Parliamentary Elections at Queen’s

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Parliamentary Elections at Queen’s

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Location

Belfast, Queen's University Belfast

Year

1965

Date

Production 11/11/1965

Length

10min 31sec

Audio

mute, sound

Format

16mm

black and white

Source

Funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland under the Archiving Scheme 2

Courtesy

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Department for Communities, ITV, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

ITV

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Description

The candidates for the parliamentary seats at Queen’s University lodge their deposits to stand. We see incumbent MPs Charles Stewart, Bessie McConachie and Sheelagh Murnaghan.  

William McGookin talks to Charles Stewart and Bessie McConachie. It’s an interesting conversation on why the issue of abolishing the university seats is important this time round. We also see William’s cutaway questions which helps the start of the interview make more sense.  

Within the election office, we see all the candidates and the election official, Professor Newark, with the vote declaration. 

The Queen’s University parliamentary seats were abolished in 1969.  

Notes

Ian McClure was a surgeon and Ulster Unionist MP. 

Charles Stewart QC was a barrister and independent politician in Northern Ireland. 

Sheelagh Mary Murnaghan, OBE (26 May 1924 – 14 September 1993) was an Ulster Liberal Party MP. She was also a barrister and human rights activist. The Ulster Liberal Party was a liberal and non-sectarian political party in Northern Ireland linked to the British Liberal Party. Sheelagh Murnaghan was its only MP, serving from 1961 to 1969. 

Bessie McConachie was a moderate Ulster Unionist. 

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.

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