Elections In Ulster
(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) BELFAST, March 18. Northern Ireland, plagued by the heaviest unemployment in the British Isles and raids by terrorists campaigning for union with Eire, goes to the polls on Thursday to elect a new Government. The general expectation is that the electorate of 900,000 will return another Unionist Administration maintaining Northern Ireland’s present constitutional position as an integral part of
the United Kingdom—with its own legislature inside that framework.
Before a vote has been cast, the Unionist Party, led by Lord Brookeborough, the Prime Minister, has been returned unopposed for 25 seats out of a total of 52 in the Northern Ireland Parliament Those re-elected without a contest include the Prime Minister himself and five members of his Cabinet—the Ministers of Finance, Home Affairs, Education, Health and Local Government, and Agriculture. .
At the last election, in 1953, Unionists won 38 of the 52 seats.
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Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28540, 20 March 1958, Page 9
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