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Parliament of Northern Ireland
Devolved Parliament
Arms of Northern Ireland, 1924–1972
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Senate House of Commons
History
Established	7 June 1921
Disbanded	30 March 1972
Preceded by	UK Parliament (1801-1921)
Succeeded by	Northern Ireland Assembly
Leadership
Speaker of the Senate	Lord Glentoran (last)
Speaker of the House	Ivan Neill (last)
Elections
Senate voting system	Elected by the Commons via STV
House of Commons voting system	Single transferable vote (1921–1929) First-past-the-post (1929–1972)
Meeting place
Parliament Buildings, Stormont, Belfast

The Parliament of Northern Ireland was the home rule legislature of Northern Ireland, created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, which sat from 7 June 1921 to 30 March 1972. It was suspended because of The Troubles.

Other websites[change | change source]

• UK Election Results site – Intro to the NI Parliament Archived 2019-09-09 at the Wayback Machine

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