| 词条 | William McCleery (politician) |
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Sir William Victor McCleery (17 July 1887 – 30 October 1957) was a prominent Unionist in Northern Ireland. McCleery was the managing director of Hale, Martin and Company, and from 1921 until 1946 was the President of the Ballymoney Chamber of Commerce, from 1922 until 1945 was Chair of the North Antrim Agricultural Association, and from 1931 to 1946 was President of the North Antrim Unionist Association. He was also the Grand Master of the Orange Order in County Antrim.[1] McCleery was elected as the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) Member of Parliament for North Antrim at a by-election in 1945. In 1949, he briefly served as Minister of Labour, before becoming Minister of Commerce until 1953. In 1949, he was also appointed to the Privy Council of Northern Ireland. After being relieved of his ministerial post, he became Chairman of the Unionist Back Bench Committee until 1956. He was knighted in 1954.[1] McCleery was proposed by James Bailie was a possible candidate for Grand Master of the Orange Institution in Ireland, and following the withdrawal of all the other serious candidates, took up the post in 1954. Still an MP, he used the position to support the UUP Government of Northern Ireland.[2] The following year, he became Grand Master of the Imperial Grand Orange Council of the World.[1] References1. ^1 2 Biographies of Members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons {{s-start}}{{s-par|ni}}{{succession box2. ^The Orange Establishment, 1950–63 | title = Member of Parliament for North Antrim | before = Robert Lynn | after = Phelim O'Neill | years = 1945–1958}}{{s-off}}{{succession box| title=Minister of Labour and National Insurance | before=Brian Maginess | after=Harry Midgley | years=1949}}{{succession box| title=Minister of Commerce and Production | before=Brian Maginess | after=2nd Baron Glentoran | years=1949–1953}}{{s-npo}}{{succession box|title=Grand Master of the Orange Institution of Ireland|years=1954–1957|before=John Miller Andrews|after=George Anthony Clark}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:McCleery, William}} 11 : 1887 births|1957 deaths|Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1945–49|Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1949–53|Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1953–58|Northern Ireland Cabinet ministers (Parliament of Northern Ireland)|Members of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland|Ulster Unionist Party members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland|Knights Bachelor|Grand Masters of the Orange Order|Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland for County Antrim constituencies |
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