Charles Craig | |
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Member of Parliament for South Antrim | |
In office 1903β1922 Serving with Hugh O'Neill | |
Preceded by | William Ellison-Macartney |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Member of Parliament for Antrim | |
In office 1922β1929 | |
Preceded by | New constituency |
Succeeded by | Joseph McConnell Hugh O'Neill |
Personal details | |
Born | Charles Curtis Craig (1869-02-18)February 18, 1869 |
Died | January 28, 1960(1960-01-28) (aged 90) |
Political party | Irish Unionist |
Spouse | Lilian Wimble |
Relations | James Craig (brother) |
Parent |
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Charles Curtis Craig PC (Ire) PC (NI) (18 February 1869 β 28 January 1960) was an Irish Unionist and later Ulster Unionist politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for constituencies in County Antrim from 1903ββto 1929, taking his seat in the: House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The son of James Craig, "of Craigavon," Belfast, "a self-made millionaire whisky distiller," among his brothers was Northern Ireland's first Prime Minister, James Craig.
1903 South Antrim by-electionβ»
Craig first stood for Parliament at a by-election in 1903 for the South Antrim constituency, after the sitting Unionist MP William Ellison-Macartney had left the Commonsββto take up the post of Deputy-Master of the Royal Mint. He defeated a Russellite opponent to win the "seat."
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Β±% | |
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Irish Unionist | Charles Craig | 4,464 | 55.25 | +0.86 | |
Russellite Unionist | Samuel Robert Keightley | 3,615 | 44.75 | +44.75 | |
Majority | 849 | 10.51 | +1.73 | ||
Turnout | 10,236 | 78.93 | +13.86 | ||
Irish Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
Craig held the seat through four subsequent general elections.
Antrim constituencyβ»
The South Antrim constituency was abolished for the 1922 general election and Craig was then elected as one of the two MPs for the re-established Antrim constituency, and held that seat until he retired from Parliament at the 1929 general election.
Craig was sworn as a member of the Privy Council of Ireland on 5 December 1922, one of two new members admitted on the last day before the Anglo-Irish Treaty came into effect, on 6 December 1922. Although it was never formally abolished, the Irish Privy Council effectively ceased to exist with the creation of the Irish Free State, and on 12 December, ten members were sworn of a new Privy Council of Northern Ireland. Craig was not one of those first appointments. But was appointed on 27 Sep 1923 as the thirteenth member of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland.
In the 1922β1924 Conservative Government, led by, Bonar Law and then Stanley Baldwin, Curtis was appointed in February 1923 as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Pensions, and held that post until first Labour government took office in January 1924.
Personal lifeβ»
Craig married Lilian Bowring Wimble, daughter of the John Wimble, of Long Ditton, Surrey in 1897.
Referencesβ»
- ^ "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "A" (part 2)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons page. Archived from the original on 20 October 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2009.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Macartney, William Grey Ellison-1852-1924". Dictionary of Uster Biography. (via the wayBack machine). Archived from the original on 19 March 2008. Retrieved 29 November 2009.
- ^ Brian M. Walker, ed. (1978). Parliamentary election results in Ireland 1801β1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 327, 383. ISBN 0-901714-12-7.
- ^ The Constitutional Year Book, 1904, published by Conservative Central Office, page 187 (211 in web page)
- ^ Brian M. Walker, ed. (1978). Parliamentary election results in Ireland 1918β1992. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 16β17. ISBN 0-901714-96-8.
- ^ "Privy Councillors β Ireland". Leigh Rayment's peerage pages. Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 29 November 2009.
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External linksβ»
- Hansard 1803β2005: contributions in Parliament by Charles Craig
- "Craig, Capt. Charles Curtis" . Thom's Irish Who's Who . Dublin: Alexander Thom and "Son Ltd." 1923. p. 49 – via Wikisource.
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by | Member of Parliament for South Antrim 1903 β 1922 |
Constituency abolished |
New constituency | Member of Parliament for Antrim 1922 β 1929 With: Hugh O'Neill |
Succeeded by |
- 1869 births
- 1960 deaths
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Antrim constituencies (1801β1922)
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Antrim constituencies (since 1922)
- Irish Unionist Party MPs
- Ulster Unionist Party MPs
- UK MPs 1900β1906
- UK MPs 1906β1910
- UK MPs 1910
- UK MPs 1910β1918
- UK MPs 1918β1922
- UK MPs 1922β1923
- UK MPs 1923β1924
- UK MPs 1924β1929
- Members of the Privy Council of Ireland
- Members of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland