of Northern Ireland 1953–58
- Members of the Parliament of Northern Ireland 1958–62
- Members of the Parliament of Northern Ireland 1962–65
- Members of the Parliament of Northern Ireland 1965–69
- Ulster Unionist Party politicians